Photo credit: ?EL,?ELO?EN ?E S,ISTEW? Education Fund
The ?ELO?EN ?E S,ISTEW? Education Fund, which provides a minimum of one annual award of $5,000 to Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit, or Métis architectural or engineering students in British Columbia, has been awarded to three recipients for 2023.
The three recipients this year include Elijah Patrick, a second year Civil Engineering student at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and Connie Davis and Stacie Coutlee, both PhD students in Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
Left to right: Elijah Patrick, Connie Davis and Stacie Coutlee, recipients of the ?EL,?ELO?EN ?E S,ISTEW? Education Fund Award. (Photos courtesy of ?EL,?ELO?EN ?E S,ISTEW? Education Fund) The list of founding contributors to the award include Toronto- and Vancouver-based architects Diamond Schmitt, and the Victoria offices of Number TEN Architectural Group, AES Engineering and RJC Engineers.
Through this initiative?s mentorship program, all fund applicants have the opportunity to make direct connections with industry professionals.
“There are very few Indigenous professionals working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Canada,” reads ?EL,?ELO?EN ?E S,ISTEW?’s website. “Many engineering and architecture firms work with Indigenous communities but few have Indigenous people working within their organizations. Our partners recognize this and want to help Indigenous people pursue careers ...