2005 Recipients

Justin Baikie 18, NW River, NL
$4,000 to enter the first year of a five-year Bachelor of Engineering program at Dalhousie University

Holly Barnaby 31, Fort Good Hope, NWT
$2,000 to enter the first year of a two-year Industrial Instrumentation diploma program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Kevin Beardy 40, Winnipeg, MB
$4,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Self Government Administration Diploma program at Red River College

Amanda Bedard 27, Masset, BC
$1,500 to enter the first year of a two-year Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance program at the University of Victoria

Jesse Benjamin 24, Charlottetown, PEI
$3,500 to enter the third year of a four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the Atlantic Veterinary College

Mark Binkley 21, Lakehurst, ON
$2,000 to enter the third year of a four-year Honours Bachelor of Commerce program at McMaster University

Bobbi-Jo Blayone 18, Dawson Creek, BC
$2,015 to enter the first year of a fifteen-month Aircraft Maintenance Engineering program at Northern Lights College

Pascale Boivin 31, Trois-Rivieres, QC
$2,500 to enter the second year of a four-year Bachelor program at the University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres

Amy Bombay 23, Ottawa, ON
$3,000 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Science at the University of Ottawa

Natalie Bomberry 29, Toronto, ON
$2,000 to enter the second year of a three-year Public Relations Advanced Diploma program at Humber College

Nathan Bomberry 25, Ohsweken, ON
$3,500 to enter the second year of a four-year diploma program in Mechanical Engineering at George Brown College

Alicia Brown 20, Waubaushene, ON
$500 to enter the second year of a two-year Early Childhood Education Diploma program at Fanshaw College

Michelle Cameron 32, Vancouver, BC
$1,500 to enter a one-year Master of Social Work program at the University of British Columbia

Sonja Chapdelaine 34, Fort McMurray, AB
$2,000 to enter the first year of a two-year post diploma Bachelor of Management program at Athabaska University

Daniel Cheechoo 22, Moose Factory, ON
$1,000 to enter the third year of a five-year Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Manitoba

Terri-Lynn Chiblow 25, Pond Inlet, NU
$1,500 to enter the second year of a two-year Native Social Services Diploma program at St. Lawrence College

Cheryl Clark 27, York, PEI
$3,500 to enter the third and final year of a Bachelor of Laws program at the University of Victoria

Sharon Clarke 36, Kingston, ON
$15,000 to enter a one-year Bachelor of Education after Degree program in the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program at Queen's University

Tricia Cook 22, Winnipeg, MB
$500 to enter the first year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts program through the University 1 Access program at the University of Manitoba

Lori Cyprien 24, Fort Chipewyn, AB
$2,000 to enter the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Natural Resource Science program at the Thomson River University

Rachel Dampier 31, Nipigon, ON
$1,500 to enter the first year of a three-year Child and Youth Worker Diploma program at Northern College - Porcupine Campus

Robyn Desnomie 30, Regina, SK
$700 to enter the third year of a five-year Bachelor of Arts pre-professional program at First Nations University of Canada

Tammy Desormeaux 33, Sturgeon Falls, ON
$1,500 to enter the third year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts - Sociology program at Nippissing University

Sarah Jean Dickie 22, Victoria, BC
$2,500 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts - History program at the University of Victoria

Kristina Duffee 28, Saskatoon , SK
$4,500 to enter the second and final year of the Master of Arts program in Native Studies at Trent University

Robyn Duffney 33, New Ross, NS
$2,500 to enter the second year of a two-year Bachelor of Social Work program at Dalhousie University

Thomas Edwards 23, Winnipeg, MB
$1,400 to enter the fifth year of a five-year integrated Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education program at the University of Winnipeg

Tanya Edwards 29, Winnipeg, MB
$3,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Aboriginal Child and Family Services Worker Certificate program at the University of Manitoba

Carlotta Ellison 25, Barrie, ON
$5,000 to enter the third year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts program at Laurentien University

Patricia Farr 26, Lake Temagami, ON
$2,500 to enter a one year University Profile transfer program at Humber College

