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One of the five winners of the 1997 Royal Bank Native Student Scholarships is from Alberta. One of the awards, which were announced in Toronto on April 3, went to Jennifer Smith from Medicine Hat. Smith will receive $4,000 annually for her educational expenses…
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The most famous summer volleyball camp in Alberta is in its 23rd year of operation in Jasper National Park.
Kids come from across the province learn techniques, meet people and have fun.
Jeffrey Waspcolin (J.J.), 13, and 11-year-old Violet Tsonchoke from Assumption,…
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The most famous summer volleyball camp in Alberta is in its 23rd year of operation in Jasper National Park.
Kids come from across the province learn techniques, meet people and have fun.
Jeffrey Waspcolin (J.J.), 13, and 11-year-old Violet Tsonchoke from Assumption,…
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A member of the Okanese First Nation is one of eight young Canadians to receive a prestigious journalism scholarship from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Connie Walker, a student at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, will receive one of eight Joan Donaldson…
October 5, 2015. The Liberals have announced that should they form the next government, they will prioritize reconciliation with the Métis Nation, by working closely with the Métis people, provinces, and territories. Liberal candidate for Fort McMurray-Cold Lake Kyle Harrietha…
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On April 25, the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC) held an honoring circle to celebrate the success of its students and recognize the contributions of organizations that provided more than $30,000 in donations and scholarships.
The awards ceremony and reception…
Six First Nations students at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus have received grants from the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society.
Amanda Neufeld from Lumby, Larissa Laderoute from Sicamous, Meagan Carrier from West Kelowna, Rhea Hewitt from Savona,…
Eric Gabriel, a Mi’kmaq from Newfoundland, has taken his interest in engineering to new levels with an internship opportunity with Shell. He currently works as a mechanical engineer-in-training in the rotating and static equipment engineering department at Shell’s Albian Sands, north of Fort…
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D. Memee Lavell Cooper received a boost to her high educational aspirations recently, when she learned she was one of the recipients of the inaugural Trudeau Scholarship.
On June 26, the Trudeau Foundation announced its first 12 scholarships for doctoral candidates from…
News in Brief
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One of the five winners of the 1997 Royal Bank Native Student Scholarships is from Alberta. One of the awards, which were announced in Toronto on April 3, went to Jennifer Smith from Medicine Hat. Smith will receive $4,000 annually for her educational expenses…
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saskatoon Health Region to provide more jobs for grads in the health field. “It formalizes and furthers our relationship so we can work together and it will benefit everyone in Saskatchewan,…
TD Bank of Canada has provided a gift of $500,000 to the University of Saskatchewan for the Indigenous Land Management Institute in support of education, scholarships and research in the area of Indigenous economic development. The funding will support the work of the ILMI with half of the money…
Twenty-six youth were recently recognized through the ATCO Pipelines Aboriginal Education Awards Program, with ceremonies held in Edmonton and Calgary. The ATCO program is aimed at supporting Aboriginal students from Aboriginal communities near ATCO facilities. These awards, bursaries and…
The LYNX website launched in 2008 has proven to be a perfect solution to the difficulties corporations were having in recruiting Aboriginal post-secondary graduates for positions with their companies.
Since Career Services departments do not post jobs by ethnicity, the corporations would…
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Energetic, optimistic and active are just some of the words you can use to describe Matthew Dunn. Another word is successful.
The 21-year old Metis youth from Saskatoon has excelled academically, in sports, and as an actor, and has received numerous awards in recognition…