NBCC will be offering free tuition to 10 students who spent at least one year in foster care.

Beginning in September, the Former Youth in Care Bursary Program will be available to 10 NBCC students, who will have all tuition and fees covered for the academic year.

This program is already offered at 18 post-secondary schools in Canada. NBCC will be the first post-secondary institution in New Brunswick to participate, and the fifth in Atlantic Canada.

The bursary will cover a maximum of $5,000 per student, which is the cost of a full-time program at NBCC. The program will be funded with support from donors.