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Financial Matters

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Life at ECU | Student Services

Financial Matters

ECU Bursary Program

Bursaries are available to financially needy students who are registered in a minimum of 9 credits for both the Fall and Spring semesters.

Applications open in early February. In order to be considered for bursaries, applicants are expected to exhaust all other forms of financial support including student loans. Bursaries are not normally awarded to students who have not applied for government student assistance.

All applications are reviewed in March and recipients can expect to receive bursaries by April 1st. Last year, approximately $121,000 was disbursed to ECU students.

These bursaries are made available in part by the generous donations towards the following:

Barbara and Arne Vengshoel Bursary Endowment Fund
Ben and Sally Lim Bursary
Boris Smitlener Memorial Award
Cassidy Glaseman Memorial Bursary
Credit Union of BC Foundation Bursary
Donna and Helmut Meisl Bursary
Emily Carr University Bursary
Glenna Evans Memorial Bursary
Gwyn and Aileen Gunn Bursary
Helen Pitt Bursary for Fine Arts
Jana Rayne MacDonald Memorial Bursary
Jillian Blatchford Fuller Bursary



Jocelyn Tracey Memorial Bursary
Judson Beaumont Memorial Bursary
Julie Ann O’Sullivan Memorial Bursary
Marianna Schmidt Memorial Bursary
Motion Pictures Technicians IATSE Local 891 Bursary
Opus Art Supplies Bursary
Rennie Foundation Bursary
Richard Robinson Memorial Bursary
Simons Foundation Bursary
Unity Bainbridge Memorial Bursary
Wilhelmina + Herbert Craner Bursary