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Eugène Roach Memorial Fund

About the Eugène Roach Memorial Fund

Established in 2022, the purpose of the Eugène Roach Memorial Fund is to support residents of the Northwest Territories pursuing post-secondary studies or trades in any field.

Applicants must exemplify a strong love for their community through leadership, strong work ethic, and involvement in sport. .

2025 key dates

2 April, 12.01am

Scholarship application portal opens. 

31 May, 11.59pm

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 Eugène Roach Memorial Fund was created by Eugène’s family in memory of his legacy in education, coaching and supporting sports and recreation in the North. Eugène was a physical education teacher at Ecole Saint Joseph School for 18 years, where his time was spent organizing, coaching, or traveling to sports tournaments with students. His involvement as coach for the NWT Archery Team at the 2017 North American Indigenous Games and the 2019 Canada Winter Games brought the first NWT athletes to the sport in those Games. Eugène also highly valued community connection, spending 16 years with the Yellowknife WIMPS Hockey Association, and creating/performing music to honour his Acadian culture. His relentless work ethic to his passions, commitment to the community, and steadfast dedication are values and traits that this Fund hopes to uphold.
$1,000

Please note that award amounts vary year by year.
In order to be eligible to apply to the Eugène Roach Memorial Fund, you must be:
  • A resident of the Northwest Territories for at least twelve consecutive months
  • Pursuing post-secondary studies or trades in any field

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:

  • 2024: Joseph Curran
  • 2023: Effie Lockhart