The Job Yellowhead Memorial Education Fund

Job Yellowhead was a status Native Canadian who has a fierce pride in his culture, a strong Native identity, a rapier with and an enormous love for all people. He was working very hard to develop the traits of cheracter and responsibility that are criteria for students who will become recipients of The Job Yellowhead Memorial Education Fund.

This is a university scholarship that was established in Job Yellowhead's memory, and is available to Aboriginal, Metis and Inuit youth who are residents of Manitoba. All applicants must be in the process of completing, or have recently completed high school, and are planning to attend an accredited univeristy in Canada.

This scholarship provides financial support for up to five (5) years of continuous study in the fields of Liberal Arts, Journalism, Law, Medicine, Native/Aboriginal/Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Science, Religious Studies and Business Administration. The primary objective of the scholarship is to provide funding to qualified candidates who, without the Scholarships support, would likely not have access to a university education.

The deadline for applications is January 31st, 2014.

For more information, and to apply to for the scholarship, please visit the Job Yellowhead website: http://www.jobyellowheadfund.org.