2nd ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST
"WHAT MY PORTUGUESE HERITAGE MEANS TO ME"
"PARA MIM, SER PORTUGUES E..."
As part of its committment to the Trillium-funded, Portuguese History and Heritage Project, the Federation of Portuguese-Canadian Business & Professionals is pleased to announce the running of its 2nd Annual Essay Contest.
The contest will run from March 1, 2005 to May 15, 2005 and is open to all Ontario students of Luso-Canadian descent in grades 8 to 12. Entries must be based on the topic "What my Portuguese heritage means to me"/Para mim, ser Portugues e...", and must be double spaced, typed and between 300-500 worlds (1-2 pages) in length. Please email entries to essay@portugueseheritage.ca or mail/hand deliver them to the FPCBP office. Students may enter one essay ine ach language but can only win one prize. Winning entries from this, and last year's, contest will be published during the summer of 2005. Click here for more information.
Are you a youth of Azorian Descent who would like to visit the islands this summer?
Encontro: Jovens 2005, organized by the Direccao Regional das Communidades, do Governo Regional Dos Acores, wil be taking place this year on the islands of Faial and Pico from July 15-23. This will be a great opportunity to meet, and interact with, other Azorean youth from Portugal, the United States, Canada and other parts of the world. You must be between the ages of 21 and 30 and prove that you are of Azorean descent. For more information, click here. For an application form, click here.
2005 University of Toronto Portuguese Association (UTPA)Scholarship
The UTPA has announced the details of its annual scholarship program. As in past years, the UTPA will again award scholarships to a variety of deserving youth of Portuugese descent in an effort to encourage post-secondary education in the Luso-Canadian community. The UTPA is excited to announce that, in addition to being open to high school students planning on attending the UofT next year, it has, for the first time, extended its Scholarship Program to youth already studying at the post-secondary level.
The Scholarships are open to students of Portuguese-descent currently enrolled in full-time studies (highschool, college, university, and trade schools) who plan on studying at the University of Toronto in the 2005-06 school year. While the Scholarship Program will continue to focus on incoming highschool students (in an effort to increase representation of Portuguese-Canadians at UofT), we have reserved a minimum of one of our scholarships for deserving post-secondary students -- and, of course, those currently studying at the University of Toronto are also eligible, so long as they plan on staying on at UofT next year! We believe that encouraging post-secondary education doesn't stop when you've gotten in - we want to help you go all the way!
Please note that the scholarships are also open to those who are descendant from Portuguese-speaking regions, including the Azores, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Goa, Macau, etc.
The deadline for receipt of completed application packages is May 2, 2005. Click here for an application.
