Our mission furthers and expands on the history and accomplishments of ACCESS in establishing programs like BladeRunners - creative and effective trades and employment training programs for urban indigenous people. We continue to support these activities in partnership with ACCESS.
Our Scholarship program gives important financial assistance and perhaps more importantly recognition of the tremendous effort and ability of our urban Indigenous people.
Our grant making for scholarships, employment and career education and short-term assistance provides resources to the community from our endowment funds which we are actively building for the long term.
Please note that USF disburses scholarship funds to selected School Districts, colleges and universities around the Metro Vancouver area. Students must apply directly to their schools, colleges or universities for a scholarship.
In 2022, secondary and post-secondary scholarships were awarded to Indigenous students pursuing post-secondary studies in fields that will help meet the specific needs of First Nations, Inuit, or Métis peoples and communities.
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Lucas Rogers |
USF Scholarship Award | $1000 |
| Jenaya Mahoney |
USF Scholarship Award | $1000 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Jodi Klashinsky |
Perseverance in Learning Award | $1000 |
| Jewell Isaac |
Continuation of Learning Award | $1000 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Laurent Pascal |
USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
| Rachel Groening |
USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Nadia Baker | USF Single Parent Bursary | $750 |
| Janice Tourangeau | USF Single Parent Bursary | $750 |
| Gregory Kewistep | USF Male Bursary | $750 |
| Marcelle Wilson | USF Male Bursary | $750 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Chad Robinson | USF Scholarship Award | $100 |
| Lionel Johnson | USF Scholarship Award | $100 |
| Brendan Gregg | Neptune Scholarship North Shore Student |
$2000 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Crystal Chapman | USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
| Janette Price | USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
Vancouver School District Recipient - Perseverance in Learning Award