Community-engaged learning fund for Indigenous students (CELFIS)
A collaboration between the Office of Community Engagement and the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation, this community-engaged learning fund is a grant opportunity for Indigenous graduate students at Concordia. The purpose of the fund is to support Indigenous graduate students with a grant of up to $7000 to support their community-based projects.
Are you eligible?
- Applicants must be registered in a master’s or doctoral program at Concordia University, supported by proof from the university. Students can be enrolled in any discipline.
- Applicants must be First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.
Is your project eligible?
- The project needs to be connected to an Indigenous community, organization, or initiative.
- Ideally, the project responds to community-identified needs or promotes community-based knowledge.
- The project contributes to the student’s academic pursuits and is aligned with their graduate work at Concordia.
Other requirements:
- A letter of support from the community, organization, or initiative, or a letter of recommendation from a Concordia supervisor.
- Any project currently funded by the OCE or SHIFT is not eligible.
- Students may only receive funding for one project.
When an accepted project has been completed, grant recipients will be asked to provide a visual, oral, or written representation of your work. Also, they will be invited to participate in a sharing circle as a form of evaluation in fall 2023.
We are no longer accepting applications for 2023.
Recipients should expect funds no earlier than June 2023.
The CELFIS selection committee is entirely Indigenous, and the members will make their final decisions by assessing how the project (1) is connected to an Indigenous community, organization, or initiative; (2) responds to community-identified needs and/or promotes community-based knowledge; and (3) contributes to the student’s academic pursuits and is aligned with their graduate work at Concordia.
CELFIS is a collaboration between Concordia University’s Office of Community Engagement and the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation.
For questions, contact the Office of Community Engagement.