Bursary Awards

Bursaries are available to NWT students pursuing careers in a front line health care or social service profession.  Students must be enrolled in a full time campus-based or distance education post secondary program at a Canadian university or college.  In addition, these bursaries have a "return of service" component, so applicants are required to sign an agreement stating they will return to the NWT to work in their profession upon graduation.  Applicants must not have a return of service agreement with any other jurisdiction in Canada or elsewhere.

Priorities for the bursary program include NWT residents who:

  • meet conditions under the GNWT affirmative action policy; and

  • have attended school or lived in the NWT for a minimum of two years immediately prior to applying for a bursary.

Each bursary has a separate application package containing general information about the bursary, an application form, instructions for submitting an application, and a return of service agreement.

Department of Health and Social Services Bursaries:

The files listed below are all in PDF Format, if you need the free viewer please click here.

Most of these bursaries require you to be set up for direct deposit of funds. Click here to print the direct deposit form and be sure to include it with your bursary application.

Note:  If you have applied for direct deposit with the GNWT previously and your banking information is the same, you do not have to complete this form as part of your bursary application package.

Health and Social Services Academic and Practicum Bursary

The Health and Social Services Academic and Practicum Bursary is available to NWT students enrolled full time in degree or diploma programs, either campus-based or distance education, to assist with expenses while going to school.

Academic and Practicum Bursary application package (PDF - 81.08 KB)

Health and Social Services Preceptorship Bursary

A Bursary is available to NWT students enrolled in the noted eligible professions (see package), who successfully complete their Preceptorship requirements and agree to return to or remain in the Northwest Territories upon graduation to fulfill their return of service.

Preceptorship Bursary application package (PDF - 226.47 KB)

Southern Educational Program Bursary

The Southern Educational Program bursary is available for students completing their last two years of study in a nursing, social work or specified allied health care professional training program. Bursary applicants must be studying full time at a recognized Canadian University.

Allied Professions included are: 

  • audiology;
  • biomedical engineering;
  • diagnostic imaging;
    • radiology technology
    • CT imaging
    • MRI
    • mammography
  • dietician;
  • medical laboratory technology;
  • nursing (Note: Degree programs only);
  • nutritionist;
  • physiotherapy;
  • social work (Note: Degree program only);
  • sonography/ultrasound; and
  • speech language pathology.

Southern Educational Program Bursary application package (PDF - 79.58 KB)

Southern Educational Program Bursary - Dental Therapy

This bursary is available for Canadian students completing their last two years of study in a Dental Therapy professional training program.  Bursary applicants must be studying full time at a recognized Canadian College or University and be willing to sign a return of service agreement to practice their profession of dental therapy in the NWT after graduation.

Southern Educational Program Bursary - Dental Therapy application package (PDF - 72.50 KB)

Southern Educational Program Bursary - Pharmacy

This bursary is available for Canadian students completing their last four years of study as a Pharmacist. Bursary applicants must be studying full time at a recognized Canadian College or University and be willing to sign a return of service agreement to practice as a hospital based pharmacist within the NWT.

Southern Educational Program Bursary - Pharmacy application package (PDF - 74.82 KB)

Health and Social Services Post Graduate Studies Bursary

The Health and Social Services Bursary for Post Graduate Studies is available to NWT students enrolled full time in post graduate degree programs, either campus-based or distance education, to assist with expenses while going to school.

Health and Social Services Post Graduate Studies Bursary application package (PDF - 64.01 KB)

Northern Nursing Community Based Bursary

The Northern Nursing Community Based Bursary Program is available to NWT resident nursing students only.  The program is intended to provide financial support to nursing students who wish to pursue community, not hospital based nursing upon completion of their studies. This Return of Service Bursary is a multi-year bursary and can be used to assist students with expenses. Students must be enrolled in a full time degree/diploma nursing program at a Canadian University or College. 

Northern Nursing Community Based Bursary (PDF - 86.90 KB)

Nurse Practitioner Academic Bursary

The Nurse Practitioner Academic Bursary is available to NWT residents who are accepted into either the Aurora College Nurse Practitioner Education Program in the NWT, or a Nurse Practitioner Degree or Masters programs offered through southern Canadian institutions, to assist with expenses while going to school. Students currently enrolled in the Nurse Educator Education Leave Bursary Program are not eligible for the Nurse Practitioner Academic Bursary.

Nurse Practitioner Academic Bursary application package (PDF - 83.81 KB)

Nurse Practitioner Bursary for Part Time Studies

The Nurse Practitioner Bursary for Part Time Studies is available to NWT residents who are registered with the RNA NT/NU, and who are accepted in a part time program at either the Aurora College Nurse Practitioner Education Program in Yellowknife, or a Nurse Practitioner undergraduate or masters degree program offered at an accredited post secondary institution in Canada.

Nurse Practitioner Bursary for Part Time Studies (PDF - 85.01 KB)

Nurse Practitioner Education Leave Bursary

This bursary is available to NWT residents who are registered nurses employed by the GNWT or the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority in full time indeterminate positions.  Applicants must be accepted in full time studies at either the Aurora College Nurse Practitioner Education Program or a similar degree or masters program offered by southern institutions in Canada.

Nurse Practitioner Education Leave Bursary application package (PDF - 98.01 KB)

PHC Nurse Practitioner Bursary for Southern Canadians

The Nurse Practitioner Bursary for Southern Canadians is available to Canadian RNs residing outside the NWT who are accepted in a full time Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner undergraduate or masters degree program offered at post secondary institutions in Canada. The bursary is intended to assist with the expenses of completing a nurse practitioner program. Applicants for this bursary must agree to fulfill a Return of Service to the Government of the NWT Health and Social Services system, during which they agree to practice in a Community Health Centre within the Northwest Territories as a Nurse Practitioner.

PHC Nurse Practitioner Bursary for Southern Canadians (PDF - 74.79 KB)

Health and Social Services Medical Student Bursary

To provide financial assistance to a student in a medical program at a Canadian University and 2 years of residency, to meet tuition, educational materials and/or living expenses.

Health and Social Services Medical Student Bursary application package (PDF - 73.25 KB)

Resident Family Practice Bursary (for medical students)

The Resident Family Practice Bursary provides $15,000 per year for Residents in their first or second year of residency in a Canadian University. This Bursary is to assist the Resident with expenses of daily living and does not cover costs of tuition during residency. A maximum of two (2) Bursaries will be awarded per year.

Resident Family Practice Bursary application package (PDF - 71.86 KB)

Medical Resident Travel Bursary

This bursary assists Medical Residents with transportation costs to the Northwest Territories (NWT), by reimbursing them the cost of economy return airfare from their practice city to the community where the residency placement will occur.

Medical Resident Travel Bursary application package (PDF - 79.66 KB)

Emmett Hall Clerkship Elective Bursary

In recognition of the contributions Justice Emmett Hall has made to the evolution of health care in Canada, the Department of Health and Social Services established a bursary in his name. The purpose of this bursary is to assist medical students with transportation costs to the Northwest Territories by reimbursing them the cost of economy return airfare from their university city to the community where the clerkship will occur.

Note: Maximum funding has been awarded for 2007/2008. To request an application for 2008/2009, please contact students@gov.nt.ca.

Emmett Hall Clerkship Elective Bursary application package (PDF - 80.03 KB)

 

Last Updated: March 26, 2008

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