FORWARD
for Students Affordability
UBC Okanagan

Rising costs of living are creating an affordability crisis that is deeply impacting students. With housing, transportation and food costs soaring, today’s students are facing unprecedented challenges, jeopardizing their mental health, academic success and overall well-being.

UBC recognizes these barriers and is committed to ensuring that no student’s potential is left unrealized due to financial hardship.

UBC Okanagan’s FORWARD for Students Affordability Fund is a flexible and responsive initiative designed to support the students at our Okanagan campus where they need it most. Whether providing need-based awards to ease financial strain, offering academic tutoring and study support to help students succeed in their coursework, or covering emergency housing and relocation costs during crises like the 2023 wildfire evacuations, this fund meets the urgent and diverse needs of our student community. By adapting to the unique challenges students face, the fund ensures students can focus on their education and build a better future.

When you give to the FORWARD for Students Affordability Fund, you are not just providing financial aid—you’re creating a lifeline to student success. You’re helping students thrive in one of the most challenging times to be a student. Together, we can make affordability possible.

Support the FORWARD for Students Affordability Fund at UBC Okanagan—because education should never be out of reach.