Northwestel announces 2025 Northern Futures Scholarship to support students across the North.
Whitehorse, YT, May 15, 2025 - Now in its 23rd year, Northwestel’s Northern Futures Scholarship Program is once again open for applications, offering six scholarships of $4,000 each to support Northern students pursuing post-secondary education.
Open to individuals from the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Northern British Columbia, and Northern Alberta, the scholarship recognizes academic potential, leadership, and community involvement. Since its inception in 2002, the program has awarded more than $500,000, helping people in the North pursue studies in fields such as Engineering, Business, Communications, and Technology. In addition to financial support, recipients may also gain access to summer employment or future career opportunities with Northwestel.
“The North is full of promise,” says Curtis Shaw, President of Northwestel. “This scholarship is our way of investing in that promise and showing the next generation that we see their potential and they belong in classrooms, boardrooms, and beyond.”
Each year, Northwestel aims to award at least half of its Scholarships to Indigenous students, reflecting a sustained commitment to reconciliation and equity in education.
Applications are open until July 2, 2025, with full eligibility and submission details available at nwtel.ca/scholarships. All applicants will be notified by the end of August regarding their application.
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About Northwestel
Northwestel is the largest telecommunications provider in Canada’s North, serving 97 communities across the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia and Alberta. Beginning in 2020, Northwestel’s Every Community project significantly improved broadband services for northern residents, governments, and businesses using the latest fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technologies. Now, over 95% of homes in Yukon and NWT have access to high-speed, unlimited fibre-powered internet, either fibre to the home or fibre to the neighbourhood. Northwestel is proud to provide service on the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples across Canada’s North. In 2024, Sixty North Unity, a consortium of Indigenous organizations, announced its plans to purchase Northwestel and make it a wholly owned Indigenous company, which will make it the largest Indigenous-owned telecommunications in the world.
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