AC Rainbow Bursary

Established during Pride Month 2021 by School of Business professor Angela Lyrette, the AC Rainbow Bursary supports students who identify as 2SLGBTQ+ and helps lower the financial barriers they face. 2SLGBTQ+ students may use the bursary to purchase books, supplies, or gender-affirming clothing, or to secure a legal name change to ensure their credentials reflect their name or anything else they need to feel belonging as an AC community member.

The bursary is words in action, a concrete demonstration of the ideals of Day of Pink, when people around the world don a pink shirt and stand as allies with the 2SLGBTQ+ community in their fight for equality and acceptance.

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“I created the AC Rainbow Bursary primarily because I wanted to support learners who were already having a difficult time. Studying at the college level is already hard enough. I teach finance, so I think about money all the time, and I know that if you’re distracted or worried about money, it makes it really hard for you to think, study, learn, and solve problems. So I thought it might be nice to take away that one extra burden.”

—Angela Lyrette, Initiator of the AC Rainbow Bursary

Listen to Angela Lyrette and Rainbow Bursary recipient Elliot discuss the meaning and impact behind the bursary on CBC Ottawa Morning.