Métis Scholar Awards

Awarded to a full-time student in any NorQuest College Career program.

Eligibility Criteria;

• Financial need. • Academic standing of 64%/C/2.0 or higher. • A personal letter from applicant describing educational goals and career objectives. • Canadian Citizen and an Alberta resident. • Not a registered or treaty Indian. • Not receiving a Rupertsland Institute (RLI) Métis Training to Employment sponsorship. • Métis heritage (a copy of proof of Métis status must be submitted with application: [photocopy of MNA membership card, or a membership card in any of the following organizations: Métis settlements of Alberta, Métis Nation of Ontario, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation BC or Manitoba Métis Federation card; photocopy of parent(s)/grandparent(s), aunts/uncles or siblings membership card in any of the above named Métis organization; or Genealogy proving Métis ancestry

NOTE: Students are only eligible to receive the Métis Scholar Award once per Academic year.

Supplemental Questions

Please describe how you are involved in the Métis Community. Are you a current client of, or receiving funding from the Rupertsland Institute? Declaration I declare that my name will not appear on the Government of Canada’s Indian Registry or a Band list pursuant to the Indian Act and I am not an Inuk or a non-Status Indian.