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Tagalik Eccles plans to build a career founded in

Tagalik Eccles plans to build a career founded in the pursuit of truth and justice. This student from Rankin Inlet with interests in criminal law is currently in her final year of the Nunavut Law Program, preparing to graduate in June 2021 with her Juris Doctor in Law. She’s supported by INAC’s North Star Bursary through Indspire’s Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards program.

After graduation, she’ll be articling in her home community with the goal of ultimately staying there to work in criminal defence. She says: “Thank you for your generous support. Scholarships from sponsors like you have enabled me to put my full focus on my studies and not worry about my financial situation. It has helped me to put my best efforts into my schooling.”

Learn more about Tagalik and her inspiring story at the link in our bio!

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We’re very happy to announce another exciting pa

We’re very happy to announce another exciting partnership which will help First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students follow their dreams!

Today, the Arthur Erickson Foundation and the Wosk Foundation announced a $110,000 donation to Indspire – a donation which will focus on increasing Indigenous student success by growing the number of Indigenous architects and landscape architects in Canada.

Central to Arthur Erickson’s work as an architect and theorist was his belief in and commitment to education and research; he understood the need of each generation to contribute to the training of the next. One of the ways the foundation (@arthurericksonfoundation) honours this belief is by working with donors to develop prizes and scholarships intended to assist students studying architecture and landscape architecture.

Michael Prokopow, Vice President (East) Arthur Erickson Foundation, said: “The organizations recognize the profound importance of the shared work of decolonization and reconciliation in Canada for the transformation of society. These awards recognize the deep power of Indigenous thinking and wisdom around the making of habitation and space for wellbeing across generations and the vitally important stewardship of the natural world.”

Learn more at the link in our bio!

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It’s with sadness in our hearts that we share th

It’s with sadness in our hearts that we share the news of the passing of another member of the Indspire family: Fred Sasakamoose, who passed away yesterday at the age of 86. One of the very first Indigenous players in the NHL, Sasakamoose played 11 NHL games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1953-54, facing off against greats like Maurice Richard and Gordie Howe.

He grew up in Big River First Nation (formerly Whitefish Lake) and was a residential school survivor, testifying about his experiences at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2012. After retiring from the NHL, he returned to Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, becoming a band councillor and chief, and working to develop minor hockey and other sports programs for youth across Saskatchewan. He was always conscious of the need to be a good role model to Indigenous youth. Fellow NHLer Reggie Leach remembers this: “He wanted to push our young kids to do the best they can and don't give up. The stuff that he has done for people in his life, it's amazing," said Leach. "I got to know him over the years and we became great friends…He always had a smile and a kind word for everyone.”

Along with receiving the 2011 #IndspireAward for Sports Sasakamoose was named to the Order of Canada in 2017 and received an honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Saskatchewan earlier this year. His autobiography, Call Me Indian, will be published in April 2021. Our thoughts and our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends.

Visit the link in our bio to read more about Fred's accomplishments.

As we look toward the beginning of our National Ga

As we look toward the beginning of our National Gathering for Indigenous Education @ Home and anticipate tonight’s Student Panel Discussion, it’s fitting that we’re shining the spotlight on our final 2020 Guiding the Journey Award recipient: Young Indigenous Women's Utopia, the winner of the GTJ Organization Award.

Young Indigenous Women’s Utopia is a girls' group in Treaty Six Territory and the Traditional Homeland of the Métis (also known as Saskatoon, SK). As urban Indigenous teens, the members come together from many different nations and communities to combat gender-based and colonial violence. They do this work by engaging in cultural reclamation, ceremony, storytelling and arts-based activism and research, and they’re part of a larger transnational project called Networks for Change and More Than Words.

Congratulations to all the members of Young Indigenous Women’s Utopia!

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