Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund

Established in 2014, the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund (formerly known as the Legislative Assembly of the NWT Fund)’s purpose is to support resident of the Northwest Territories who are pursuing post-secondary education in political science or a related field. 

The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and the Yellowknife Community Foundation announced a name change to the Fund on October 3rd, 2023 to memorialize Haylee Carlson, who was integral in establishing the Fund in 2014. 

Haylee believed that education was life long and was on her own education journey before she passed away from breast cancer in 202 at the young age of 37. Haylee was a compassionate, courageous, selfless warrior who always thought of other before herself even at the last stages of her life. 

In order to be eligible to apply for the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund, you must be:

• A resident of the Northwest Territories for at least 10 years prior to applying
• Pursuing post-secondary studies in political science or a related field
• Some examples of a related field can include; public policy, law, political research, journalism or public administration

*If you are unsure whether you field of study is a related field to political science, please call or email the Yellowknife Community Foundation at +1-867-446-4527 or information@ykcf.ca to discuss

All of our scholarship application forms and additional materials need to be submitted on our scholarship application portal. 

For students that are applying to the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund, here are some things that you will be including in your application:

• A personal essay describing your community involvement, volunteering and other achievements
• A personal essay describing your reasons for pursuing your program of study and what you hope to accomplish with your education
• Your academic achievement
• One letter of reference from a teacher, coach, instructor, etc.

Please keep in mind that all applications to YKCF scholarships require the applicant to submit a proof of residency affidavit (which you will be able to find when you create an account on our application portal), and a confirmation of acceptance (or a letter of admission) to a post-secondary institution.

You can apply through our scholarship application portal! 

Please note you will need to create an account, and complete our eligibility quiz to see which Fund you are eligible to apply.

If you have more questions, check back to our FAQs on our scholarship page!

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• 2016 Kathleen Glowach and Lyndon Stanzell
• 2015 Karalyn Menicoche and Kathleen O’Brien
• 2014 T’anchay Redvers and Trisa Ngo