Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund
If you’re an internationally trained immigrant living in Atlantic Canada, the Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF) can help you overcome financial barriers to upgrade your skills and obtain your license or certification.
The AICLF is a micro-loan program that helps internationally trained immigrants in Atlantic Canada overcome financial barriers to pursue their career goals. The fund supports newcomers in upgrading their skills, obtaining licenses or certifications and finding employment in their field or a related occupation.
Canada Training Credit
The Canada training credit (CTC) is a refundable tax credit available to help Canadians with the cost of eligible training fees.
You can claim the CTC for tuition and other fees paid for courses that you took in the year.
University Prep Bursary Fund
The University Prep Bursary fund is made available to African Nova Scotia/Black and Nova Scotia First Nations Persons who are preparing for University credit study and who need to take University Prep courses to do so.
The fund includes the cost of tuition and may cover the cost of texts for the course. This is based on financial need and will be assessed individually.