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Established in 2005, the purpose of the Gary Robinson Memorial Fund (Student Award) is to support residents of Yellowknife pursuing programming at institutions in emergency response or outdoor education..

2025 Key Dates

2 April, 12:01 PM

Scholarship application portal opens. 

30 May, 11:59 PM

Scholarship application portal closes.

Mid-to-Late July

Funding distributed to scholarship recipients. 

Application Process

Individuals interested in applying must create a profile on our scholarship application portal. Once your profile is created, you will need to complete our eligibility quiz and then submit an application for the student award.

Applications will be made available during our scholarship intake season, every spring.

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The Gary Robinson Memorial Fund was established in 2005 to support search and rescue/recovery, emergency response activities and outdoor skills and/or survival training in the Yellowknife area. Through this Fund, it is his family’s hope that Gary will continue to protect and help the people of this place that he loved so much.
$1,000

Please note that award amounts vary year by year.
In order to be eligible to apply to the Gary Robinson Memorial Fund (Student Award), you must be:
  • A resident of Yellowknife for at least twelve consecutive months
  • Pursuing programming at institutions in emergency response or outdoor education.

All of our scholarship application forms and additional materials need to be submitted on our scholarship application portal.

  • You will complete a questionnaire describing your goals, your dedication to your field of study, your involvement in the community, etc.

You must be an eligible resident to apply for a scholarship.
As such, YKCF requires you to make a residency declaration and have a witness sign off.
However, you do not need to print out any forms!
Each residency declaration is a one-click question embedded within the application process.
You just need to provide the email address of your residency witness, and they will be emailed directly.

You can only apply through our online application portal.

Access it here: https://www.grantinterface.ca/Home/Logon?urlkey=yellowknifescholarship

Mailed and emailed applications will not be accepted barring extreme circumstances.

If you have more questions:

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