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Indspire Award Recipients (Laureates)

Representing the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers, the Indspire Awards were created in 1993, in conjunction with the United Nation’s International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Awards recognize Indigenous professionals and youth who demonstrate outstanding career achievement. They promote self-esteem and pride for Indigenous communities and provide outstanding role models for Indigenous youth.

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Lesley Hampton

Youth Recipient - 2021

Mitchell MacDougall

Youth Recipient - 2021

Justin Langan

Youth Recipient - 2021

Drew Hayden Taylor

Arts - 2021

Rosa Walker

Business and Commerce - 2021

Emily Angulalik

Culture, Heritage, and Spirituality - 2021

Lorne Gladu

Education - 2021

Catherine Cook

Health - 2021

Val Napoleon

Law and Justice - 2021

Nahanni Fontaine

Public Service - 2021

Dallas Soonias

Sports - 2021

Qapik Attagutsiak

Lifetime Achievement - 2021

Gina Wilson

Public Service - 2020

Jeannette Corbiere Lavell

Lifetime Achievement - 2020

Marian Jacko

Law and Justice - 2020

Karen Lawford

Health - 2020

Candice Lys

Education - 2020

Claudette Commanda

Culture, Heritage, and Spirituality - 2020

Dawn Madahbee Leach

Business and Commerce - 2020

Alana Robert

Youth Recipient - 2020

Alicia Aragutak

Youth Recipient - 2020

Ta'kaiya Blaney

Youth Recipient - 2020

James Lavallée

Youth Recipient - 2019

Kelly Fraser

Youth Recipient - 2019

Billy-Ray Belcourt

Youth Recipient - 2019

Brigette Lacquette

Sports - 2019

Peter Dinsdale

Public Service - 2019

Atuat Akittirq

Lifetime Achievement - 2019

Dianne Corbiere

Law and Justice - 2019

Dr. Marlyn Cook

Health - 2019

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As December gets going and the first term of schoo

As December gets going and the first term of school winds down, we want to let you know that we’re thinking ahead to New Year’s resolutions – and we’ve got you covered! 👏

If you’re an Indigenous high school, university, or college student who’s looking for good guidance from folks who have walked the same path, come and join our Rivers to Success Indigenous Mentorship program! 😊

It’s a totally free online program that’s designed with you in mind.

Join up and get access to customized resources, good advice from Indigenous mentors, and amazing events like our Career Transition series happening in January.

In fact, we’ve got a great event coming up this Thursday, Dec 9: Ininiw Acakosuk, the Cree Stars…come check it out! ✨

Click on the link in our bio to learn more (and join us on Thursday for the Wilfred Buck event)! 🙌

#R2S #RiversToSuccess #mentorshipmatters #IndigenousExcellence

As the week begins, we want to start it in a good

As the week begins, we want to start it in a good way by saying chi miigwech, nia:wenko:wa, nakurmiik, maarsii, hiy hiy to everyone who helped us out so generously on #GivingTuesday last week! 🙏

Thanks to your generosity, we raised $104,920 for our Chief Harry St. Denis Awards, which support Indigenous students who are studying environmental science. 🌎

Every contribution you’ve made allows us to help Indigenous students follow their dreams and succeed – we couldn’t do it without you, and we’re so grateful! ❤️

And if you meant to give but haven’t yet, don’t worry; we know that things get busy.

There’s still time to help Indigenous students, so click on the link in our bio! 🙌

#GivingTuesday #IndigenousExcellence #environment #carefortheplanet @therealmargaretatwood

Today is the day you’ll find our project "12 onl

Today is the day you’ll find our project "12 online tools to indigenize education in Canada" behind the @24GOODDEEDS Charity Advent Calendar door. 👏

You can learn more about our project at the link in our bio 🙌

#24gooddeeds #canadiancharities #notforprofitcanada

As we heard multiple times last week during our Na

As we heard multiple times last week during our National Gathering for Indigenous Education, Indigenous language learning is one of the critical factors for Indigenous students’ success – and so is Indigenized curriculum. ✔️

As we honour and celebrate all of the Indigenous language educators out there, we’d also like to recognize a student who’s pursuing his own path into this important field. 😊

Richard Peters is from Beausoleil First Nation and is studying in the Anishinaabemowin Program at Georgian College; he’s supported by the Georgian College Indspire Award through our Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards program.

After graduation, Richard aspires to be a role model to other Indigenous youth by becoming a teacher:

“This award will help immensely. My future aspirations are to go to Teachers College in Nipissing University, and teach Anishinaabemowin at the High School level. Upon getting my OCT, I will continue to get my degree in Anishinaabemowin and continue learning the language.”

Learn more about Richard’s inspiring story at the link in our bio! 🙌

#BBF #thankyou #IndigenousStudents #StudentSuccess

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