At Enbridge, we believe that building sustainable communities means investing in young leaders through sponsorships, scholarships, bursaries, and mentorships programs.

For many years, Enbridge has provided funding to Aboriginal and Native American Peoples for education and scholarship initiatives across Canada and the United States. Some of these initiatives include:

Enbridge School Plus Program—established by Enbridge in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations to support enrichment programs and extra-curricular activities in First Nations schools located near major Enbridge pipeline routes and facilities. For more information on this program click here.
Aboriginal Leadership and Management Programs at the Banff Centre—an investment of $1 million in 2007 to support programs at the Banff Centre.
Lead corporate sponsor of the Dominion Institute of Canada’s Aboriginal Writing Challenge
Beginning in 2009, Enbridge is providing funding for the American Indian Scholarship fund at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
In 2009, Enbridge is supporting a week-long workshop in partnership with Women Building Futures to provide a trades orientation to Young Women’s Circle of Leadership as part of Canadian Indigenous Language and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI).
As of mid 2009, Enbridge has provided approximately $190,000 in funding to Aboriginal organizations in western Canada for education initiatives and scholarships, in support of our mainline expansion program.
Enbridge provided $6,000 (2008) and $12,000 (2009) in support to the Canadian Indigenous Language and Literary Development Institute. Language survival has been identified as a common concern among many Aboriginal communities. This initiative supports the Enbridge Indigenous Language Leadership Award for Treaty 6 and Treaty 8 students at the University of Alberta.
Three $5,000 donations in 2007, 2008 and 2009 to the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, to provide bursaries to deserving Aboriginal students from the Akwesasne, Ontario community.
In 2007, Enbridge was a sponsor of the traditional Inuit and Dene Games as showcased in the 2007 Winter Games. Bursaries totalling $52,500 were provided to winners.
Beginning in 2006, Enbridge has supported the Kitimat Valley Institute in British Columbia, co-owned by the Haisla First Nation, in support of Grade 12 academic programming and job-readiness programming for Aboriginal Youth.
In 2006, Enbridge provided $200,000 in support of the establishment of the Chair in Aboriginal Economic Development in the faculties of Business and Law at the University of Victoria.
Since 2004, Enbridge has also been a partner sponsor in the Northern Student Education Initiative. This initiative supports an Aboriginal student advisor who assists in helping students in NWT, Nunavut and Northern Alberta make a successful transition to post-secondary studies at southern Institutions. The sponsorship is valued at $50,000.
In 2003, Enbridge established the Enbridge Inc. Scholarship at York University in Toronto to support talented undergraduate students in financial need. When fully endowed in 2010, the awards will benefit annually three second-year undergraduate students: a Canadian Aboriginal student in any course of study; and Environmental Studies student; and a student in the faculty of Science and Engineering. The award is valued at $2,500.
Since 2002, Enbridge has provided funding for scholarships at the Leech Lake Tribal College in Cass Lake, Minnesota, and the Fond Du Lac Tribal Community College in Cloquet, Minnesota.
In 2002, Enbridge established the endowed Enbridge Scholarship for Aboriginal Leadership at Calgary's Mount Royal College in recognition of aboriginal students assuming a civic leadership role in their communities. This scholarship is awarded annually.
In 2001, Enbridge provided $150,000 in support of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology scholarship program called the Enbridge Student Entrance Award and the Enbridge Northern Student Apprenticeship Awards. In 2006, 15 scholarships were awarded for $2,750 each.

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