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The Great Northern Way Trust Scholarship

The Great Northern Way Trust (GNWT) scholarship is intended to recognize and provide funding to eight competitive, incoming graduate students who attained, or are in the process of attaining, a bachelor's degree from one of the Great Northern Way Trust's partner institutions: the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, or the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Students are selected based on the overall quality of their MDM application.

Terms of Reference & Criteria

 Eight scholarships valued at $5,000 eachwill be awarded annually in the Fall term to students who fulfill the following criteria:

  •  Attained or is in the process of attaining a bachelors degree from one of Great Northern Way Trust’s partner institutions: the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University of Art + Design or the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
  • Hold a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.3 in their undergraduate studies at the time of application.
  • Admitted into the Master of Digital Media program.

If suitable candidates are not identified, the award may be awarded in a subsequent term.