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Speak Up for Fairness! Contest

  • What is fairness and why is it important?
  • How can the Ombudsman’s office help young people?
  • Why is it important to democracy that public agencies treat people fairly?  

The Ombudsman of B.C. is inviting Grade 11 and 12 students in British Columbia to enter a contest to answer these questions and win up to $350!  

We’re looking for entries that answer one or more of these questions and that show us you understand what the B.C. Ombudsman’s office does. For information about the work we do, check out our website at www.ombudsman.bc.ca.

Entries can be in the form of  

  • an essay up to 1,500 words long
  • a video up to five minutes long
  • a drawing, comic book or other work of art

You must include a completed contest entry form with your submission. Entry forms and contest rules are available at www.ombudsman.bc.ca/youth.

There are four prizes available:

Essay: 1st prize of $350 and 2nd prize of $150

Video or Artwork: 1st prize of $350 and 2nd prize of $150

Deadline: All entries must be received by February 15, 2010. 

Send your entries to:

By mail:

Speak Up for Fairness Contest

B.C. Ombudsman’s office

PO Box 9039, STN PROV GOV’T

V8W 9A5

 

By fax:

 

250-387-0198

By e-mail:

contest@ombudsman.bc.ca

Note: All e-mailed entries need to be under 7 MB in size. Entries that are larger than 7 MB in size, including videos, must be submitted on a CD or DVD and mailed in.

Winners will be announced on March 15, 2010.

 

Fairness Week (October 12-16, 2009) celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the B.C. Ombudsman’s office and the 200th Anniversary of the world’s first ombudsman office, established in Sweden in 1809.

 

Download poster (pdf)

Download entry form (pdf)

Download contest rules (pdf)