About the Education Bursary

Women in2 Healing is a network of women prison leavers, volunteers and academics who seek to further the emotional, physical, mental and spiritual healing of women inside and outside prison through the participatory ACTION research processes.

The Education Bursary Fund was officially launched in September, 2009.  The Education Bursary Fund will provide financial support for women from prison, and their children, to empower their education, in a manner that is consistent with the mission of Women in2 Healing.

The idea of establishing an education bursary fund arose during a series of participatory research retreats which we held in the Gulf Islands of BC.  During the retreats in addition to discussing research design and implementation, we restored old chairs that were donated by Drs Peter Richards and Kay Sutherland  of Deep Cove.  We sold nine chairs as part of a silent auction at the Inaugural Prison-academic-community conference at UBC, Dec 2008.  The following year eight more chairs were restored for Nightshift Street Ministries in Surrey. 

The Education Bursary Fund Selection Committee members have many years of experience in community service, corrections and locating resources for women inside and outside of prison and are generously donating their time and expertise to the selection process. 

Link to the application form

We are gratefully accepting donations towards this education bursary. Please see our donations page for more details. 

We would also like to thank our generous contributors for their gifts which make this project possible: