The Verna J Kirkness Education Foundation announced today the appointment of Laura Buller to the Foundation Board of Directors. Laura Buller graduated in 2014 with her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg’s Community-based Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (CATEP). She is currently a high school support teacher in the Winnipeg School Division, working...
Sept 29th, 2021 – The Verna J Kirkness Education Foundation is dedicated to providing support to Indigenous youth to pursue education in science engineering and medicine. We join our donors, volunteers, students, and partner universities in supporting this day on behalf of all Indigenous Canadians. The designation of September 30th as a day of reflection...
The Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation announces the retirement of the Foundation’s founder, Dr. Ron Woznow.In 2008, while Chief Executive Officer of the Advanced Food and Materials Network, Ron established the Family Food Research Foundation (Foundation). The mandate of the Foundation was to create educational opportunities. In 2009, eight Indigenous high school students from across...
Thomas Berger, a distinguished lawyer and supporter of Indigenous rights, passed away in Vancouver on April 28th at the age of 88. Tom Berger and his wife Bev have been strong supporters of The Verna J Kirkness Education Foundation and he will be missed by all the Foundation community. In the words of Verna Kirkness “we have lost...
The Actuarial Foundation of Canada (AFC) became a Kirkness Foundation sponsor in 2019. The mission of the AFC includes promoting awareness and education in mathematics, actuarial science and financial matters. First Nations, Metis and Inuit people are very underrepresented in the actuarial profession and other mathematics-related careers and the AFC has established scholarships to help change this. In 2021,...
