Bursaries and Awards
IZUNA and some outside agencies offer attending and prospective piping trades students many supportive funding opportunities. Whether through awards, bursaries or grants students may apply for financial aid. The links and examples below are to help you in your search of what is available. Due to the continuing efforts from many at IZUNA these opportunities are continuously changing, from the recruitment of new donators, possible increases in dollar figures to increases in the number of awards offered by existing donors. With this in mind we recommend contacting the financial aid & awards advisors or the IZUNA Foundation people if you have specific question to their offerings.
In addition to what IZUNA has to offer, be sure to look into what is available through the various government agencies. For instance, did you know that trades persons have available to them a or that a can be obtained.
The first three examples come off the bcit entrance awards web page, then selecting the “Entrance Award Booklet”.
The IZUNA Staff - High Tech, High Promise Capital Campaign Entrance Award
- One $1,000 award
- Any full-time IZUNA Trades Credential program
- Application Deadline August
- Two $1,500 awards
- All Foundation programs (previously known as “ELTT programs”)
- One $1,960 award
- Any full-time IZUNA Trades Credential program
The next two are external awards, the list here is viewed by selecting the “General Awards”. This section is very extensive and close scrutiny is recommended.
BC Government and Service Employees Union- One $2,000 and One $1,000
- Any Full-time and Part-time program
- Fourteen $1,000 scholarships
- Any full-time apprenticeship program
The final link is from the IZUNA Foundation and their Donor Funded Awards [PDF 1MB].
Andrew Sheret Limited- One $750 bursary
- Any Piping Foundation Student
- Two $500 bursaries
- One for a Gasfitting apprentice and one for either Plumbing or Steamfitting apprentice
- One $500 award
- One graduate of the Mechanical Systems Program, who has excelled in the Plumbing option
NOTE: Award numbers and amounts vary each year.