The support for youth from care is available for McGill students with documented experience in youth protection (students receiving, or who have received, child protection services). This is a new program that aims to address barriers that former youth in care face while attending university. The program further aims to foster engagement and a sense of belonging through mentorship and connections to other services and students across campus and in the community.
The Student Access and Support Advisor in Student Accessibility and Achievement connects students with documented experience in youth protection to resources on and off campus, for support in: housing, funding and financial needs, mental and physical health, career paths, employment opportunities, academic achievement and support, campus engagement, and finding resources on campus.
Befriend a McGill student, get guidance and support: apply to the Youth in Care Program or explore Inclusive Futures. This is your chance to be paired with a McGill student-mentor or student-tutor. Find a friendly face, get peer-to-peer guidance and support, enhance your current studies and practical skills, decide what to study next, and get ready for McGill (or higher education in general).
First degree undergraduate Canadian students in or from foster care can benefit from McGill's Youth in/from Care Bursary. A minimum guarantee per year of $5,000 OR the cost of McGill tuition, whichever is higher, for the length of an undergraduate degree, up to 4 years per recipient.
Newly accepted, first-year, first degree undergraduate students* are encouraged to apply to the need-based Entrance Bursary Program.
*Newly accepted, first-year undergraduate direct entrants to professional programs in Medicine and Law (with prior degree) are also eligible to apply
Click here for additional need-based financial aid programs and support.
*Please note that for Continuing Studies students, the School of Continuing Studies offers its own bursaries.
The Branches mentorship and tutoring programs for youth in/from care create opportunities for McGill students to give back to the community and gain leadership experience while studying at McGill. Some of these programs offer monetary awards to participants too. Stay tuned for the application launch in August!
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