Scholarships awarded

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The provincial government has awarded Pop John Paul II Commemorative Scholarships to two northern Alberta students. Leslie R. McLaren and Marion J. Dick will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to assist them in completing their undergraduate degrees in Native studies. McLaren, a student from St. Albert, is attending the University of Alberta and will complete the fourth year of the bachelor of arts in Native studies this year. Dick, a student from Slave Lake, has already completed some of her course work at Grand Prairie Regional College and will continue her studies under the Sunrise Project in Slave Lake, a project co-sponsored by the Canada Alberta Tourism Development Subsidiary Agreement, the Lesser Slave Lake Indian regional Council and funding in -king from Alberta Vocational College-Lesser Slave Lake. The then intends to transfer to the U of A during her second year to complete her bachelor of education in Native studies.