There deadline to submit applications will be: September 30.
Those who received the scholarship will be responsible to submit a thank you letter to the donor upon receipt of the bursary. The student may be requested to contribute to communication pieces (e.g. blog post, news article).
*For the purposes of this bursary the following definitions apply:
Indigenous Atlantic Canadians – (tiered system of priority shall be used to assess applications) Priority will be given as follows:
- Mi’kmaq ‐ individuals who are Mi’kmaq and were born and/or raised in Mi’kmaqi with a substantial connection to a Mi’kmaw community in Mi’kmaqi
- Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) ‐ individuals who are Maliseet and were born and/or raised in the Maliseet territory in New Brunswick with a substantial connection to a Maliseet community
- First Nations Communities from the Atlantic Provinces
- Students who identify as Métis, Innu, Inuit originating from the Atlantic Provinces.
- Métis/Innu/Inuit from Atlantic Provinces
- Indigenous Students (First Nation, Inuit, Métis) born and raised outside of Atlantic Provinces.
African Nova Scotian/Canadian – (tiered system of priority shall be used to assess applications). Priority will be given as follows:
- African Nova Scotians – born and/or raised in Nova Scotia with a substantial connection to the historically Black community**;
- African Nova Scotians/Canadians – born and/or raised in Nova Scotia without connection to the historical Black community**;
- African Canadians – born and/or raised outside of Nova Scotia.
**Historically Black communities are understood to be those whose ancestral origins are connected to Black Loyalists and Black Refugee populations of the 1700s, the Maroons, and Caribbean migrant population.
