An Inuit language specialist and education student from Hall Beach is this year's recipient of the Laura Ulluriaq Gauthier scholarship.
The $5,000 scholarship is awarded each year by the Qulliq Energy Corp. to an exceptional Nunavut student pursuing post-secondary studies.
Recipient Connie Evalak is an Aboriginal language specialist who taught 10 years at Arnaqjuaq school in Hall Beach before she decided to return to her own studies.
The mother of four is now in her final year of her Bachelor of Education teacher education program."Mrs. Evalak's commitment to education is demonstrated by her achievements as a student and her determination to pursue higher education," said Keith Peterson, the Nunavut minister responsible for the QEC, in a Sept. 9 release.
"Her enthusiasm for learning and her generosity with sharing her academic and cultural knowledge with those around her, is inspiring."
The QEC called Evalak a "dedicated volunteer and outstanding mentor to her students."
"After getting my B.Ed later this year, my plan is to go back to the classroom where I can help our future leaders reach their potential," Evalak said in the same release, "and this $5,000 scholarship is going to achieve my goal of completing my teacher education program."
The scholarship is named after Laura Ulluriaq Gauthier, originally from Pangnirtung, who died suddenly in the summer of 2000.
Gauthier was an assistant deputy minister in the Department of the Executive and played a major role in the formation of the Nunavut power corporation.
A September 1999 issue of Time magazine named her one of Canada's young people to watch.
Source: Nunavut language specialist gets QEC scholarship
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