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.
“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