Lynda Favelle 40, Nanaimo, BC
$5,870 to enter the last five-months of a three-year Bachelor of Education program at Malaspina University College

Nahanni Fontaine 34, Winnipeg, MB
$6,500 to enter the second year of a five-year Interdisciplinary Ph.D program at the University of Manitoba

Amanda Claire Fox 26, Lethbridge, AB
$6,000 to enter the fourth year of a five-year Bachelor of Education through the Native Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of British Columbia

Hilda Francis 46, Edmonton, AB
$2,782 to enter the first year of a two-year Business Diploma program at Yellowhead Tribal College

Christopher Fry 21, Calgary, AB
$2,000 to enter the second year of a four-year Bachelor of Commerce program at the University of Calgary

Ronald George 60, Victoria, BC
$2,500 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Social Work program at the University of Victoria

Nadine Gerharde 27, Edmonton, AB
$2,500 to enter the fourth and final year of a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology program at the University of Alberta

Gordon Googoo 36, Toronto, ON
$5,000 to enter the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies at the University College of Cape Breton

Florence Gray 34, Winnipeg, MB
$2,000 to enter the first year of a five-year Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education program at the Winnipeg Education Centre at the University of Winnipeg

Mary Grossetete 36, Grande Prairie, AB
$5,000 to enter the first year of a two-year Teacher Assistant certificate program at Grande Prairie Regional College

Christina Gruben 27, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
$2,500 to enter the second year of a five-year Bachelor of Science at the University of Alberta

Regina Hartwick 27, Lakefield, ON
$6,000 to enter the third year of a four-year Honours Bachelor of Arts program at Trent University

Litta Herard 26, Winnipeg, MB
$2,500 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Social Work program at the University of Manitoba.

Matthew Hickey 27, Hamilton, ON
$4,000 to enter the fourth and final year of a Master of Architecture program at the University of Calgary

Mallory Houle 18, Ashmont, AB
$2,000 to enter the first year of a two-year Journalism diploma program at Grant McEwan College

Anna Hunter 36, Saskatoon, SK
$5,000 to enter the first year of a three-year Ph. D program in Politics at the University of Calgary

Michelle Jack 31, Demot, ID
$2,700 to enter the second year of a three-year Doctorate of Philosophy program at Washington State University

Corey Janvier 25, Edmonton, AB
$2,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Social Work Diploma program at Maskwachees Cultural College

Tobi Jeans 28, Matachewan, ON
$1,000 to enter the fourth year of a five-year Honours Bachelor of Arts program at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Deborah Jeffrey 45, Victoria, BC
$3,500 to enter the second year of a three-year Bachelor of Laws program at the University of Victoria

Kelly Johnsen 35, Port Alberni, BC
$6,700 to enter the second year of a two-year Master of Education program at the University of Victoria

Rebecca Jules 25, Vancouver, BC
$1,800 to enter the fourth and final year of a Bachelor of Arts program at Simon Fraser University

Peter Kattegatsiak 37, Chesterfield Inlet, NU
$1,507 to enter the second year of a two-year diploma at the Nunavut Artic College

Kathryn Lacerte 27, Victoria, BC
$2,600 to enter the first year of a two-year Bachelor of Education after Degree program at St. Francis Xavier Univesity

Cherie-Lynn Ladouceur 32, Lac La Biche, AB
$1,500 to enter the second year of a two-year Social Work diploma program at Portage College

George Lammers 38, Winnipeg, MB
$1,000 to enter the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Manitoba

Steven Lamouche 19, Edmonton, AB
$500 to enter the second year of a two-year Police Studies diploma program at Grant MaEwan College

Brittanee Laverdure 23, Calgary, AB
$5,000 to enter the fourth year of a five-year Bachelor of Arts in International Indigenous Studies program at the University of Calgary

Leanne Leask 23, Vancouver, BC
$1,500 to enter the third year of a four-year Bachelor of Social Work program at the University of British Columbia

Audrey Letander 0, Winnipeg, MB
$1,500 to enter the first year of a three-year Community and Disability Support Worker program at Red River College

