Indigenous Graduate Recruitment 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. Priority will first be given to students pursuing a PhD, followed by research-based programs at a Master’s level.

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.