Chief Joe Mathias BC Aboriginal Scholarships

The Chief Joe Mathias BC Aboriginal Scholarship Fund was established to honour the memory of the late, great, Chief Joe Mathias, a hereditary and elected Chief of the Squamish Nation. He will long be remembered for his vision and tireless leadership for the rights of Indigenous People in BC and across Canada. Central to Chief Joe Mathias’s vision was his passionate belief in and advocacy for higher education for Indigenous People. The Chief Joe Mathias BC Aboriginal Scholarship was created to further this goal.

The Chief Joe Mathias Aboriginal Scholarship is one of the longest running and largest Indigenous scholarships in BC. With the generous support of private donors and the Province of BC, we have provided over 500 scholarships to students from almost every First Nation in BC.

3 Scholarships: 

1. 2025 Nursing Scholarship Application: for First Nation students pursing post-secondary education in nursing.  
2. 2025 BC First Nations Teacher Scholarship:  for First Nation students pursing post-secondary education to become a teacher.  
3. 2025 Original, Non-Specialty Scholarship Application

See the website below for details and application forms. Updated info for the current year is usually posted on the website below in April.