This gift will support UWinnipeg's Master's in Development Practice Program (MDP) by creating the CN MDP Scholarships, a CN Indigenous Resource Centre, and by supporting community learning initiatives through the creation of the CN Model School Bursaries which will assist high school students in UWinnipeg's Model School based in the Collegiate.

CN Indigenous Resource Centre (CNIRC)
Graduates of the MDP trained at the highest level in development will link to Indigenous communities in need of their skills through the CNIRC. This Centre will be a central hub for students, staff, Advisory Circle and community members and leaders.

It will house the career resource centre with special focus for Indigenous students facilitating long-term relationships with communities for MDP field placements/internships and businesses interested in internship or hiring summer students or graduates. CN has also provided funds to secure an employment placement councilor to find employment for students that have completed an Indigenous Studies program and for MDP graduates.

CNIRC will serve as a repository of ideas, experiences, case studies and best practices on social and economic development among First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities throughout Canada and other Indigenous communities around the world. The Centre will benefit MDP students as well as Indigenous organizations and communities both in Canada and around the world including the MDP global network.

CNIRC will be located in UWinnipeg's cutting-edge new Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex a Cisco TelePresence system located on the third floor. Students, faculty and researchers in the MDP and other programs will take advantage of this advanced technology by connecting with remote communities, collaborating with community leaders and practitioners and creating solutions to a variety of development problems and issues, while saving on both energy and travel costs.

CN Model School Bursary
CN has created a unique and innovative bursary program aimed at providing renewable funding for students with financial need attending the Model School at The University of Winnipeg Collegiate awarded annually to five students with first priority given to Indigenous students.

About CN
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca

CN has long been active in the community doing their part through charitable contributionsCN is proud to be the founding partner of the Aboriginal Awards Program, National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, providing scholarships to aboriginal students who are in a post-secondary program in Canada that leads to a career in the transportation industry. This includes fields such as environmental studies, engineering, business, computer science, communications and technical studies.