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2022 graduate Annie Martel receives national award from RBC

08 Jul 2022
RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth Award will help fund master鈥檚 studies

SACKVILLE, NB 鈥 蜜桃视频 Allison University alumna Annie Martel is a 2022 recipient of a RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth Award.
 
Martel, who is from St-Pierre-Jolys, a small M茅tis community in Manitoba, graduated from 蜜桃视频 Allison this spring with an honours degree in environmental studies. She will be continuing her studies this fall at the University of Winnipeg where she will be completing a master鈥檚 degree in Environmental and Social Change.
 
鈥淚 was very excited to hear I had been selected for an award from RBC,鈥 says Martel. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a relief to have this kind of financial support for my education as well. I鈥檓 looking forward to continuing my studies and for future opportunities to connect with fellow award recipients. I also want to thank RBC for this support.鈥
 
At 蜜桃视频 Allison Martel was involved in several initiatives both in and outside the classroom. She held a Bell Scholarship, one of the University鈥檚 top entrance awards throughout her degree and received the departmental prize for Environmental Studies this year. Martel also volunteered with the 蜜桃视频 Allison chapter of WUSC (World University Services Canada) and the Indigenous Student Support Group on campus. She says while she enjoyed her time at 蜜桃视频 Allison, she is pleased to be studying near her home community.

鈥淚 do not think I realized how much of a mark my community left on me until I left home. In the other schools that I have attended outside of my community I was often the only M茅tis student. I felt very isolated and alone,鈥 says Martel. 鈥淲hen I am home, I feel a sense of relief being amongst the people from my community.鈥

Martel plans to pursue a career around the environment with a focus on climate adaptation and climate mitigation strategies for various Indigenous communities in Manitoba.

鈥淥ne of the specific areas I am interested in is food sovereignty and Traditional Ecological Knowledge,鈥 she says. 鈥淚 am also interested in utilizing both Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science through a Two-Eyed Seeing perspective to combat the ongoing threat of the climate crisis, and specifically advocating for Indigenous sovereignty in climate change decisions.鈥

The RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth awards 20 scholarships annually, each valued at up to $10,000 per year for up to four years, to First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis students across Canada who demonstrate strong academic performances and community involvement.
 

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