3.1

Finance

There were 91 brief-stay, 216 short-stay and 453 long-stay students that received funding. The 7-13+ group were associated (p=0.001) with more funding (55% versus 33%)

Received funding 0-3 4-6 7-13+ [218] [680] [825] (%) (%) (%) Yes 36 32 7-13+

• The largest funders were
  
  
  • MSS (Income assistance)
    
    
  • ABESAP
    
    
  • Canada Student Loan
  
  
  
• MSS (Income assistance) funding was more associated -with the 0-3 months group (p=0.001)
  
  
• Canada Student Loan funding appeared to be less in the 7-13+ months group (p=0.0001)

Received from 0-3 4-6 7-13+ [103] [238] [546] (%) (%) (%) Canada Employment (UI) 3 8 6 Canada Emp. (Full) 1 3 5 Aboriginal Affairs 1 3 1 Local Band 6 6 7 MSS (Income assistance) 28 13 16 MSS (Tuition/books) 11 8 6 Workers' Compensation 1 1 1 ABESAP 25 32 35 Canada Student Loan 12 18 7 Burs./Schol./Grant 7 4 2 Disability Pension 0 0 0 Pension/Orphan's Fund 0 0 0 Insurance settlement 0 0 0 MOEST 4 3 13 Dept. Veteran Affairs 0 0 0 Not stated 2 1 1

Note that the sources of funding in the above table outnumber the recipients indicating students held approximately 1.2 sources.

• Funding was thought to be adequate by over two-thirds of the students