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 2025 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 |
|
Kloe Funk |
USF Scholarship Award | $1000 |
| Stephen Goodfellow-Boomer |
USF Scholarship Award | $1000 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Maxine Tom |
Perseverance in Learning Award | $1000 |
| Teoni Jacobson |
Continuation of Learning Award | $1000 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Jayden Taggart |
USF Scholarship Award | $1000 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| USF Single Parent Bursary | $1000 | |
| USF Male Bursary | $500 | |
| USF Male Bursary | $500 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Kento | USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
| Scott M | USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
| STUDENT | AWARD NAME | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Leila Williams | USF Scholarship Award | $500 |
| Miranda Forester | USF Scholarship Award | $500 |