Media Release: NWTT Scholarship & Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Tourism Scholarship 2021 Winners Announced

Yellowknife, NT October 13, 2021 - For immediate release

NWT Tourism is delighted to announce the recipients of the NWT Tourism 2021 Scholarship and the Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Tourism Scholarship.

Ms. Elizabeth Ewen is the recipient of the NWT Tourism Scholarship and is completing a Bachelor of Tourism Management at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. She has entered the fourth year in her program this fall. Elizabeth’s work experience includes content development for Raven Tours, a member of NWT Tourism, and serving as a board member for the Aurora Fiddling Society in Yellowknife, NT. Elizabeth looks forward to returning to the NWT upon completion of her program to continue her work in the tourism industry.

Ms. Naokah Bailes has begun her first year at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George and is the recipient of the Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Tourism Scholarship. With her studies in the Nature Based Tourism Management program, she plans to open her own tourism business in the NWT and lead initiatives that would encourage NWT youth to get involved in outdoor educational programs and training camps. Naokah’s summer work experience includes guiding at Gana River Outfitters and Canol Outfitters, both members of NWT Tourism, and working for Black Spruce Education in their delivery of the Sahtu Youth Canoe Program this past summer. This program introduced high school students in the Sahtu to the adventure tourism industry. 

Background

Northwest Territories Tourism is pleased to encourage the pursuit of excellence in the Tourism Industry in the Northwest Territories by offering annual NWT Tourism Scholarship awards.

Since 2014 NWT Tourism has been offering annual scholarships of $1,500 to NWT students pursuing post-secondary studies in hospitality and tourism. This is the seventh year that NWT Tourism has offered scholarships. Also, this year we have partnered with Rio Tinto in awarding the Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Tourism Scholarship. NWT Tourism has been able to grow the number of scholarships offered annually because of the generosity of our members whose contributions to our scholarship fundraiser in the past few years has grown the scholarship fund to an excess of $31,000.00.

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Elizabeth Ewen
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Caption: NWT Tourism Scholarship recipient Elizabeth Ewen with her letter acknowledging her as a successful candidate for an NWT Tourism scholarship.

Naokah Bailes 
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Caption: Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Scholarship recipient Naokah Bailes with her letter acknowledging her as a successful candidate for the Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Tourism Scholarship. 

For More Information please contact:
Julie Warnock
Communications Officer, NWT Tourism
julie@spectacularnwt.com