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Canada Post today announced the recipients of the 2011 Aboriginal Education Incentive Awards. Twenty-four Aboriginal people from across the country are recognized for their efforts to improve their lives through education.

Since 2004, the Aboriginal Education Incentive Awards have been celebrating the hard work of those who have embraced a renewed pursuit of learning. Applicants must have resumed studies after a minimum of 12 months out of school and have completed one or more years in an educational program. Recipients of the one-thousand dollars prize are selected by a jury comprised of an Aboriginal community member and Canada Post representatives.

"The hard work and determination of these recipients have made a tremendous impact on their own lives and we are proud to recognize them today," said Bonnie Boretsky, Vice-President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Compliance.

Here are this year's recipients:

British Columbia
Dione Ross, Jennifer Waldner, Karen Campbell, Nancy Williams, Teresa Dale Azak

Alberta
Diane Camponi, Tiffany Johnson, Vanessa Peigan, Cassie Big Sorrel Horse, Leslie Iron Shirt

Saskatchewan
Darcy Joseph Tootoosis, Angela Janzen

Manitoba
Tannis CochranCook, Chad Stasiuk

Ontario
Deanna August, Nadine Solomon, Stacy Underhill, Angela Lavallee

Quebec
Alicia Isaac

Nova Scotia
Elizabeth Grant, Noelle Doucette, Sally Duff

North West Territories
Lance Crook, Candice Menz