Alphonsine Lafond and QP Award for Indigenous Women in Sustainable Business

First Nations, Inuit, or Métis women of Canada in the Bachelor of Commerce program at the UBC Sauder School of Business (Vancouver campus) who demonstrate an interest in environmentally and/or socially responsible business practices may be considered.

Awards totalling $4,000 are made available annually through gifts from the Alphonsine Lafond Fund for Innovation and QuinnPartners Inc., in memory of Chief Alphonsine Lafond (1926-2000).

Recipients are selected on the recommendation of the UBC Sauder School of Business. There is no separate application.

Chief Alphonsine Lafond of Muskeg Lake First Nation was the first woman chief in Saskatchewan, the first First Nations woman appointed as a Justice of the Peace, and the first woman appointed as a Senator in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. QuinnPartners is a female-founded, employee-owned B-Corp consultancy specializing in corporate sustainability and sustainable finance.