Honouring Ed Chambers | Friday, April 24, 2009

Once again this year, Yukon Energy will award several scholarships to Yukoners studying at post-secondary institutions. This year, we have renamed one of our scholarships to honour a former member of Yukon Energy’s Board of Directors. The trades scholarship that we set up a couple of years ago has been re-named the Ed Chambers Memorial Trades Scholarship.

Ed Chambers sat on our Board from 1991 to 2004, making him one of the longest serving members we’ve ever had. He was a tremendous asset to Yukon Energy and when he passed away in the fall of 2007 we wanted to do something to recognize the contribution he made. Since Mr. Chambers was a mechanic and heavy equipment operator by trade, we thought offering a trades scholarship in his name would be a good way of honouring him.

We provide several scholarships each year, in three categories:
1)      General Scholarship: open to Yukon residents studying in the areas of engineering, business administration or management studies
2)      Ed Chambers Memorial Trades Scholarship: open to Yukon residents studying in a trades pre-apprenticeship program or entry level trades program
3)      First Nation Scholarships: for members of the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation studying at a post-secondary level
 
Application forms are available from local schools, admission offices, guidance counselors, the First Nation offices in Mayo and Dawson City, Yukon Energy or on-line.
 
The deadline to apply is June 30.
 


                    Ed Chambers

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