Congress 2023 ECP & Lived Experience Burs
Please fill in this form to apply for a CHRA Congress Bursary. Brought to you in partnership with BC Housing.
  • Eligibility

    To be eligible for a bursary for Congress 2023 registration, you must qualify as an Early Career Professional or a person with lived experience.

    Early Career Professional Bursary: applicants must be working in the housing/homelessness sector and be 30 years of age or under at the time of application, or a full-time student of any age whose studies have a housing focus.

    Lived Experience Bursary: Applicants may be currently or have been formerly homeless, experienced poverty or been a subsidized tenant

    NOTE: We cannot guarantee that all who apply for the bursary will be approved. We will assess applications on a case-by-case basis and inform applicants of the status of their application promptly.


    Here are the points that we need to make about the Congress Bursaries:

    1. The bursary will cover ANY of the CHRA programming at Congress. The money is given on a first come, first served basis.
    2. While we will not be covering travel costs to come to the Congress, we will provide a special room rate of $109 per person/ per night
    3. We would like to thank our sponsor BC Housing for supporting the CHRA Congress Bursary Program.
  • 9. Cheque Reimbursement:

    Please tell us who we should make the cheque for your bursary payable to and the address where to send it.
  • * Proof of age and/or full-time study may be requested.
  • Notes:

    1. Depending on the time of submission, individuals who are selected for a bursary may be contacted by email with a promo-code to register online for the CHRA 2023 Congress

    2. Selection will be made on a first-come, first-serve and needs basis. Preference will also be given to those who have submitted a Call for Proposals for Congress 2023, and have been selected to speak.