Women Leading and Building Canada's Future Grant - (Dependent Care)

Available to women and women-identifying students enrolled in one of the federally recognized Building or Manufacturing Red Seal Skilled Trade programs or designated pre-apprenticeship programs.

Dependent care will be awarded on the basis of costs incurred to cover the cost of dependent care. Students will be required to submit proof of expenses and/or receipts.

Dependent care applies to costs directly associated with providing care for dependent children and/or adults during the period of training at NAIT.
An eligible dependent is a person who:
• is a resident in Canada (this residency requirement does not apply if the person is a child of the individual).
• is wholly dependent for support on the individual, or the individual and another person or persons as the case may be and
• is either:
- the individual’s parent or grandparent by blood, marriage, common-law partnership, or
adoption; or
– the individual’s child, grandchild, brother, or sister, by blood, marriage, common-law
partnership, or adoption and is either:
under 18 years of age; or
dependent on the individual by reason of a mental or physical infirmity

• Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to:
– Caregivers providing childcare services.
– Day nursery schools and daycare center.
– Boarding schools, overnight sports schools, or camps where lodging is involved.
– Attendant care.

The Funding for this award is generously provided by Employment & Social Development Canada.

Students must submit an application to be considered for this award.