U of T Indigenous Student Bursary

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Name: ,
U of T Student Number:
U of T Email Address:
Program Name:
Program Year:

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2026

Have you applied for OSAP for your current study period?

Yes

Do you identify with any of the specific identities provided below?
Please check all categories that apply to you.

First Nations (Status/Non-Status)

Métis

Inuit

Alternative identity term: (e.g. Kanien’kehá:ka, Anishinaabe, Treaty #3, etc.)

Declaration of Status

I hereby state that I identify as an Indigenous student. This means that I identify as an Indigenous person, defined in Canada as belonging to one or more of the following groups: First Nation, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit).

Budget

Please provide the following budget for the eight-month period from September to April of the current academic year.

Note: Married or common-law students should indicate their total family income (after tax and other compulsory deductions) and total family expenses.

Financial Resources and Income (based on 8 months)

Estimated Expenses (based on 8 months)

INCOME SOURCE

AMOUNT $

EXPENSE

AMOUNT $

Net income from part-time work, Work-Study

Tuition and Incidental fees, as per your invoice on ACORN

Spouse's Income (net)

Books, course materials, lab supplies etc.

OSAP or other government student aid

University Residence, if you are living in residence

Other government income

Rent

x 8 months

Parental support, RESP, support payments

Utilities

x 8 months

Grants (including UTAPS), scholarships, fellowships, TA and/or RA

Groceries

x 8 months

Band Funding - Tuition & Books

Toiletries, personal care

Band Funding - Living Allowance

Transportation: public transit, vehicle costs

Other income not delcared above

Childcare

Other income not declared above

Telephone, internet

Other expenses

Total Income

Total Expenses

TOTAL EXPENSES

–

TOTAL RESOURCES

TOTAL NEED

Notice of Collection of Personal Information

The Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security (MCURES) (the Ministry) has provided your postsecondary institution with the funding to administer the Indigenous Student Bursary. As a condition of this funding, your postsecondary institution is required to disclose to the Ministry your contact information (including your address and telephone number), the amount of funding you receive from the Bursary program and the date it was awarded, your study period, and information related to your eligibility for the bursary. This personal information will be used by the Ministry to administer and finance the Bursary program. It will also be used to establish the minimum amount of student aid your postsecondary institution is required to provide under the Student Access Guarantee (the Guarantee) and to administer and finance the Guarantee.

If you apply for OSAP assistance, the Ministry will use this personal information to update your OSAP application or award, including your declared income. In addition, the financial aid office at your postsecondary institution will use the personal information you disclose on your OSAP application form to determine your financial need as part of your eligibility for support from the Bursary program.

Administration includes: public reporting on the administration and financing of the Bursary program and the Guarantee; monitoring and auditing your postsecondary institution or its authorized agents to ensure that they are administering the Bursary program appropriately; conducting risk management, error management, audit and quality assessment activities; and conducting policy analysis, evaluation and research related to all aspects of student financial assistance. Financing includes: planning, arranging or providing funding of the Bursary program and the Guarantee.

The Ministry administers the Bursary program and the Guarantee under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.19, as amended. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, contact the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, P.O. Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9. Program Guidelines - 2023-2024

Consent to the Indirect Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information

I agree that my postsecondary institution may disclose personal information about me to the Ministry only for the purposes identified above.

I have read and understood all parts of this section, including the notice of collection, use and disclosure of my personal information and submission of this form attests to my consent to the indirect collection, use and disclosure of my personal information.