Education Funding
The Band receives funding to support students with things like the cost of tuition, books, mandatory fees, and other expenses that go along with pursuing higher education. Our goal is to fund the maximum number of students possible with the funds that are available.
Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP)
This funding, provided through Indigenous Services Canada, provides financial assistance for status cardholders to attend post-secondary institutions that offer Certificate, Diploma, Degree, Masters and Doctorate Programs. Qalipu funds hundreds of students through this program each year.
Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program (ISETP)
This program is funded through Service Canada and is available for both status and self-identifying Indigenous people. ISETP links an individual’s training needs to labour market demands, and provides for training, skills upgrading and assistance in finding employment.
Please remember that the Post-Secondary Student Support Program and the ISETP Program is not intended to cover all expenses associated with Post-Secondary Education nor is it possible to assist all those who apply. Those who are accepted for financial assistance through either program are responsible to having sufficient resources to pay tuition and books up front.
Click Here for The Education and Training Department’s PSSP Local Guidelines.
Click Here for The Education and Training Department’s ISETP Local Guidelines
Applicants will be prioritized in the following order:
Priority 1: Returning Students
Clients who are currently being funded through the PSSP.
Priority 2: Deferred Applicants
Students who are reapplying for support having had their previous Application deferred for lack of funds.
Note: At the end of the fiscal year any surplus may be used at the discretion of The Education and Training Department, to fund applicants whose name appears on the deferred list, and are enrolled in classes. This support may include tuition, living allowance, and/or books paid for by the students themselves. Those students who receive this surplus funding are not considered returning students and will remain on the deferred list.
Priority 3: New Applicants – Current Post-Secondary Students and Recent High School Graduates
Students currently enrolled in high school, a post-secondary or graduate level program in the previous year and continuing in a post-secondary or graduate level program.
A student who is completing the last two semesters of an undergraduate degree and continues on to an advanced degree program of studies without a break in studies or a student who completes a community college or CEGEP program and continues on to an undergraduate degree program without a break in studies, is considered a New Applicant.
High School graduates remain continuing student for up to two years following graduation.
Priority 4: New Applicants (PSSP)
Other post-secondary students accepted or enrolled in a post-secondary institution.
Priority 5: New Applicants (UCEP)
Other post-secondary students and students accepted and enrolled in university and college entrance preparation programs. Within this priority category a region may rank particular programs of study based on regional demand. The regional priorities must be based on consultation with Indian education leaders in the regions and be publicly available. Also, regions will report these priorities to education branch, headquarters for information purposes.
Priority 6: PSSP Graduates
This category includes those students who have completed an undergraduate degree or college diploma previously and have been funded by The Education and Training Department in the last five (5) years and do not satisfy the requirements set aside for special consideration under Priority three (3).