Award Winners

Early Entry Awards

• One of two Early Entry Awards: $500 (each)
  
  Awarded to the top entries submitted by 5pm EST on December 7, 2011.
  
  (Open to entries from across Canada and internationally)

  1) Ateliers de formation du Wapikoni mobile (Quebec)
  
  2) Aboriginal Student Links (Ontario)

Honourable mentions:

Urban Butterflies (British Columbia)

Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) program (Nova Scotia)

National and International Awards:

• Community Awards: 3 awards of $5,000 (each)
  

  Awarded to entries with the most votes from the online community.
  
  Entries from outside of Canada will be eligible for one of the three awards.

  1) Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) program (Nova Scotia)
  
  2) Imagination Library - Free books for preschoolers (Manitoba)
  
  3) Elephant Thoughts First Nations and Inuit Education (Ontario)

• Donner Canadian Foundation Community Awards: 2 awards of $2,500 (each)
  
  Awarded to top entries from across Canada
  

  1) Ateliers de formation du Wapikoni mobile (Quebec)
  
  2) Aboriginal eMentoring BC (British Columbia)

Regional Awards within Canada:

• Donner Canadian Foundation Award for Innovations from Alberta: 1 award of $2,500
  
  Awarded to the top entry from Alberta

  Making Dreams A Reality (Alberta)

• The First Nations Education Council and the Regroupement des centres d’amitié autochtones du Québec Award: 1 award of $1000 (each)
  
  Awarded to the top entry related to education and employment in Quebec

  Dialogue & accompagnement d'adolescents autochtones par l'art (Quebec) [available in English soon]

• The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Award: 1 award of $2,500
  
  Awarded to the top project or idea from Quebec

  Skins Workshops on Aboriginal Storytelling and Video Game Design (Quebec)

• The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Award: 1 award of $2,500
  
  Awarded to the top project or idea from Manitoba or Saskatchewan

  A Tap on the Shoulder (Manitoba)

• Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Award from the Maritimes: 1 award of $5,000
  
  Awarded to the top Early Childhood Education entry from the Maritimes Maritimes (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick).

  Mi’kmaq Music, Songs and Stories for Babies (Nova Scotia)

• The North-South-Partnership for Children Award: 1 award of $1,000
  
  Awarded to an idea or project pertaining to the Far North in Ontario

  Revolution: Girl-Style (Ontario)

• RBC Awards for the Far North: 3 awards of $5,000 (each)
  
  Awarded to top entries from or pertaining to the Far North in Canada (north of 60°Latitude

  1) Dechinta Bush University, Denendeh (NWT) (Northwest Territories)
  
  2) Actua in the North (Ontario)
  
  3) ArtsCan Circle (Ontario)
  
  Honourable mention: Elephant Thoughts First Nations and Inuit Education (Ontario)

• Vancouver Foundation Awards: 2 awards of $5,000 (each)
  
  Awarded to the top entries from British Columbia
  
  1) Clleq’melt: Groups for Aboriginal children and youth in Schools and Community (British Columbia)
  
  2) Urban Butterflies (British Columbia)

Awards for Specific Areas of Learning:

• The Counselling Foundation of Canada & Canadian Education & Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC) Awards: 3 awards of $1,000 (each)
  
  Awarded to the top entries pertaining to career education and workplace learning in Canada

  1) Balancing Strategies: Self-Directed Life and Career Exploration for Indigenous Students (British Columbia)
  
  2) Nunatsiavut Government Sponsored Bachelor of Social Work Program (Newfoundland and Labrador)
  
  3) TASK (Trade Awareness, Skills & Knowledge) (British Columbia)

• The Girls Action Foundation Awards: 3 awards of $1,000 (each)
  
  Awarded to the top entry addressing Aboriginal education submitted by a First Nations, Métis or Inuit young woman (under 30 years of age)

  1) Exchanges Unite Us - Intercultural Exchanges in NWT (Northwest Territories)
  
  2) Porteurs de rêves et boîte d’outils pour un enseignement des arts visuels autochtones à l’école secondaire (Quebec) [available in English soon]
  
  3) Revolution: Girl-Style (Ontario)

• The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Award: 1 award of $5,000
  
  Awarded to the top entry for post-secondary education from across Canada

  Aboriginal eMentoring BC (British Columbia)

• The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Award: 1 awards of $2,500
  
  One award to the top entry for student retention from across Canada

  Increasing Aboriginal Economic Inclusion through the Use of E-Learning Technology in the Aboriginal Community (Alberta)

• The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Award: 1 awards of $2,500
  
  One award to the top entry for sport and healthy living from across Canada

  Just Move It (Ontario)

• Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation and Lawson Foundation Awards: 2 awards of $5,000 (each)
  
  Awarded to the top Early Childhood Education entries from across Canada

  1) Aboriginal ECERS (British Columbia)
  
  2) Ojibway Language Books for Children (Ontario)

• Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative Awards: 5 awards of $1,000 (each)
  
  Awarded to top entries pertaining to elementary and secondary classroom education in Canada

  1) Aboriginal High School Mentorship Program (Ontario)
  
  2) Aboriginal Student Links (Ontario)
  
  3) DreamCatcher Mentoring: E-Mentoring for Northern High School Students (Yukon Territory)
  
  4) First Nations Studies Expo (British Columbia)
  
  5) To Learn: Sharing, Wisdom, Strength and Unity (Ontario)