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Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund

About the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund

Established in 2014, the purpose of the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund is to support residents of the Northwest Territories pursuing post-secondary studies in political science or a related field.

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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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Established in 2014, the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund (formerly known as the Legislative Assembly of the NWT Fund)’s purpose is to support residents of the Northwest Territories who are pursuing post-secondary education in political science or a related field. The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and the Yellowknife Community Foundation announced a name change to the Fund on October 3rd, 2023 to memorialize Haylee Carlson, who was integral in establishing the Fund in 2014. Haylee believed that education was life long and was on her own education journey before she passed away from breast cancer in 2020 at the young age of 37. Haylee was a compassionate, courageous, selfless warrior who always thought of other before herself even at the last stages of her life.
$2,000

Please note that award amounts vary year by year.
In order to be eligible to apply to the Haylee Carlson Memorial Legislative Assembly Fund, you must be:
  • A resident of the Northwest Territories for at least the last 10 consecutive years
  • Pursuing post-secondary studies in political science or a related 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:

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  • 2019: Christopher Yurris and Catherine Lafferty
  • 2018: Siobhan Quigg and Christopher Yurris
  • 2017: Kathleen Glowach and Karalyn Menicoche
  • 2016: Kathleen Glowach and Lyndon Stanzell
  • 2015: Karalyn Menicoche and Kathleen O’Brien
  • 2014: T’anchay Redvers and Trisa Ngo