{"id":18698,"date":"2023-06-28T00:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/three-civil-engineering-students-receive-%e1%b8%b5eloten-%c8%bce-sistew%cc%b1-awards\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T00:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T07:09:40","slug":"three-civil-engineering-students-receive-%e1%b8%b5eloten-%c8%bce-sistew%cc%b1-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/three-civil-engineering-students-receive-%e1%b8%b5eloten-%c8%bce-sistew%cc%b1-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Three civil engineering students receive \u1e34ELO\u0166EN \u023bE S,ISTEW\u0331 awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elijah Patrick (left), one of three recipients of 2023 \u1e34EL,\u1e34ELO\u0166EN \u023bE S,ISTEW\u0331 Education Fund Awards. (Photo courtesy of \u1e34ELO\u0166EN \u023bE S,ISTEW\u0331 Education Fund)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Three Indigenous civil engineering students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) are this year\u2019s recipients of awards from the \u1e34ELO\u0166EN \u023bE S,ISTEW\u0331 Education Fund.<\/p>\n

Elijah Patrick, a second year civil engineering student at UBC Okanagan, and Connie Davis and Stacie Coutlee, both PhD students studying civil engineering at the UBC, all received received awards from the fund.<\/p>\n

The education fund provides a minimum of one annual award of $5,000 to Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit, or M\u00e9tis architectural or engineering students in British Columbia. In addition, all fund applicants are provided with the opportunity to make direct connections with industry professionals through the initiative\u2019s mentorship program.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of our fund\u2019s partners, I wish to congratulate Elijah Patrick, Connie Davis, and Stacie Coutlee for being recipients of our fund in 2023,\u201d said Kear Porttris, chair of the \u1e34EL,\u1e34ELO\u0166EN \u023bE S,ISTEW\u0331 Advisory Committee. \u201cNot only will these individuals bring Indigenous knowledge into their professional careers, they are already redefining engineering design, inclusion and professionalism in Canada by bringing Indigenous practices and ideals into their studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am eternally grateful to the organization for the award and contributing to my educational journey,\u201d stated Davis. \u201cThey truly recognized my Indigenous way of being and values that will be shared in the engineering field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porttris acknowledged the work that the applicants are performing as they pursue academic credentials, adding, \u201cThis is a tremendous time to be an Indigenous professional and it is exciting to see so many Indigenous people aligning their profession with their culture and community priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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