Four Directions Events This Week

 Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre
September 18 - September 22, 2023

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Check out the Four Directions Events Calendar HERE for the most up to date information on our programs and events!

Click HERE to see the full calendar of events for Consent Awareness Week 2023!

STEM:InA is an academic and community-building support program for Indigenous students studying undergraduate STEM degree programs at Queen's University. 

Learn more HERE

Campus Events & Information

Kitchen Table Conversations:

Truth & Reconciliation with BIPOC Educators

In-Person Workshop at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre

25 September 2023

3–5 pm

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Community Events

Oct 18^th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: https://bit.ly/47RaEA7

Oct 26^th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: https://bit.ly/45K4lN4”

Bursaries, Scholarships & More

The Ministry of Colleges and Universities has approved three-year, multi-year funding for the Indigenous Student Success Fund (ISSF). We anticipate this shift to multi-year funding will provide additional stability and predictability, enabling you to focus more on delivering quality programs to support Indigenous learners and less on yearly administrative processes.

Please click through to see ISSF Guidelines for 2023-2026, along with the multiyear workplan and budget templates covering the academic years 2023-2026.

Note that the yearly allocation amounts continue at the same levels as previous years. The deadline for submitting your workplan and budget is September 29, 2023. 

WTS Toronto Area Indigenous Student Scholarship

The Indigenous undergraduate student scholarship is open to any enrolled post-secondary school students with indigenous heritage who are pursuing a degree in planning, economics, engineering, political science, environmental science, and other programs that will lead to a career focused on transportation. Students are eligible if they are currently attending a GTHA post-secondary institution* within Canada.

*Note: Queen's University is NOT included in the list of eligible GTHA post-secondary schools

Deadline: October 3rd, 2023

The Dean Conner Inclusion Scholarship

The Dean Connor Inclusion Scholarship was created in 2021 as a way to support Black and Indigenous youth in Canada. Through this program, we aim to provide the following support to students:

• $5,000 scholarship
• 4-month summer internship
• Professional mentorship and coaching from leaders across the organization
• 1-1 post-grad job search support - students are paired with a Sun Life Recruiter to support in identifying potential job opportunities and provide guidance around resume writing, interview prep, etc.

Deadline: November 4th, 2023

PhD Opportunities

The Pathy Foundation Fellowship

The Pathy Foundation Fellowship provides professional leadership training and support for graduating students to lead a community development project anywhere in the world.

The 12-month fellowship is for graduating students who have the capacity and potential to develop as effective change-agents, a meaningful connection with a community of their choosing anywhere in the world, and an innovative idea of how this community could be strengthened. Candidates do not need to develop a completed plan at the application stage, but rather have an interesting and innovative idea of something that could strengthen the community that can then be further developed in the first few months of the program, informed by the on-campus and distance learning components.

This Fellowship is for graduating full-time students from McGill, uOttawa, Queen’s, Bishop’s and StFX universities who are 29 years old or under and are Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2024-25 COHORT WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER 2023

Job Opportunities

Collections Assistant (Indigenous Student) – Research and Collections

Canadian Museum of Nature

Deadline: September 19, 2023