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The excitement was palpable at the University of Prince Edward Island this past week when the Class of 2022 graduated with their undergraduate and graduate degrees.
The University of Prince Edward Island’s Charlottetown campus is now home to a temporary, cone-shaped Indigenous structure, known as a tipi, that has been erected between the Kelley Memorial Building and the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies - media coverage
- From CBC PEI Compass: "UPEI's first Indigenous Studies grads cross the stage"
- CBC Broadcast: New wave of university programs puts Indigenous knowledge at its core (September 26, 2022)
- CBC PEI Radio: Island Morning with Mitch Cormier (September 30, 2022)
- CTV News: 'Sadness and hope': Indigenous leaders, academics speak on Sept. 30 as commitments go unfulfilled (September 30, 2022)
CBC PEI Island Morning’s full coverage of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30, 2022)
CBC Listen Atlantic Voice regarding Lennox Island: (May 2022)
Indigenous Student Scholarships, Awards, and Funding
For assistance with the Indigenous Student L'nui'suti Bursary, IKE 2010 application, contact ikeras@upei.ca.
Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge Education Research and Applied Studies
236 Kelley Memorial Building
902-620-5311
ikeras@upei.ca
IKERAS PhD Student Bursary
Awarded to an Indigenous individual living on Prince Edward Island, registered as an existing, returning, or new PhD student at UPEI. Bursaries of $2,000 will be awarded to each recipient, per term.
IKERAS PhD Student Bursary information
Other external scholarships, awards, and funding:
- Indspire Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards (deadlines November 1, 2022 and February 1, 2023)
- Indigenous Financial Solutions (IFS) Scholastic Awards (deadline August 31, 2022)
- Indigenous Learning Centre Bursaries (for Indigenous Business students, deadline August 26, 2022)
