Alex Decoteau Award of Honour


Award value

$5,000

Number of awards

Up to 200 awards

Donor

Government of Alberta

This award is named in honour of Alex Decoteau, an Olympic athlete and Canada’s first Indigenous police officer who joined the Edmonton police force in 1909. He died at the Battle of Passchendaele on October 30, 1917, while serving in Canada's Expeditionary Forces during the First World War.

Award description

  • Offered annually to students who are active members of the Canadian Armed Forces or their spouses or children
  • Apply directly to Alberta Student Aid from August 1 to October 31

Required criteria

Student type: Any

Faculty: Any

Year entering: Any

Citizenship/residency: Domestic

Special criteria: Students with disabilities


Award information

Internal/external/government: Government