From the Prime Ministers Web Site (pm.gc.ca/) ________________________________________ Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships June 13, 2014 Ottawa, Ontario Canada celebrated the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne in 2012. To mark this Diamond Jubilee, the Government of Canada implemented special initiatives to honour Her Majesty’s reign, her service and her dedication to this country, and to celebrate Canadian achievements of the last 60 years. In 2012, Prime Minister Harper appointed the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien to represent Canada to The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Trust, a Commonwealth-wide Trust celebrating the Jubilee and working towards a lasting and fitting tribute to Her Majesty. Since then, Mr. Chrétien has also been rallying partners around a major and meaningful initiative for our country: the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships, a program developed with existing international scholarships in mind and that will also complement current Canadian programs. To this end, on June 13, 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the launch of the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program, a legacy initiative to mark Her Majesty’s 60 years of tireless devotion as our Sovereign. The new five-year program will be launched this fall with the first scholarships granted to Canadian and other international Commonwealth students in 2015. Scholarships for periods of four months to one year will be granted to Canadian students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for internships or academic study in developing Commonwealth countries. Scholarships for up to two years will also be granted to students in other Commonwealth countries, at the master’s or doctoral levels, to attend a Canadian university. The scholarships will nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs, public servants, community leaders and academics in the Commonwealth by enabling promising youth to build and share their skills, knowledge and experience. The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships provide an extraordinary opportunity to honour Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee, to build a generation of globally-connected leaders in Canada and the Commonwealth and meet the needs and aspirations of the 21st century Commonwealth. They are part of Commonwealth-wide efforts to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee. Program objectives of the scholarships include seeking to promote global citizenship through learning, research and innovation; enriching the academic and professional experiences of promising students; preparing the next generation of innovative leaders in Canada and around the Commonwealth to actively contribute to their local and global communities; enhancing knowledge and connections between Canadians and fellow citizens of the Commonwealth; and furthering the Commonwealth’s shared goals in democracy and development. The program has been developed to ensure the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships take into account existing scholarships globally and will complement current Canadian programs, which largely focus on scholarships for doctoral and postdoctoral education. It will have several key differentiating factors that will brand the program as influential and imaginative. The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program is made possible through the joint efforts and contributions by the Government of Canada, through the Partnerships for Development Innovation sector at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), provincial governments, the private sector, Canadian universities, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, a special purpose charitable trust held by Community Foundations of Canada and chaired by Deloitte Canada, and the collaborative program platform offered by the Rideau Hall Foundation, which has been entrusted with the overall facilitation of the initiative. The program will provide up to $40 million towards 1,500 scholarship recipients over five years. It will be funded from three sources: up to $10 million from DFATD, to match funds raised by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, to be directed towards official development assistance eligible activities; funds raised by Mr. Chrétien from the provinces and the private sector and held by the Rideau Hall Foundation which are expected to reach $20 million; and financial and in-kind contributions from Canadian universities to support students and interns.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:59:05 +0000
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