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Furthering Justice through Education Youth Leadership Award In Honour of 2023 Wilps Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem Pole Rematriation
Deadline for applications, May 31st, 2024
Application to consist of:
– a 250 single-page, double-spaced essay or a 3 to 5 minute video presentation which outlines the importance of the Ni’isjoohl memorial pole rematriation.
– Statements illustrating the applicant’s involvement in “justice-oriented efforts and/or interests in activism and education related to decolonization, Indigenous self-determination and self-governance, and inclusive and collaborative citizenship and/or matriarchal leadership”.
Award Terms of Reference
Furthering Justice through Education Youth Leadership Award In Honour of 2023 Wilps Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem Pole Rematriation
Website: CCEJ-SFU-ca Award: $1000.00 Deadline: May 31, 2024
Criteria: This award is in honour of the rematriation of the Ni’isjoohl memorial totem pole. The award is intended to support a secondary school student in the Nisg̱a’a school district (SD92) who has demonstrated justice- oriented efforts and/or interests in activism and education related to decolonization, Indigenous self-determination and self-governance, and inclusive and collaborative citizenship and/or matriarchal leadership. The $1000.00 award is intended to support the student in ongoing education (through post-secondary schooling, or community-based and guided education) that is in line with the values and activism of the Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem Pole Rematriation delegation’s work.
Eligibility: Any Nisg̱a’a citizen in K-12 who currently attends school in District 92, and all of our Nisg̱a’a Urban Locals (Gitlaxdax Nisg̱a’a Terrace Society, Gitmaxmak’ay Nisg̱a’a Society Prince Rupert and Nisg̱a’a Ts’amiks Vancouver Society) are eligible to apply.
The award will be adjudicated by the school district (SD92) along with a representative of NLG.
For any award recipient who decides to attend undergraduate studies at SFU, the CCEJ also offers a part time and renewable Research Assistantship with
Furthering Justice through Education Youth Leadership Award In Honour of 2023 Wilps Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem Pole Rematriation
the Centre. Award receiving students who are applying to SFU and/or starting undergraduate studies at SFU, please email the Centre for information about this opportunity: ccej@sfu.ca.
Donor: The Cassidy Centre for Educational Justice, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Furthering Justice through Education Youth Leadership Award In Honour of 2023 Wilps Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem Pole Rematriation
Scholarship Award Application: Furthering Justice through Education Youth Leadership Award In Honour of 2023 Wilps Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem Pole Rematriation
To apply for this award, please review background information on the rematriation of the Ni’isjoohl Memorial Totem pole (https://www.amyparent.ca/research-projects) and provide a response on the importance of that event for the Nisg̱a’a nation. Your response can be in the form of a one page, double-spaced (250 word) essay or a 3-5 minute video including narration, images, video, text-transcript or other manner of communicating your thoughts. Please include a statement of the sources of factual information used in your application response (text, archive, elder quotations, etc.).
Send a copy of your essay or a link to the completed video along with this completed form attention Principal, Nisg̱a’a Elementary Secondary School. cpeal@nisgaa.bc.ca
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Outline your activities which illustrate “demonstrated justice-oriented efforts and/or interests in activism and education related to decolonization, Indigenous self-determination and self-governance, and inclusive and collaborative citizenship and/or matriarchal leadership”.
