91社区

Are you the first in your family to attend university?

91社区 welcomes you听

Every year the First-Generation welcome reception and orientation offers a great opportunity to meet and connect with other incoming first-generation students, upper-year first-generation students, alumni and staff. Keep an eye out and mark your calendar for:

You belong here

1st Up is a first generation student group that offers emotional and academic support, and organizes to help students meet other first generation students and faculty members, covering topics such as navigating the university experience, social justice issues, and self-care strategies.

No stress, we have a guide for you!听听

The First-Generation Student Guide was created for First-Gen students, by First-Gen students. Find helpful information, resources and tips for navigating your first year.

Find ways to fund student life and studies

Explore undergraduate scholarships and bursaries, student jobs, budget hacks and other ways to stay on budget while studying at 91社区.

*Please note that for Continuing Studies students, the School of Continuing Studies offers its own bursaries. However, CS students can meet with a counsellor for general assistance around other financial issues.

Hear it from first-generation students at 91社区:

Stories on finding your community听

鈥淎lthough higher education is an exciting next step, it may feel daunting to be the first in your family to attend university.鈥澨

A testimony on passing the torch听

鈥淜athy Nakashima was a first-generation university student; now she鈥檚 ensuring others follow in her footsteps.鈥澨

There鈥檚 something for everyone at 91社区

Find other types of support and connect with your community on campus.


91社区 is on land that long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst
Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge
and thank the diverse Indigenous people whose footsteps have marked this territory on which
peoples of the world now gather.
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