Yellowknife Community Foundation Scholarships

Funding region: 
Northwest Territories

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. It embodies a simple concept – that people working together can make a difference.

Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Yellowknife, and the surrounding area by: identifying and addressing current and anticipated community needs; and, raising, managing, and distributing money from donated funds to meet those needs.

Alice and Randy Daniels Music Fund

The Alice and Randy Daniels Music Fund was established to support residents of the Northwest Territories (NWT) who are developing their skills in music as performers, song writers or producers.

Prerequisites

Applicants must be:

  1. Residents of the NWT for the immediate past 5 years.

Enough Talk, Hurry Up and Do It Already - Arts Scholarship

Established by Dustin Milligan to assist École Sir John Franklin High School graduating students pursuing post-secondary studies in the performing arts, film, music or writing.

Prerequisites

To be eligible, individuals must be grade 12 students at École Sir John Franklin High School who have been accepted into a post-secondary program for the performing arts, film, music or writing for the following school year. Applicants must demonstrate strong passion and talent in their chosen field both in school and in the community.

Fine & Performing Arts Scholarship

The Fine and Performing Arts Fund was established to support Northwest Territories’ residents interested in pursuing education or training opportunities in the fine or performing arts.

Prerequisites

To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing artistic excellence in one or more of the following areas: drama, dance, music, and theatre arts including technical production, studio arts, film or photography. They also must have resided in the Northwest Territories (NWT) for a minimum of one year prior to the award of the scholarship and have been accepted at a recognized program or course in the fine or performing arts, consisting of a minimum of 100 hours duration.

Sally Manning Memorial Writing Fund

The Sally Manning Memorial Writing Fund was established to provide support to Aboriginal and First Nations writers.

Prerequisites

To be eligible, individuals must be of First Nations, Inuit or Métis background and a current or former resident of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon or Nunavut.

Wally12Million Arts Fund

The Wally12Million Arts Fund was established in 2014 by Thomas and Elaine Girrior in memory of David Walter Girrior, to support post secondary students studying fine arts or music.

Wally12Million is a solo project that Walter composed and performed, and is available on SoundCloud.

Prerequisites

To be eligible, individuals must be:

  1. Residents of the Northwest Territories (NWT)
  2. Entering their second or subsequent year of studies in fine arts or music at a recognized education institution or be enrolled in a post-graduate program of study in fine arts or music at a recognized educational institution.