Aboriginal Services
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at St. Lawrence College
t. Lawrence College welcomes its
students of First Nations, Metis, or
Inuit ancestry!
Our Aboriginal Advisor, Mary Ann Lyons, is
available to help you with any challenges
you may experience throughout your
College journey, and to celebrate your
successes. Status is not a requirement –
students need only self-identify to receive
services.
Our College website,
www.stlawrencecollege.ca, provides
information about several bursaries
available to Aboriginal students, including
the annual Post-Secondary Education
and Training (PSET) bursary of $2600. (The
application deadline for the PSET bursary is
Nov. 29, 2013.)
Students are reminded to check their
College e-mail
and the Aboriginal
Facebook page
(www.facebook.com/
Aboriginal ServicesStLawrenceCollege)
on a regular basis, as
information of interest
and importance
(including information
about external funding
possibilities) is posted
frequently.
Aboriginal Centre
(Eagle Learning Café) – Room 33400
The Aboriginal Centre provides a
comfortable atmosphere where Aboriginal
students can work, relax, or meet with
friends. It features computers, a large
plasma screen for use with laptops, work
and Universities has identified that for
students that are new to post-secondary,
and have no parent or guardian that has
attended post-secondary before them,
completing post-secondary school can be
overwhelming.
Who is a First Generation student?
Support: peer mentoring, weekly
workshops, bursaries
Across all three of St. Lawrence College
campuses, students identify themselves
according to their program: Vet Tech., ESET,
Business, etc. In each program there are
other sub-groups of students: some are
athletes, some are involved in Enactus,
some are Aboriginal, and some are First
Generation. What does this mean exactly?
First, it means that St. Lawrence boasts
a truly diverse student cohort. Second, it
means that your college experience is about
more than just attending class; it is also
about embracing new opportunities. Usually
where there is opportunity, there is also
challenge.
For some, the challenges of post-secondary
education are more difficult to overcome
than for others. The Ontario government
and the Ministry of Training, Colleges
You are a First Generation Student if your
parents(s) or guardian(s) did not attend
college, university, or an apprenticeship