Beedie Luminaries is a social-profit enterprise designed to help remove
barriers to education and provide wrap-around support for promising
students who are facing financial adversity. Students who are smart, but
constrained by circumstance. Students who are ready to rise above
their circumstances and achieve their dreams.
their circumstances and achieve their dreams.
This year, the program will accept 50 students from across the
Lower Mainland. Each student will receive either $10,000 per year for a
four-year bachelor degree program (up to $40,000) or $7,500 per year
for a two-year diploma or trades program (up to $15,000)
Lower Mainland. Each student will receive either $10,000 per year for a
four-year bachelor degree program (up to $40,000) or $7,500 per year
for a two-year diploma or trades program (up to $15,000)
ELIGIBILITY:
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident for at least three years;
- Be a BC resident, residing in the Lower Mainland
- Be in their final year of high school, entering into full-time studies
in a first bachelor degree, first diploma, or first trades program at
one of the eligible post-secondary institutions (listed on application link)
in a first bachelor degree, first diploma, or first trades program at
one of the eligible post-secondary institutions (listed on application link)
-be ineligible for the BC Tuition waiver Program (for former youth in care)
-Have a minimum cumulative average of 75 % (or equivalent for grade 11
and available grade 12 marks
and available grade 12 marks
-Have faced financial adversity
Applications are now being accepted for Beedie Luminaries’ pilot year.
The first group of students will be announced in May 2019. The goal is
to eventually select 100 students per year from across British Columbia
into the Beedie Luminaries program.
The first group of students will be announced in May 2019. The goal is
to eventually select 100 students per year from across British Columbia
into the Beedie Luminaries program.
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