COPPUL Indigenous Student Award

COPPUL is very pleased to announce its partnership with Indspire to offer an Indigenous Student award to aspiring Indigenous librarians and archivists.

Indspire is a national Indigenous registered charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities.

COPPUL is a Western Canadian academic library consortium that leverages its members’ collective expertise, resources, and influence to enhance learning, teaching, student experiences, and research at academic libraries in Western Canada.

We are very excited to be able to offer a total of $44,000 annually for the COPPUL Indigenous Student Award within Indspire’s Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards Program. The intention of this award is to support Indigenous students interested in pursuing a career in libraries or archives within Western Canada’s library community. The award will be offered to Indigenous students from Western Canada enrolled in ALA-accredited master’s programs in Library and Information or Archival Studies at a post-secondary institutions in Canada or abroad via an online programs.

The Award:

2 awards of $22,000 each.

Link to Inspire Application
Deadlines for applications are August 01, November 01 and February 01