Indigenous Graduate Leadership Scholarship (IGLS)

This scholarship supports First Nations (status or non-status), Métis, or Inuit person of Canada students in either a Master’s or PhD program. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 75% and demonstrate research productivity as well as leadership through active community engagement and/or involvement.
Recipients can hold this award within the first 36 months of a Master’s program or within the first 60 months of a PhD Program.

The applicant must be a graduate student currently registered at or applying for admission to the University of Saskatchewan. To be eligible, the applicant must:

1. Be a First Nations (status or non-status), Métis, or Inuit person of Canada
2. Be accepted into or registered in a College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Master’s or PhD program
3. Have a minimum GPA of 75%
4. Demonstrate leadership through active community engagement and/or involvement (see examples below)
5. Hold the award within the first 36 months of a Master’s program or within the first 60 months of a PhD program

Leadership may include:

• Band counselling or other positions
• Community involvement
• Entrepreneurial achievement
• Impactful involvement and achievement in Indigenous and non-Indigenous professional or academic programs/associations, such as sports, arts, science, business
  Internships, apprenticeships, or other experiential learning programs
• Involvement in student government or in an academic community, including committees, teams, senate, boards, ethics committees
• Leadership roles in an Indigenous community or family roles or cultural roles
• Mentoring/teaching/supervisory experience
• Organization of conferences, meetings, courses, and community events
• Project management, capacity building, collaborative initiatives
• Roles in academic/professional societies
• Travel and study among Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and countries
  
  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.