August 1, 2020
The Yellowknife Community Foundationtoday announced the award of 54 scholarships valued at a total of $104,000, the largest single award the Foundation has made in its 27 year history. Robin Greig, President of the Yellowknife Community Foundation – “scholarships were awarded in Fine and Performing Arts, Health Care and Social Work, Sport and Recreation, Leadership and Community Development, Trades, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), Air Transportation, Finance and Management, Administrative Support, and Second Language studies to students from across the Northwest Territories and some from Nunavut and Yukon” Laurie Gault, Grants Committee Chair for the Yellowknife Community Foundation – “Students across the north are facing an unprecedented drop in summer employment opportunities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We were very pleased to be able to double the number of students receiving scholarships to help out.” The Yellowknife Community Foundation also acknowledged Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine for stepping up to support the increase in Foundation Scholarships this year by making a direct contribution to assist with the increase for Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine Community Scholarship. The Yellowknife Community Foundation was formed in 1993 to provide interested individuals and organizations with a means of supporting projects in our community for the enduring future. The Foundation is not singularly dedicated to any specific area of support. It embodies a simple concept – that people working together can make a difference. Aurora College ScholarshipMarta Goodwin Adolf Duesterhus STEM Scholarship FundSeamus Daly and Bethany Giovanetto Alice And Randy Daniels Music FundGrace Clark and Diana Rockwell Butler-Hushagen Health Education FundKleinberg Fernandez and Zahir Hirani Chris Argue Memorial FundJack Kotaska and Kelvin Kotchilea Con Employees’ Benevolent FundVivianne Pauzé and Cassidy Taylor Doug Bothamley Memorial FundMax Dragon and David Phypers Rio Tinto Diavik Comm Scholarship FundPatrick Adzin Jr., Kelvin Kotchilea, Gillian McNaughton, Allana Nakashook-Zettler, Nancy Ngo and Jada Xie Doctor David J. Ramsden Memorial ScholarshipJulianna Neudorf and Victoria Rankin David Sutherland Memorial FundElla Kokelj and Jack Panayi Enough Talk, Hurry Up and Do It AlreadySafiya Hashi Elaine (Sweet) Whitford Scholarship FunEmma Cameron and Roxanne Kotchilea Fine & Performing Arts ScholarshipKacie Hall and Rankin Stewart Gary Robinson Memorial FundHenry Law Helping Children Soar ScholarshipTwo awards Jenny Gamble-Fournier Memorial FundDarian Erasmus and Abigail Thompson Jonas Konge Memorial FundAlexander Affleck and Elycia Monaghan John Tumchewics Memorial FundKurt Petersen Legislative Assembly of the NWT FundPaulina Ross and Christopher Yurris Luke Charpentier Memorial FundKirianne Ashley and Alannis McKee Lena Gosselin Memorial FundMarta Goodwin and Luke Heal Lilly Borges-Oldham Language ScholarshipAshley Ens Mary Beth Miller Memorial FundElla Kokelj and Jack Panayi Northern Aviation ScholarshipTyana Nutt and Robyn Quitte Pat McMahon Memorial FundClair Littlefair and Anusa Sivalingam Randy McBride Hockey Project FundDeanne Whenham and Zach Zorn Wally12Million Arts FundGrace Clark and Carson Asmundson
