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The Indigenous Studies Program has presented 6 students with awards in the past year

Graduate Awards

Thanks to the generosity of the Rathlyn Foundation, the Indigenous Studies Program and 91社区 Institute for the Study of Canada听have been able to award three scholarships to graduate students.听Ben Geboe who is pursuing his PhD in Social Work won the Rathlyn Doctoral Fellowship.听Ben is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and has distant relatives in the Dakota in Manitoba. His thesis focuses on interviewing Canadian Indigenous nurses and physicians working with Indigenous community members. Two fellowships were also given to master's students Meghan Eaker and Joel Grant, who are both Albertan.听Meghan is a nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) of mixed Cree (Woodland) and European ancestry. She is completing a master's in nursing, specifically supporting the training of Inuit nurses. Joel is a member of the M茅tis Nation of Alberta and is pursuing a Master鈥檚 Degree in Chemical Engineering,听investigating the environmental effects of micro- and nanoplastic accumulation in Canadian climates.

Undergraduate Awards

We have also given out three undergraduate awards.听Carlee Kawinehta Loft won the听Indigenous Community Engagement Award, an award is to recognize a dedicated and passionate undergraduate Indigenous student at 91社区 who has shown distinguished leadership and involvement in an Indigenous community, organization, and/or community based-initiative. Carlee's presence was a mainstay at the First People's House while she attended 91社区. She could be found volunteering at the annual pow wow and the many other events held throughout the year. Her volunteering went beyond 91社区 borders as she volunteered with the Wolfpack Street Patrol. She spent many hours organizing events like the Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie class walk-out, workshops created for SSMU, and the #ChangeTheName campaign as Indigenous Affairs Commissioner for SSMU and the co-president of the Indigenous Student Alliance. She noted the ways the work and support of others also allowed her to do the work she did. Carlee is听Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka (Mohawk).

Denzel Sutherland-Wilson (Gitxsan) and Marion Daigle听both won Best Paper in Indigenous Studies.听This award recognizes the most thought-provoking essay written by an undergraduate student in an Indigenous Studies Program course. Sutherland-Wilson paper "Wilp Sim' Maay: House of the Huckleberry"; Marion's paper was titled "Sit Back, Relax, Enjoy the Music, And...: Listening to Indigenous Artists as Multifacted Action for Settler Audiences".

Learn more about all our award recipients here!

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