Contests and Awards

• ECO Futures Internship and Scholarship Program
  http://www.eco.ca/Portal/viewContent.aspx
  ECO Futures is launching two new exciting programs this summer!  We hope that you know someone that would be interested in applying for our programs. Here is an overview:
  
  Scholarship Program
  - Awarding four to eight $2,500 scholarships nation-wide.
  - Any grade 12 student entering into any Canadian environmental post secondary program is eligible.
  - Deadline is July 31st .
  
   Internship Program (Calgary-based)
  Two-week rotational internship
  - Experience how environmental professional work at companies such as Talisman Energy, Suncor, Clean Calgary, and the SEEDS Foundation.
  - Be exposed to a variety of environmental worksites - from field sites to labs to the office to workshops.
  -  Have a great learning experience that looks good on resumes!
  
  Five –week internship
  - Work experience at either Clean Calgary or CAWST (the Centre of Affordable Water Sanitation and Treatment).
  - 20 hour work weeks allows for job experience and flexibility with summer plans.
  - Receive a $1,000 honorarium at the completion of the internship and other perks from the company!
  
  
• The Jeremy Dias Scholarship
  http://www.jersvision.org/en/
  The Jeremy Dias Scholarship is Canada’s First Diversity Scholarship for Youth. The scholarship seeks to reward youth who have taken initiative in addressing discrimination in their school or community. Furthermore, all applicants must be Canadian citizens. They must be high school or Cégep students entering an accredited post-secondary institution or be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited post-secondary institution. The ideal winners of this scholarship will be students who have worked to eliminate discrimination within their community, as demonstrated by their application essay and references.
  
  
• Québec Entrepreneur Contest
  www.concours-entrepreneur.org
  Forever Enterprising is a contest designed to promote the development of entrepreneurship in Québec. The contest encourages involvement of the education system in this initiative. In addition to prizes awarded at the local, regional and provincial level, all eligible entries receive a participation grant.
  
  
• Conference Board of Canada
  www.conferenceboard.ca/education/awards/
  Community Learning Awards and other contests acknowledging outstanding business/education initiatives. Visit the site for more details.
  
  
• Space Day Foundation
  www.spaceday.com
  A series of Design Challenges to inspire students to find "creative solutions to real challenges scientists and aeronautical engineers will face in the future." Currently limited to students in grades 4-8.
  
  
• SMARTer Kids Foundation
  http://www.smarterkids.org/
  Grants covering the partial cost of SMART technology products are available for k-12 educational intuitions.
  
  
• Canada's School Net
  www.schoolnet.ca
  Search this site for grants, contests and awards to suit your classroom and school community.
  
  
• Les anges financiers
  http://www.angesfinanciers.qc.ca/en/mission.html
  Entrepreneurship contest for students aged 18 and over
  
  
• Entrepreneurship Quiz for youth
  http://www.bdc.ca/en/business_tools/entrepreneurial_self-Assessment/selfassessment.htm?cookie%5Ftest=2
  The results are distributed into three characteristics(1) past history (2) attitude and behavior (3) objectives and lifestyle
  
  
• Concours Chapeau, les filles!
  http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/chapeau/
  
  
• Call for Nominations 
Sharing the Flame: Recognizing Excellence in Learning
  http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Home/RSS/20081015hsaringtheflameCallforNominations.htm
  Event Description
  The Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) is seeking nominations for its second annual recognition program, Sharing the Flame: Recognizing Excellence in Learning. Sharing the Flame highlights some of Canada’s most promising practices in learning—giving these initiatives the visibility they deserve, and helping others to learn from their success.  CCL will recognize initiatives in the following learning themes:
  • Aboriginal learning
  • Adult learning
  • Early childhood learning
  • Health-related learning
  • Work and learning
  Selected programs will be recognized on the CCL website and have their projects featured in an electronic “ideas book,” to be distributed to stakeholders and interested parties across Canada in late 2008.
  CCL welcomes entries from individuals and organizations with active projects related to any of the five learning themes.
  Please complete and submit the Sharing the Flame Entry Form by the end of October, 2009.
  For more information, please contact sharingtheflame@ccl-cca.ca.