2012 STUDY CANADA Travel Award and Scholarship Info
WWU Travel Award Eligibility:
To be eligible to participate in STUDY CANADA 2012 and apply for a $200 or $300 travel award, you must be:
1) Be a K-16 educator working in the U.S. at a school, school district, or other education-related organization such as:
- In-service teachers (all grades)
- Retired teachers who are still active in education organizations
- College instructors and university-level faculty of education teacher-trainers
- School librarians (all grades)
- Consular professionals and others performing Canadian Studies outreach
- Education professional for a state/national organization such as NCSS, NCGE, or NCHE
- Social studies/French language supervisor at a district/state/national level of government
3) Identify the expected impact that participation will have on your work/classroom curriculum.
4) Attest that travel support is not being duplicated by any other funding source(s).
[Note: Securing other funding sources for registration and travel costs is always encouraged but WWU gives first priority for its travel awards to those without any external funding support.]
5) Provide e-travel receipts to Chuck Hart [chuck.hart@wwu.edu] which show the amount paid to travel to/from Ottawa. If the fare is less than $300, you will be refund that amount rather than the full $300 as the award covers airfare only. Additional administrative forms may be needed. Other travel expenses are not included.
6) Submit a lesson plan for teaching about Canada by August 1 even if not already doing so for course credit. The curricula will be posted at www.k12studycanada.org.
[Note: The lesson plan will not be graded if only part of the travel award requirements. It must, however, comply with the same format guidelines as assigned lesson plans.]
Eligibility for PACE, UW or CAS Scholarships for STUDY CANADA:
To be eligible for a $600 Scholarship offered by the Pacific Corridor Enterprise Council (PACE) or by the UW Canadian Studies Center, you must:
1) Be a K-12 educator working at an elementary, middle or high school in the United States.
2) Explain need for full tuition support.
3) Identify the expected impact that participation will have on your work/classroom curriculum.
4) Provide a lesson plan of quality for posting at www.k12studycanada.org.
Note: Additional PACE Scholarships for STUDY CANADA may become available.
To be eligible for one of two $600 STUDY CANADA Scholarships offered by the Canada-America Society of Washington (CAS), you must:
1) Be a K-16 educator working in Washington State at a school, school district or other education-related organization.
2) Explain need for full tuition support.
3) Identify the expected impact that participation will have on your work/classroom curriculum.
4) Provide a lesson plan of quality for posting at www.k12studycanada.org.
Note: These two CAS Scholarships for STUDY CANADA are not yet confirmed for 2012.
Determination and Distribution of Awards:
It is expected that all registrants who show need for a travel award will receive assistance; however, to apply, teachers must already be registered for participation in the STUDY CANADA 2012 program. The same is true for scholarship applications.
Applicants for travel awards will be notified within a week of submitting the Support Application Form, if a travel award is granted. A maximum of one award is available per applicant. Companions are not eligible. First-time program registrants have top priority.
An announcement will be made by May 15, 2012 regarding STUDY CANADA Scholarship recipients. If no scholarships are available in a given year, all scholarship applications will automatically be added to the travel award pool of applications so there is no need to apply for both awards.
Travel Award amounts are determined by date of application, distance, cost and funding available. Award checks are mailed directly to registrants as soon as can be administered while scholarship checks are distributed in person.
We are no longer accepting applications for 2012.