NWT Chamber to award $2,500 annual scholarship
July 7th, 2009
The NWT Chamber of Commerce is pleased to again offer a one-time scholarship grant to a qualified NWT student in an accredited business program for the upcoming school year.
“Collectively the Board recognizes that education plays a critical role in helping to grow the NWT economy,” said NWT Chamber President Ann Marie Tout. “We’re proud to once again make this scholarship available to a Northern student who hopes to eventually join the territorial business community.”
To be eligible for the $2,500 NWT Chamber scholarship you must be a citizen/permanent resident of Canada, have graduated from an NWT high school with a Grade 12 diploma, and be accepted by or enrolled in a recognized post-secondary institution on a fulltime basis with a full course workload in an accredited business program.
Along with a completed application form, which is available online as a PDF download in the Public Documents section of www.nwtchamber.com, your submission package will need to include:
- A cover letter explaining your enrollment in a business program and your personal/career goals as well as a recent photograph of yourself.
- Copies of your acceptance letter and your most recent school transcripts.
- At least two (2) letters of reference from non-family members.
Applications can be submitted via e-mail to admin@nwtchamber.com or mailed to the NWT Chamber Scholarship Committee, #13 Yk Centre, 4910-50th Avenue, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 3S5.
The deadline for applications is Aug. 21, 2009. Members of the NWT Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will select a winner from all valid applications no later than mid-September.
In association with the network of community Chambers of Commerce in Fort Simpson, Behchoko, Norman Wells, Fort Smith, Hay River and Yellowknife as well as the Northern Aboriginal Business Association, the NWT Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of more than 865 members. For more than 35 years, it has been the only pan-territorial voice of businesses across all sectors of the Northern economy.
