Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary area of study at universities, where culture and nature are understood to be deeply integrated, and where the social sciences, humanities, arts and natural sciences meet and inform each other. Environmental Studies students are encouraged to consider ecological, political and economic constraints and possibilities, and to explore how ideas and practical matters come together. This field provides opportunities for reflexive, rigorous, critical and creative thinking to inform policies and programs in environmental management.

2024-2025 Scholarship

Taylor Schear

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Taylor Schear graduated from Kalemi Dene School in June 2023. She is a member of the Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę Government (Norman Wells Land Corporation) and the Fort Good Hope Dene Band and has been accepted to the University of Alberta for the 2023 fall term to pursue a Bachelor of Arts, Recreation, Sport and Tourism. Taylor has participated in Northern Youth Leadership Camps. She has done many paddling trips in the Sahtú. Taylor enjoys learning survival skills and developing her leadership skills.

Madison Menacho-Melnyk

Madison is from Norman Wells and she graduated from Mackenzie Mountain School. She completed her Environment and Natural Resource Technology Diploma at Aurora College in 2024. Madison is now pursuing an undergraduate degree at Yukon University.

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2024-2025 Scholarship

Hailey Taneton

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Hailey was born and raised in Délı̨nę. She is fluent in North Slavey. Hailey has been accepted to the Business Administration Diploma Program at Camosun College in Victoria, BC. She plans to return to Délı̨nę once she completes her program to make a difference and help her community.