Margaret Lindsay 41, New Wesminister, BC
$4,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Associate Degree in Social Work at the Institute of Indigenous Government

Alicia Louis 19, Penticton, BC
$1,500 to enter the second year of three-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of British Columbia

Ramona MacKenzie 27, Lacombe, AB
$1,000 to enter the third year of a four-year Bachelor of Education program at Canadian University College

Rose Mandamin 44, Toronto, ON
$3,000 to enter the sixth year of a seven-year Doctor of Philosophy program in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto

Elaine Mann 40, Winnipeg, MB
$2,500 to enter the third year of a five-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Manitoba

Natasha Marshall 22, Victoria, BC
$1,500 to enter the second year of a two-year First Nations Community Studies program at Camosun College

Rhonda Martin 28, Calstock, ON
$2,000 to enter the first year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Victoria

Jerica Martin 18, Hagersville, ON
$1,000 to enter the first year of a four-year Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology program at Wilfrid Laurier University

Cynthia McCluney 47, Peterborough, ON
$1,500 to enter the first year of a two-year Nigig Social Service Worker program at First Nations Technical Institute

Suzy McKitrick 19, Coral Harbour, NU
$4,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Aboriginal Law and Advocacy diploma program at Confederation College

Kelly McRee 38, Surrey, BC
$1,100 to enter the second year of a two-year Certificate program at the Native Education Center

Andrea Michael 30, Saskatoon, SK
$500 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Education in the Indian Teacher Education program in at the University of Saskatchewan

Norissa Mongrain 23, North York, ON
$500 to enter the second year of a two-year Assaulted Woman and Child Advocacy diploma program at George Brown College

Randy Morin 27, Prince Albert, SK
$2,960 to enter the second year of a two-year Indian Teacher Education after degree program at the University of Saskatchewan

Carmen Muldoe 34, Smithers, BC
$3,000 to enter the first year of a two-year distance education Bachelor of Social Work program at the University of Victoria

Paul Murphy 39, Regina, SK
$6,500 to enter the third year of a three-year Master of Arts program at the University of Regina

Maria Nagy 41, Convex, BC
$500 to enter the second year of a two-year post- Diploma Bachelor program in Addiction Counselling in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge

Quinn Noyes 22, Hamilton, ON
$1,000 to enter the first year of a two-year General Arts and Science program at Mohawk College

Lacey Noyes 18, St. Catharines, ON
$1,000 to enter the first year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts program at Brock University

Christine Obonsawin 29, London, ON
$4,000 to enter the fourth year of a four-year PHD in Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario

Marlo Paige 32, Duncan, BC
$1,500 to enter the second year of a three-year Master of Education program at the University of Victoria

Harriet Palma 40, Vancouver, BC
$2,500 to enter the first year of a Master program in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia

Melissa Paquette 23, Echo Bay, ON
$1,500 to enter the fifth and final year of a Bachelor of Arts Honours/Bachelor of Education concurrent program at Queen's University

Murray Pelletier 38, Saskatoon, SK
$3,000 to enter the second year of a three-year Bachelor of Laws program at the University of Saskatchewan

Thomas Perry 54, Burns Lake, BC
$2,500 to enter the first year of a two-year Master of First Nations Study at the University of Northern British Columbia

Corrine Peters 39, Winnipeg, MB
$1,000 to enter the first year of a two-year Aboriginal Child and Family Services Diploma program at the University of Manitoba

Evan Roberts 21, Winnipeg, MB
$1,500 to enter the first year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Manitoba

Anna Rosypskye-Dixon 36, Vancouver, BC
$2,500 to enter the second year of a two-year Family Counselling Diploma program at Langara College

Maureen Samuels 38, Terrace, BC
$1,600 to enter the second year of a two-year Bachelor of Social Work program at the University of Northern British Columbia

Sherry Sandy 36, Ohswekan, ON
$3,800 to enter the second year of a four-year combined Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Work program at McMaster University

Sabrina Saunders 35, Ohsweken, ON
$6,500 to enter the second year of a five-year Ph.D program in Theory and Policy Studies and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Reima-Lee Sellars 34, Victoria, BC
$1,700 to enter the third and final year of a Social Work Diploma program at Camosun College

