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   CBC News Posted: Jun 26, 2015   
      
   Kinder Morgan donation scholarships refused by Kwantlen students   
      
   University says it will receive $300K in donations from pipeline company over   
   20 years   
      
      
   Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University are vowing to refuse scholarships   
   to be funded by a $300,000 donation agreement between the university and   
   Kinder Morgan if the Trans Mountain expansion project is approved.   
      
   Under the agreement, Kwantlen would receive $15,000 a year, over 20 years,   
   from the pipeline company to fund scholarships for apprenticeships and trades   
   programs, as well as a new environmental protection technical lab.   
      
   "Quite frankly those scholarships aren't massive," said Allison Gonzales,   
   president of the Kwantlen Student Association, who says the pipeline expansion   
   contradicts Kwantlen's mandate for sustainability.   
      
   "Although its going towards the environmental protection program, I've already   
   had students tell me that there's absolutely no way they will take that money."   
      
   Kinder Morgan is seeking approval from the National Energy Board to nearly   
   triple the bitumen-carrying capacity of its existing pipeline that runs from   
   Alberta to Burnaby, B.C.   
      
   But the $5.4 billion project has come under fire from environmental activists   
   and First Nations groups, who say it would increase the possibility of oil   
   spills, risking threats to the environment and wildlife.   
   No political stance   
      
   "I have no real qualms about it," said Salvador Ferreras, Provost and Academic   
   Vice President of the university.   
      
   "The optics sometimes will be uncomfortable... these are... difficult   
   decisions that we have to make on behalf of the success of all the students."   
      
   The student association, which represents over 18,000 students enrolled at the   
   university's four campuses, said in a statement that acceptance of the money   
   amounts to a "tacit endorsement" of the Trans Mountain pipeline.   
      
   But Ferreras says the university does not have a political stance on the   
   project.   
      
   "It's a sensitive issue... we do not have a position on the pipeline itself,   
   but we do have a position on our students' success," he said.   
      
   "That's where we focus our energy."   
      
   This is the second large commitment Kinder Morgan has made contingent on the   
   approval of its pipeline expansion.   
      
   In April, it pledged half a million dollars to Thompson Rivers University in   
   Kamloops.   
      
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