2007-08-011-C10 Sharing the Land Scholarship Fund, YFWMB
Summary
The Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board (YFWMB) successfully awarded this year’s Sharing the Land Scholarship in October and our recipient was Alexandra Morrison-Rusas of Whitehorse. The process for deciding the successful applicant included advertising the scholarship in the local gazettes with the following message:
The Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board is proud to offer a scholarship to a student interesting in continuing the connection between people and the land through their educational goals. Each year, $1000 will be awarded to a Yukon resident pursuing post-secondary training. We request applicants to submit a two-page essay outlining what significance the Yukon’s wilderness holds for you and what you hope to do to continue sharing the land with fish and wildlife in the future through your educational goals. For example, you may wish to pursue a Science degree so you can conduct wildlife research. Or perhaps you may want to obtain an Arts degree and write poetry inspired by landscapes of the north. Maybe you are interested in a Business degree to develop new techniques in recycling.
The Board considered this to be our finest year of applicant’s and we are certain that the spirit of the Sharing the Land Scholarship has provided some incentive and positive reinforcement to students who plan to maintain their connection to the land through their educational goals.
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