After attending EmpoweringU sessions, students know how to open up a bank account, budget, apply for student loans, bursaries, scholarships and thrive at university. Coming from the north, Cindy could not believe the quantity of healthy food you could buy for $120. “If you were to buy that stuff up north, it would have been, like $300, $350. It was really nice to know that you could actually spend such little money and have a lot of food.” EmpoweringU runs its programs in Migizii Agamik; it’s a place where Indigenous students from all over get together. It’s a place to study; you talk about back home; it’s nice, warm and like family. You learn how to live on a budget.
