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Government of Alberta

Scholarships and Art Work Gifts to Canadians to Celebrate Alberta's Centennial

A new, Alberta-funded national scholarship program has been launched by the Government of Alberta as an Alberta centennial gift to Canadians. The Alberta Centennial Scholarships Program will provide 325 scholarships annually, worth $2,005 each, to post-secondary students across Canada.

Awards will be provided to 25 students from each province and territory, including Alberta, beginning next year. A new endowment account for $20 million will be established within the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund to support the initiative. Further details of the program will be provided early in the new year.

The scholarships will be open to students in any kind of recognized post-secondary program, whether it's university, college, technical institute, or an apprenticeship. The program reflects the importance of lifelong learning, and the government's desire to help people from across Canada continue their own learning.

Under program guidelines, each province and territory will be asked to nominate 25 recipients for the awards. The only criterion is that recipients attend institutions in Canada. Each province and territory can select its recipients based on its own priorities for students.

Alberta's Gift of Art

In recognition of the province's centennial, the Alberta government has presented the painting to the National Gallery of Canada. Premier Klein visited the gallery to unveil the painting by Alberta artist Joane Cardinal-Schubert. Alberta has donated the painting to the gallery as a centennial gift to Canada. The work, titled Song of My Dream Bed Dance, is intended to serve as a symbol of Alberta's proud history and the heritage of its Aboriginal peoples. The work is valued at $14,000.

About Song of my Dream Bed Dance
Song of my Dream Bed Dance, from the Warshirt series, was envisioned July 23, 1987 near the World Heritage site of Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump. There, Joane Cardinal-Schubert saw a work of art from a vision quest hill. Premier Ralph Klein selected the artist and the work Song of my Dream Bed dance as an expressive symbol of Alberta's proud history and the heritage of its Aboriginal people.

About Joane Cardinal-Schubert
Joane Cardinal-Schubert was born in Red Deer, Alberta in 1942. She attended the Alberta College of Art, the University of Alberta and graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (printmaking and painting) in 1977. She was a curator at the Nickle Arts Museum, the University of Calgary, for many years. She is a multi-media artist whose work has been shown internationally and nationally, and is included in many global art collections. Cardinal-Schubert has worked professionally as a curator, lecturer and director of video and native theatre.
She serves as vice president of the Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society, and as the provincial representative for SCANA. Cardinal-Schubert has received many scholarships, Canada Council grants and awards for her work. In 1985, she became the fourth woman in Alberta to be inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy; she was awarded the Commemorative Medal of Canada in 1993 for her contribution to the Arts. She lives and works in Calgary.

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