Upcoming Scholarships and MB Business Council News
Hey there everybody!
How are you doing? Does summer really feel like it is coming? Even with all this rain? I am so excited! Whoo hoo! National Aboriginal Day is next weekend, go out and shake your tail feathers (or maybe your Métis sashes) and celebrate the great and amazing people that we are as Aboriginals in Canada. If you are interested, there will be a competition pow wow at the Ex, events on Selkirk Ave, the Forks, Selkirk, MB and others I am sure… check it out and show how proud you are to be Anisinaabe, Ininew, Michif, Innu…!
Some scholarships which are coming up… Are you glad to be done filling out the monster that was the NAAF application? That is the biggest one of any application, if you can do that one, you can do any one!
1) Assembly of First Nations Heroes of Our Time- due June 21st
http://www.afn.ca/misc/hoot.pdf
Jake Fire- Criminology
Tommy Prince- Native Studies
Walter Dieter- Social Work
Omer Peters- Political Science
Robert Smallboy- Medicine
James Gosnell- Law
John Young- Science
Dr Freda Ahenekew- Education
· any Aboriginal Student (doesn’t have to be a First Nations or Treaty/ Status student).
· must have been in program for at least 1 year already (not going into first year)
· can be in pre professional education for professional programs (i.e. medicine, social work, education)
· can apply for as many as eligible for (i.e. science and education)
· needs two letters of reference
· transcript or statement of marks
· 2 page essay
2) Rose Nolan Scholarship- Due June 30th
http://www.tednolan.com/content/news_article.html?ID=62
· any STATUS or TREATY First Nations woman
· 2 letters of reference
3) Native Women's Association of Canada Helen Bassett Memorial Scholarship- Due July 11
http://www.nwac-hq.org/en/youthscholars.html
· any Aboriginal woman 31 or younger
· 1 letter of reference
· transcript or statement of marks
4) Abraham McPherson Memorial Award Due July 15th
not available electronically, but you can call and ask me for it… or call them and ask them for it… they will fax it to you as well if you have somewhere to get it.
They also said that the application should be available in any Band office or Education Authority
MB Aboriginal Education Counseling Association Inc.
305-352 Donald St. 947-0421 or Lake Manitoba First Nation, Vogar MB 768-2123
· any Aboriginal student in any program
· 1 letter of recommendation
5) Jim Bourque Memorial Scholarship Due July 18th
http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=jim
· any Aboriginal student in education, environmental studies, traditional knowledge or telecommunications
· no application, but follow the link
· a 500 word essay
· 1 letter of reference
6) Canada Post Aboriginal Education Due July 31st
http://www.canadapost.ca/corporate/about/community/abori/pdf/content-e.pdf
· any Aboriginal student who had an interruption of at least 1 year in their education (i.e. quitting high school at any time and going back, in between high school and post secondary, during post secondary)
· 5 page essay
· 2 letters of recommendation
Remember, if you need any help with any of these, call me, email me, that is what I am here for!
Don't forget to sign yourself up to www.studentawards.com, www.scholarshipscanada.com too!
If you are looking for a summer job, try www.amik.ca
Forward this as far and as wide as you want, and remember even if it takes you 20hours to fill these out, DO IT! you will never win unless you apply, and for all that work, if you win say $1000, you will have made $200/hr!
Have a wonderful day!
Shirley Haynes
Financial Aid and Awards Coordinator
Louis Riel Institute
103-150 Henry St. Wpg MB R3B 0J7
Ph: (204)984-9480 F: (204)984-9484
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