Leigh-Anne Sheldon-Houle 30, Slave Lake, AB
$2,300 to enter the fourth year of a five-year Bachelor of Arts in Psychology program at Athabaska University

Renee Shilling 36, Curve Lake, ON
$8,000 to enter the fourth year of a five-year Doctor of Philosophy in Education program at OISE University of Toronto

James Sinclair 29, Selkirk, MB
$3,500 to enter the second year of a two-year Master of Arts in Native Literature program at the University of Oklahoma

Konrad Sioui 52, Wendake, QC
$6,500 to enter the second year of a five-year PhD program in Native Studies at Laval University

Shannon Sirosky 31, Vancouver, BC
$1,500 to enter the first year of a two-year diploma program at Langara College

Cherryl Smiley 22, Vernon, BC
$3,000 to enter the third year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of British Columbia - Okanagan on exchange with the University of Aberdeen

Sheena Lee Smith-Spencer 20, Ottawa, ON
$3,500 to enter the second year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts/Honours program at Carlton University

Celene Sotkowy 36, Kalamazoo, MI
$4,200 to enter the second year of a two-year Master of Anthropology program at Western Michigan University

Susan Staats-Stephens 51, Brantford, ON
$1,045 to enter the third year of a four-year Honours Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University

Sandra Starr 33, Winnipeg, MB
$2,500 to enter the second year of a two-year Aboriginal Self Governance Diploma program at Red River College

Kristopher Statnyk 18, Mayerthorpe, AB
$1,000 to enter the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts- Political Science program at the University of Augustana

Heather Stewart 48, Vancouver, BC
$2,000 to enter the first year of a two-year Social Work Diploma Program at IIG All Nations Institute

Tara Stigen 30, Edmonton, AB
$2,800 to enter the second year of a four-year Bachelor of Social Work program at Grant MacEwan College

Cynthia Stirbys 41, Ottawa, ON
$6,800 to enter the second year of a two-year Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution program at St. Paul University

Krystal Summers 20, Hamilton, ON
$2,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Native Social Services Worker Diploma program at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology

Penelope Sutherland 29, Winnipeg, MB
$500 to enter the third year of a four-year Bachelor of Social Work - Inner City Social Work program at the University of Manitoba

Chessa Syrette 24, Garden River, ON
$1,500 to enter the first year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts Honours program at the Algoma University

Karla Tait 24, Burns Lake, BC
$2,300 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts program at the University of British Columbia

Crystal Tillack 22, Calgary, AB
$2,500 to enter the third year of a four-year Bachelor of Arts - Sociology program at the University of Calgary

Lea Toulouse 20, Vancouver, BC
$1,000 to enter the third year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts program at Langara College

Johnny Van Camp 25, Fort Smith, NT
$3,000 to enter the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Laws program at the University of Victoria

Steve Vanloffeld 24, Guelph, ON
$1,500 to enter the second year of a three-year Bachelor of Arts program at Lakehead University

Roger Wah-Shee 32, Yellowknife, NT
$2,500 to enter the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Laws program at the University of Victoria (conditional)

Barbara Webster 56, Vancouver, BC
$2,000 to enter the second year of a two-year Family and Community Counselling certificate program at the Native Education Center

Dana Wesley 21, Kingston, ON
$1,300 to enter the second year of a four-year Honours Bachelor of Arts program at Queen's University

Verna William 34, Savona, BC
$1,000 to enter a one-year pre-requisite diploma program for Nursing and Pre-Med students at Simon Fraser University

Tara Williams 24, Chilliwack, BC
$3,600 to enter the fourth year of a four-year Bachelor of Social Work program at the University College of the Fraser Valley

Leslie Wilson 45, Prince Albert, SK
$2,200 to enter the fourth and final year of the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) in the Gabriel Dumont Institute at the University of Saskatchewan

Denise Woodford 34, Winnipeg, MB
$1,500 to enter the first year of a five-year Bachelor of Education program at the University of Winnipeg