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Aurora College Scholarship

About the Aurora College Scholarship

Established in 2009, the purpose of the Aurora College Scholarship is to support residents of Yellowknife who are entering a second or subsequent year of study at the Yellowknife/North Slave Aurora College campus.

Application process

Individuals interested in applying must create a profile on our scholarship application portal. Once your profile is created, you will need to complete our eligibility quiz and then submit a scholarship application to the Aurora College Scholarship.

Applications will be made available during our scholarship intake season.

2024 key dates

2 April, 12.01am

Scholarship application portal opens. 

31 May, 11.59pm

Scholarship application portal closes. Late applications not accepted.

Mid- to late July

Funding distributed to scholarship recipients. 

Please find the application process below, including some frequently asked questions. 

Established in 2009, the purpose of the Aurora College Scholarship is to support residents of Yellowknife who are entering a second or subsequent year of study at the Yellowknife/North Slave Aurora College campus.

$1,000

Please note that award amounts vary year by year.

In order to be eligible to apply for the Enough Talk, Hurry Up and Do It Already Arts Scholarship Fund, you must be:

  • A resident of Yellowknife for at least 3 years
  • Entering your second or subsequent year of study at the Yellowknife/North Slave Aurora College campus.

All of our scholarship application forms and additional materials need to be submitted on our scholarship application portal.

  • You will complete a questionnaire describing how this scholarship will help you achieve your goals, your community involvement, and how the funding will benefit you, your community, and/or the North

You must be an eligible resident to apply for a scholarship.
As such, YKCF requires you to make a residency declaration and have a witness sign off.
However, you do not need to print out any forms!
Each residency declaration is a one-click question embedded within the application process.
You just need to provide the email address of your residency witness, and they will be emailed directly.

You can only apply through our online application portal. In 2024, the application portal opens on April 2nd.

Access it here: https://www.grantinterface.ca/Home/Logon?urlkey=yellowknifescholarship

Mailed and emailed applications will not be accepted barring extreme circumstances.

If you have more questions, check back to our FAQs on our scholarship page!

  • 2023 Luke Vandervalk
  • 2022 Luke Vandervalk
  • 2021 No award
  • 2020 Marta Goodwin
  • 2019 Elycia Monaghan
  • 2018 Danielle Wendehorst
  • 2017 Jennifer Pitt
  • 2016 Shania Clark
  • 2015 Alyssa Carpenter
  • 2014 Kassandra Spoelder
  • 2013 Lidya McLeod
  • 2012 Cheryl Fountain
  • 2011 Megan Paul & Tanya Silke
  • 2010 Vanessa Vanderwater
  • 2009 Holly Stringer