The Fort St. John Community Arts Council Scholarship is awarded each year to deserving students who are graduating from North Peace Secondary School to assist them to pursue post-secondary education in the arts.
The scholarship, originally called the Lindsay Dumaine Scholarship Music Fund, was founded in 1993 from a donation made by the Ray Dumaine family in memory of a talented young musician who was killed in an auto accident in 1992. The award was first directed towards young people pursuing a music education.
Over the years, the Arts Council has added to the fund and it has also grown through bequests in memory of local artists Helen Smith and Heather Hannaford. The program has expanded from a music only award, to up to three awards of $300 to two scholarships of $1000 each, given to students pursuing further training in any arts discipline, including, but not restricted to:
- Music: Voice, Piano and other instruments
- Performing Arts: Drama, Dance
- Visual Arts: Painting & Drawing, Sculpture, Photography, Videography, Graphic Design, Fibre Arts
The recipients are selected by an independent committee set up by North Peace Secondary school and they are announced at the annual graduation ceremony
Donations to increase the Scholarship fund are welcome and donors will receive a tax-deductible receipt. The Arts Council plans to continually increase the scholarship to add more deserving students to the list of recipients.
Scholarship Recipients
Past Recipients:
2024 Karis Hunter, Ella Brooks
2023 Melodie Kemp, Paige Townsend
2021 Tyneesha Fehr, Kurstann Mast
2020 Meghan Pimm
2018 Elan Miller-Jeannotte
2015 Kendra Coulter (Performing Arts), Chelsea Farquhar
2012 Shannon May (Performing Arts), Carly Dick (Visual Arts)
2011 Alicia Shurtliff, Kali Chmelyk
2010 Trevor Frankham (music), Makayla Bergen (Visual Arts)
Dumaine Memorial Scholarship Recipients
2009 Christopher Young (Music), Emily Nadeau Howatt (Performing Arts), Stacy Nyffler (Visual Arts)
2008 Danielle Truscott (Performing Arts), Tahlia Ollenberger (Visual Arts)
2007 Jeffrey Kouwenhoven (Music), Chalene Scott (Performing Arts),
Kayla Demers Visual Arts)
2006 Dana Pederson (Music) Steven Andrews (Performing Arts) Dana Peterson (Visual Arts)
2005 Trevor Thorlakson (Music) Joel Lahay (Performing Arts)
2004 Mike Thomas (Music) Angela Gradysz (Performing Arts)
2003 Gabrielle Odowichuk (Music) Lindsay Schneider (Performing Arts)
2002 Chris Barak (Music) Aubyn Petryshyn (Performing Arts)
2001 Laura Shrum (Music) Aisling Watt (Performing Arts)
2000 Jody Peck (Music) Amanda O’Toole (Performing Arts)
1999 Heather Mackie (Music) Angela Ohland (Performing Arts)
1998 Grant Sutherland (Performing Arts)
1997 Sheldon Stanley (Music)
1996 Stephen Koshurba (Music)
1995 no applicant
1994 Rebecca Bell (Music)
1993 Teresa Ritchie (Music)