NR 07-15 EXT ENG Nunavut Day Grants Extended.doc
(September 6, 2007 — Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. today announced that the deadline for Kakiniit, Nunavut Day Cultural and Academic Grants was extended to Oct. 15, 2007.
Launched by NTI and the Government of Nunavut on Nunavut Day this past July, the grant program will award $1,000 to five students seeking to improve their cultural skills, while the other will award $1,000 to five students enrolled in academic training at a post-secondary institution.
Both scholarship programs are open to Beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
Application forms for the scholarships are available from all NTI offices, and are also available on NTI’s website. As part of the application process, students are asked to write a short essay about an individual who contributed in some way to the negotiations of the NLCA, and the creation of Nunavut. A committee will judge the essays using set criteria and award the grants to the 10 applicants who score the highest marks.
Though the scholarships are co-funded by NTI and the GN, NTI is responsible for administering the program to Inuit.
Application forms are now due Oct. 15, 2007. Scholarships will be awarded later this fall.
The Inuktitut word kakiniit was chosen because it represents a mark or tattoo a person gets on their body as a symbol of something important in their life. Because receiving a grant to pursue cultural or academic education is a significant event in a person’s life, the word Kakiniit seemed appropriate.
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