Indigenous Graduate Award Competition

Eligibility

Open to self-identified Indigenous students from Canada in a graduate program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

You will be required to upload documentation to verify your Indigenous citizenship and/or membership. 

You must meet the eligibility criteria for each award for which you are applying at the time of application. Awards will be paid by the end of the calendar year of application. 

Awards

• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - Indigenous
• Anne and Armando Pradella Graduate Scholarship in Public Health
• ii' taa'poh'to'p Ahead of Tomorrow Graduate Scholarship
• ii’taa’poh’to’p Graduate Scholarship
• Métis Scholar Graduate Award

Indigenous Documentation

If your documentation is not specified in the list below, it will be forwarded for review by the University of Calgary Pilot Committee on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership. Contact gsaward@ucalgary.ca for confirmation or questions.

First Nations/Status 

• Status card issued by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). Older status cards may be used, but if the “valid to” date has passed, students are encouraged to order a new card. 
• Letter from a government-registered First Nations community verifying the student is a member of that First Nation. 

First Nations/Non-Status 

• To be reviewed by the University of Calgary Pilot Committee on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership.  

Métis 

• A currently valid (non-expired) Métis card from: 
  • Member Nation of Métis National Council of Canada, including: Métis Nation British Columbia, The Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation Saskatchewan, or Métis Nation of Ontario. 
  • The Manitoba Métis Federation. 
  • The Northwest Territory Métis Nation. 
• Letter or membership card from one of the member Nations of the Métis Settlements General Council including: Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth Lake, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine. 
• Documentation of membership from other Métis communities will be reviewed by the University of Calgary Pilot Committee on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership.  

Inuit 

• Inuit beneficiary card or letter from: Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Nunavut Tunngavik, Makivik Corporation, Nunatsiavut in Labrador, or Indigenous Services Canada. 
• Inuit beneficiary cards issued through Nunavut Trust. 
• Documentation of membership from other Inuit communities will be reviewed by the University of Calgary Pilot Committee on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership.

Contact Us

Application

The Indigenous Graduate Award Competition opens September 15

1. Go to your Student Centre and click the link Apply for Awards tab on your home screen.
2. Select the Indigenous Award Competition Application.

Only one application is required regardless of the number of awards you are applying for.

** It is recommended that you access the application via Microsoft Edge or Mozilla Firefox internet browsers. Chrome users will encounter issues due to a chrome delivered update**

Apply here

References

References for admission may be used toward the Indigenous Graduate Award Competition as long as they have been written within the last eleven months prior to the competition deadline.