Air Access Bursary

The Air Access Bursary was established to encourage students to enter high demand aviation programs to help meet future labour demands and strengthen the economy in Alberta.

Applicants must meet all of these eligibility criteria:

• be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada, or have Protected Person status under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).
• be an Alberta resident, and to be considered an Alberta resident the following conditions must apply:
• one parent, or legal guardian has maintained permanent residence in Canada for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies and be residing in Alberta, or
• Alberta is the last place the student has lived for 12 consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies, or
• the student’s spouse/partner has maintained permanent residence in Alberta for 12 consecutive months prior to the person attending post-secondary.
• be enrolled full-time in an aviation diploma program in the current academic year at Mount Royal University.

Note: You must be enrolled as a full-time student taking at least 60% of a full course load (40% of a full course load if you are a student with a disability) at the time of disbursement. A term is defined as a study period of up to 17 weeks in length.

An individual may receive a lifetime maximum of one bursary. Recipients may hold other scholarships and accept remunerative assignments depending on the policy of the institution they attend.