William Dixon Indigenous Graduate Scholarship

This is not an application to be completed by the student. Rather, nominations come from the Department Heads and Graduate Chairs through a nomination package including a letter of support and the nominee’s CV. Nominations will be submitted directly by the department to gradstudies.awards@usask.ca by the deadline. No further action is required in the Awards Hub.

This scholarship assists departments in their recruitment efforts of First Nations (status or non-status), Metis, or Inuit person of Canada students in either a Master’s or PhD program. Students need to entering a new program of study in September of the application year.

• Master’s nominees must meet the minimum standard for first-class standing, which is a grade point average of 80%, equivalent to the University of Saskatchewan grading system on the last 60 credit units of the undergraduate degree or the cumulative average of a Master’s degree.
• Doctoral nominees must meet the minimum standard for first-class standing, which is a grade point average of 80%, equivalent to the University of Saskatchewan grading system, for their master’s degree.
  
  Only Indigenous candidates will be considered for this award. Verification of Indigenous Membership/Citizenship with documentation is a condition of receiving this award. Verification of Indigenous Membership/Citizenship at the University of Saskatchewan is led and determined by the  deybwewin | taapwaywin | tapewin: Indigenous Truth policy and Standing Committee in accordance with the processes developed to enact the policy.
  
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  Indigenous Truth Policy on Indigenous citizenship/membership to proceed through the verification system. If you have any questions or require additional information about deybwewin | taapwaywin | tapwewin please contact: indigenoustruthpolicy@usask.ca.
  
  The University is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and is proud to support academic opportunities for Indigenous students. We continue to grow our partnerships with Indigenous communities across the province, nationally and internationally, and value the unique perspective that Indigenous students provide to strengthen these relationships.