Children and Youth Opportunities
Manitoba Youth Leadership Scholarship and Premier's Healthy Living Award for Youth
Selection Criteria | Eligibility | Descriptors | Healthy Living | How to Apply
The Youth Leadership Scholarship Program recognizes Grade 12 students who have engaged in meaningful leadership and citizenship volunteer activities during the past year that were targeted at promoting healthy living in their communities and schools.
Two hundred scholarships of $500 each are available to Manitoba grade 12 students. Scholarships may be used to attend post-secondary studies at any recognized post-secondary institution. Students have until September 30, 2013 to claim scholarships awarded in 2012.
The Premier’s Healthy Living Award for Youth recognizes the contributions and achievements of youth who serve as positive role models for other youth and children and have made outstanding contributions to the community in the areas of healthy living.
Award recipients will receive a commemorative medal and public recognition. Up to 10 of the most outstanding applicants from across Manitoba will be selected for the Award.
Selection Criteria
Application assessment will be based on the following criteria:
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extent to which the student demonstrated good citizenship;
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extent to which the student demonstrated leadership;
- extent to which the volunteer work addressed
the goals of healthy living;
- degree to which the project provided a direct
service to the community;
- impact of the student's work on the school or
community, and
- the number of hours the student volunteered.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be registered in Grade 12, be
eligible to graduate and planning to attend a post-secondary
institution.
- Volunteer work must occur between September 1, 2010 and March
23, 2012.
- Volunteer hours used to obtain a Community Service or other
Senior Years credits are not eligible.
- Volunteer work must be of benefit to others.
- Volunteer work aimed at raising funds for the benefit of the
applicant is not eligible.
- Volunteer work that contributes to the community in the areas of healthy living will be considered for the Premier’s Healthy Living Award for Youth.
Descriptors
Citizenship: Youth citizenship activities are activities that involve youth in volunteering in their schools and communities by developing good relations with others, working in cooperative ways toward achieving common goals, and by collaborating with others for the well-being of their communities.
Leadership: Youth leadership, in the context of this scholarship, is defined as leading by organizing other groups of youth, or leading by example by being involved in citizenship volunteer activities in their schools and communities.
Healthy Living: Healthy Living is about creating conditions and supporting behaviours that promote the best possible health choices for everyone. By making healthier choices daily and working together to create environments that support health, we can reduce our risk for illness and injury.
Healthy Living
Healthy living is about making healthy choices every day; healthy choices that keep us fit both physically and mentally. Eating well, being physically active and living smoke free are three of the best things we can do to stay healthy. By staying healthy, we can help prevent chronic diseases and reduce our risk of becoming seriously ill or injured.
Healthy Living Topics
Active Living
Physical activity reduces stress, strengthens the heart and lungs,
increases energy, and helps us achieve and maintain a healthy body
weight—all important factors in living a healthy lifestyle.
Chronic Diseases Prevention:
Chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, cancer, heart disease and stroke, kidney and lung disease are major causes of illness, disability and death in Manitoba. In Canada, chronic diseases are the leading causes of death. Prevention is our best option for fighting chronic disease.
Healthy Eating:
Eating healthy foods in sensible amounts will improve our overall
health and energy levels while contributing to a healthy weight.
Not only will this help lower the risk of conditions such as diabetes
and heart disease, it can improve our sense of well being and self
esteem.
Healthy Sexuality:
Sexual health includes a person's physical, emotional and mental
health, and evolves over the course of a person's life. Relationships,
self-esteem, emotions, gender identity and sexual orientation are
some of the many aspects of healthy sexuality.
Injury Prevention:
Injury is the leading cause of childhood hospitalization and death
in the province. Unintentional injuries alone cost Manitoba an estimated
$819 million every year. The leading causes of injury in Manitoba
between 1992 to 1999 included suicide, motor vehicle traffic injuries,
falls and fractures, suffocation and choking, and assault.
Mental Health Promotion:
Physical health is about much more than the absence of disease.
In the same way, mental wellness is much more than the absence of
mental illness. Mental health promotion involves actions to improve
the mental well-being of individuals, families, organizations and
communities.
Tobacco Reduction:
One of the best ways to ensure a healthy population in the future,
is to ensure that youth do not start smoking. Tobacco is the only
consumer product that causes disease, disability and death when
used exactly as intended.
How to Apply:
To apply for a scholarship, simply complete the application form and have your volunteer work verified by the teacher who supervised you or by a person in charge of the program where you volunteered.
In addition to your scholarship application, if you would like to be considered for the Premier’s Healthy Living Award for Youth, please check the appropriate box on the application form.
Deadline for applications is March 23, 2012
Fax or mail your application to:
Fax: 204-945-5726 (in Winnipeg)
Manitoba Youth Leadership Scholarship
MB4Youth
310-800 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0N4
For further information contact:
Ken Lamoureux
Phone: 204-945-2568 or toll free 1-800-282-8069 ext. 2568
e-mail: ken.lamoureux2@gov.mb.ca
