4 Nunavut students earn Danielle Moore scholarships
$3,000 academic award named in honour of Pinnguaq coding instructor who died in 2019 plane crash
The four recipients of the 2024 Danielle Moore Scholarship are, clockwise from top left: Haily Arnaqjuaq, Kara Campbell, Candy Ivalutanar and Aura Kwon. (Photos courtesy of Pinnguaq)
Four Nunavut students have been awarded $3,000 each to help pay for their studies as the recipients of the 2024 Danielle Moore Scholarship.
This is the third year the Pinnguaq Association has presented the academic prize named to honour a former coding instructor at Pinnguaq’s Iqaluit Makerspace, who died in a plane crash in Ethiopia on March 10, 2019.
The recipients are selected by members of Moore’s family and Pinnguaq CEO Ryan Oliver, according to a news release from the organization.
The four recipients are Haily Arnaqjuaq of Sanirajak; Candy Ivalutanar of Naujaat; and Aura Kwon and Kara Campbell, both of Iqaluit.
Arnaqjuaq is completing an Indigenous STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Ivalutanar is a third-year student in the teacher education program at Nunavut Arctic College.
Kwon is a first-year student pursuing a bachelor of music degree at the University of Toronto, and plans to pursue a teaching career in Nunavut.
Campbell is a bachelor of science student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S.
“We are so delighted that Danielle’s impact continues to carry on across the territory through this scholarship,” Oliver said in the release.
He added that, “This year, like the previous years, there were many worthy applicants we received, and once again the number of winners has increased.”
Last year’s scholarship was awarded to three recipients. The year before, it was awarded to two.
Pinnguaq said applications for the 2025 scholarship are set to open in January.
What is Indigenous STEM?
Arnaqjuaq is completing an Indigenous STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont.
hope this helps lol
How could it? 🙂
I have the same question, HGO; maybe it’s a STEM Studies program, like the Environmental Studies programs that are Arts degrees
Are boys not eligible for this award?
Per the hyperlink, Derek Aullaannaaq Qimuksiraaq Irwin-Van Eindhoven was one of three winners of the award last year.
It is entirely reasonable that the four most worthy candidates this year were all women.