As such, outreach programs should cater to the specific needs of prospective Indigenous students, and the province should provide funds for Indigenous secondary schools and Indigenous post-secondary schools in Ontario to bring Indigenous students to visit Ontario university campuses of their choosing. [...] Increase Indigenous Student Financial Assistance The provincial government should lobby the federal government to increase funds in the PSSSP to meet the backlog in funding and equitably distribute the funding to local Band councils, as well as to allow Métis and non-status First Nations students to access the PSSSP. [...] Ideally, the provincial government should uphold its treaty rights and expand the ISB to cover all Indigenous students’ unmet financial need, but, in the interim, the provincial government should increase the amount of funding allocated to the ISB program from $1.5 million to $37 million in order to address the lack of funding available for Indigenous students. [...] Almost two thirds of Indigenous students are first generation and the majority of Indigenous students do not trust the public education system as a whole.8 Furthermore, 72% of Indigenous students report not feeling prepared for the demands of post- secondary programs from their secondary schools.9 These barriers, in tandem, drastically inhibit the capacity for Indigenous youth to consider a univer [...] Recommendation: In the interim, the provincial government should increase the amount of funding allocated to the Indigenous Student Bursary program from $1.5 million to $37 million in order to address the lack of funding available specifically for Indigenous students.