Backgrounder: 2023 Honouring Spirit: Indigenous Student Awards

Backgrounder: 2023 Recipients

Award categories

There are three regions throughout the province (north, central and south), with four award categories in each region. There is one award issued for each grade category in each of the three regions, for a total of 12 awards. Grade categories include:

• Kindergarten-Grade 3;
• Grades 4-6;
• Grades 7-9;
• And, Grades 10-12.

2023 recipients

Kindergarten – Grade 3

• Ava Pruden, Grade 2, Fort McMurray, AB – North
• Stoney Paul, Grade 1, Duffield, AB – Central
• Amelia Onespot, Grade 2, Calgary, AB – South

Grades 4-6

• Tyson Bigstone, Grade 5, Lake Chipewyan, AB – North
• Easton Patenaude, Grade 6, Kehewin, AB – Central
• Jordyn Davis, Grade 4, Lethbridge, AB – South

Grades 7-9

• Olianna Stone, Grade 9, Enilda, AB – North
• Justine Arcand-Strawberry, Grade 9, Spruce Grove, AB – Central
• Terrell Peigan, Grade 8, Calgary, AB – South

Grades 10-12

• Bryce Delorme, Grade 11, Caslan, AB – North
• May Moosomin Yellowface, Grade 12, Rocky Mountain House, AB – Central
• Kayla Carrillo, Grade 12, Calgary, AB – South

Additionally, nominees from 34 locally-elected school boards across Alberta received honourable mention.