LUSU offers many different types of financial support

Each student club that is ratified with 20+ members automatically receives $200 in initial club funding.

If you are looking to organize a social action, plan a major club event, attend a conference or suggest the student union fund a project?

Our Finance & Operations Committee (FOC) oversees several discretionary funds which students can apply to by submitting a funding request form.

These include:
  • Social Action Discretionary Fund
  • Club Discretionary Fund
  • Union Projects Discretionary Fund
  • Student Conferences Discretionary Fund
  • Orillia Student Programming Discretionary Fund 

Applications will be considered by the FOC on a case-by-case basis. For more information please contact the FOC chair at vpfin@lusu.ca.

Student Union Bursaries

LUSU also funds the following bursaries each year.

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Lakehead University Student Union Bursary – OSOTF

EST. 1997
Awarded on the basis of financial need to a student in any program or year level.
Endowed

Lakehead University Student Union Bursary for Visa Student

Est. 1980
Awarded to a full-time visa student, preferably at the undergraduate level, who was enrolled as a full-time student the previous year at Lakehead University and maintained in that year at least an overall “B” average. The award will be made on the basis of financial need.
Annual
1 at $500

Lakehead University Student Union Bursary in Graduate Studies

Modified in 2008
Awarded to a full-time graduate student in any program on the basis of financial need. The recipient must be a Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant of Canada and must have lived in Ontario for at least twelve months in a row.
Endowed

Lakehead University Student Union Bursary – non-endowed

Est. 1980; Modified 2008
Awarded on the basis of financial need to a student in any program or year level.
Annual
1 at $300

Lakehead University Student union Involvement Award

Est 2011 – Merged with previous award
Awarded to a student who is involved in campus activates which promote student inclusion, community and general student well being. Awarded on the recommendation of the LUSU Executive Committee members.
Intended to be one award per campus.
Endowed

Lakehead University Student Union part Time Bursary

Est. 1980; Modified 2008
Awarded on the basis of financial need to a part-time undergraduate student.
Annual
1 at $300

Lakehead University Student Union Silver Jubilee Scholarship

Est. 1990; Modified 2008
Awarded on the basis of financial need to a part-time undergraduate student.
Endowed

Lakehead University Student Union Spring Summer Bursary

Est. 1980; Modified 2008
Awarded to a student demonstrating financial need who is registered in at least two full credits (or the equivalent) during the Spring and/or Summer Sessions. The student must have attended Lakehead University as a full-time student during the previous Fall/Winter Sessions and must be registered in the 3rd, or 4th year of his/her program.
Annual
1 at $300