Each year, the Northwestel Northern Futures Scholarship Program provides scholarships of $2500.00 each to selected students to assist with their post-secondary studies. Since the program was established, 95 scholarships have been awarded, representing a total of $237,500.00 in contributions to outstanding northern students, including the 2010-2011 awards. In addition, Northwestel makes efforts to provide employment for the scholarship recipients during their summer breaks and after graduation. A number of the summer students employed by Northwestel have been previous scholarship recipients.

 

 

It was introduced in 2002 to replace a previous scholarship program.

 

 

Funding is designated each year to provide ten scholarships. The exact number of scholarships actually awarded may fluctuate slightly from year to year. Five of the scholarships are available exclusively to Aboriginal students and, if possible, are generally awarded to students in each of the four regions in Northwestel’s operating area – Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and northern B.C.

 

 

Students must be residents of Northwestel’s operating area who are pursuing full-time post-secondary studies in one of the following fields: Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Business/Commerce. Students are able to apply and receive a Northern Futures Scholarship a maximum of four times. Northwestel employees are not eligible to apply but other members of their families may do so.