b'BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURESWe dont require an official transcript. We can just takeWe have grown exponentially over a screenshot of their WebAdvisor account as long as it lists their name and the name of the school as wellthe years, and last year we had as the terms that the grades were for. Students also have to be attending an accredited post-secondarya record number of awards for a institution. While the BBF guidelines state professional development and cultural schooling or development categories, we dont have funding for those things atrecord number of total dollars. this time, so its really just for accredited, designated post-secondary institutions. We also offer funding forWe dispersed $23,006,612, which students across the world. Our students are not just attending within Canada; we have students in Europewas an increase over the previous and the U.K.I just processed one today for a student attending Cambridgeand we have a number ofyear of about $3 million, and we students in the United States, so it really is worldwide.dispersed it in the form of 6,245 How is BBF different from other scholarship programs? awards. While the program has Were different in the sense that this funding is only for First Nations, Inuit and Mtis students. Were alsobeen growing steadily year over national, as opposed to being just local. We will help students from any Indigenous community acrossyear, it had never grown by that the country. Also, there is the fact that we will assist students studying outside of Canada, which is typicallymuch before. not the case. We dont have our own funds per se, but rather we have funding donors. We have just under 300 different donors, and we have over 300 contracts. The majority of the contracts specify certain criteria, which isnt different from what you would typically find at any university. BBF is strictly dealing with bursaries and scholarships.As you know, 2021-2022 was quite an unconventional year for the program. Can you tell us a bit about how it was different and what kind of impact this has had on theBEAHR blends traditional program? knowledge and western science We have grown exponentially over the years, and lastto build transferrable job skills.year we had a record number of awards for a record number of total dollars. We dispersed $23,006,612, which was an increase over the previous year of about $3 million, and we dispersed it in the form of 6,245BEAHR Indigenous training programs awards. While the program has been growing steadilyoffer locally customized learning thatyear over year, it had never grown by that much beforeprovide accessible and meaningfulin terms of the dollar amount that were administeringcareer development to First Nation,Mtis and Inuit members to overcome and the number of students applying. Because of that,barriers to employment and develop were able to assist more students, and some of thecompetencies needed to actively awards are greater. And of course, the more studentscontribute to Canadas growing you can help, the more youre able to help reduce theenvironmental sector.stress in their lives and the easier it becomes for them financially. We tell students that even if theyre getting band funding, or Inuit funding, as long as they have aLearn more at eco.ca/beahrneed, they are eligible to apply for the funding.2022indspiration59'