{"id":3304,"date":"2017-03-24T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2017-03-24T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:48:37","slug":"aboriginal-ambassadors-in-the-natural-sciences-and-engineering-award-eligibility-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3304","title":{"rendered":"Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Award &#8211; Eligibility Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">NSERC is happy to announce an important change to the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Students-Etudiants\/Aboriginal-Autochtones_eng.asp\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri;\">Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Award<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> (AANSE).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">All Aboriginal students enrolled in degree programs in the natural sciences or engineering with at least a B- average are eligible.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Applicants are no longer required to hold an NSERC scholarship or fellowship. By broadening the eligibility of the award, we hope to support more Aboriginal Ambassadors and the important outreach these students are offering in Canada\u2019s Aboriginal communities and schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Please visit the AANSE website and encourage your clientele to consider becoming an Ambassador. Attached is an information sheet you might find useful.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/enterprise\/enterprise\/llisapi.dll\/36532943\/AANSE_promo_2017_E.pdf?func=doc.Fetch&amp;nodeid=36532943\">AANSE promo 2017_E.pdf<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Best wishes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Gillian Cooper <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email: <\/span><\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;\">ambassadors@nserc-crsng.gc.ca<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u00a0\u00a0 or \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tel.: 613-943-7653<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">*************************************************************************************<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Chers(es) coll\u00e8gues,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Le CRSNG est heureux de vous faire part d\u2019un changement important \u00e0 la <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Students-Etudiants\/Aboriginal-Autochtones_eng.asp\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri;\">Bourse pour ambassadeurs autochtones des sciences naturelles et du g\u00e9nie<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> (AASNG).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Tous les \u00e9tudiants autochtones inscrits \u00e0 un programme de baccalaur\u00e9at en sciences naturelles ou en g\u00e9nie et avoir une moyenne cumulative d\u2019au moins\u00a0B-.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Les candidats ne sont plus tenus d\u2019\u00eatre titulaires d&#8217;une bourse du CRSNG pour \u00eatre admissibles \u00e0 cette possibilit\u00e9 de financement. En \u00e9largissant les crit\u00e8res d\u2019admissibilit\u00e9, le CRSNG esp\u00e8re appuyer davantage d\u2019ambassadeurs autochtones et les activit\u00e9s importantes de sensibilisation qu\u2019ils m\u00e8nent dans les collectivit\u00e9s et les \u00e9coles autochtones au Canada. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">SVP Consultez la description de la AASNG et encouragez votre client\u00e8le \u00e0 songer \u00e0 devenir un ambassadeur autochtone. Une fiche d\u2019information est jointe que vous pourriez trouver utile.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/enterprise\/enterprise\/llisapi.dll\/36530771\/BAASNG_promo_F_2017.pdf?func=doc.Fetch&amp;nodeid=36530771\">BAASNG promo F 2017.pdf<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Sinc\u00e8res salutations,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Gillian Cooper <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Courriel\u00a0: <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">ambassadeurs@nserc-crsng.gc.ca<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><u><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"> ou <\/span><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">T\u00e9l.\u00a0: 613-943-7653<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSERC is happy to announce an important change to the Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Award (AANSE). All Aboriginal students enrolled in degree programs in the natural sciences or engineering with at least a B- average are eligible.\u00a0\u00a0 Applicants are no longer required to hold an NSERC scholarship or fellowship. By broadening&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}