Hyundai Canada donated $50,000 to Indspire’s Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards program.
The donation is meant to help create opportunities for Indigenous students in post-secondary education positions, and to raise awareness about career opportunities in the automotive sector.
“Through this donation, we hope to create new and exciting opportunities for Indigenous post-secondary students in the automotive and business administration sectors and to improve their access to the many career paths on offer in these fields,” said Kirk Merrett, Director of Human Resources at Hyundai Canada.
The award will be offered to students attending post-secondary institutions across Canada, which includes colleges, universities, technical colleges, and apprenticeship programs, and who are enrolled in a business administration and/or automotive program.
The OEM said financial need will be the main consideration for the award, but that other factors such as community involvement and academic merit and performance are also determining factors.
“The Hyundai Canada Bursary represents a bright new opportunity for Indigenous learners to pursue their dreams of a career in the automotive or business administration fields,” said Mike DeGagné, President and CEO of Indspire. “We are very pleased to be working with Hyundai Canada on this important initiative—and, with the creation of this bursary, to be laying good groundwork for further collaborations which will empower Indigenous learners.”
More information about the bursary is available here.
