Vernon Yellowhead Award

• Be registered as an Undergraduate, Graduate, Continuing Education or First Nations Technical Institute student at Toronto Met University and have clear academic standing;
• Identify as an Indigenous person in Canada (including First Nations [status or non-status], Metis, or Inuit)

Apply for this award via AwardSpring. You will need to complete a general application first. Once you have filled out the general application, the award will appear on your AwardSpring “Dashboard” for Follow-Up completion. Here, you will be required to submit the following:

Written Statement / Audio / Video File: The written statement should outline, in less than 1000 words, the applicant’s commitment to environmental stewardship and/or Indigenous knowledge and how their academic and/or community work contributes to these areas. If a student chooses, audio and video files (no more than 10 mins) can be submitted in the place of a written statement.

Reference Letter: The Reference Letter should be written by a member of the Indigenous community (reserve, urban, an organization, etc.) that the applicant identifies with. The letter writer should claim the applicant and support their application with reference to their community or academic work revolving around environmental stewardship or Indigenous knowledge.