This form should be used to provide a personal statement for the UBC Okanagan Indigenous Scholars Award, an award to support incoming full-time Indigenous students entering or continuing in a research-based graduate program. The Award is for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people of Canada, in accordance with section 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982. These awards will also consider Indigenous people of a transborder Indigenous nation (American Indian or Alaska Native). The Award provides funding for up to two years for master’s students and up to five years for PhD students (at $10,000 per year)