Candidate Information
Notice: The Action Canada nomination submission deadline has been extended to 5:00 pm PST Monday 8 March 2010.
Action Canada is seeking nominations for candidates who are in the early years of their careers or pursuing post-secondary studies, who have the promise to be future Canadian leaders and who will benefit by the study of leadership and public policy issues.
Candidates must be nominated for an Action Canada fellowship. Please see Nominator Requirements.
The following Candidate Eligibility Requirements, Candidate Selection Criteria and Candidate Requirements apply:
Candidate Eligibility Requirements:
Candidates must:
• be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• be available to participate in the program for a period of eleven months (1 May 2010 to 31 March 2011)
• be available to travel and participate in six, three-to-four day intense working conferences (scheduled around weekends) held at various locations across Canada.
The dates for the 2010/2011 working conferences are:
• 28 – 30 May 2010
• 25 – 28 June 2010
• 23 – 26 September 2010
• 5 – 7 November 2010
• 14 – 16 January 2011
• 24 – 27 February 2011
• commit to work with other Action Canada Fellows in a Task Force throughout the year on a public policy project of significance to Canada; Fellows must complete work on their project by the beginning of the final conference
• recognize that the time commitment to Action Canada is substantial and that the fellowship year is to be undertaken in conjunction with other work in which Fellows are engaged
• be fluent in French or English with a preference for candidates with a working knowledge of both French and English
Candidate Selection Criteria:
1. Record of leadership and/or extraordinary achievement apart from academic studies.
2. Superior character, open-mindedness, demonstrated teamwork ability and interest in working with others, energy and courage
3. A passion for Canada; the potential to become a Canadian leader and the commitment to make a positive contribution to Canada.
4. Record of excellent post-secondary academic achievement, or other demonstration of outstanding intellectual ability.
Candidate Requirements:
As a candidate, you are required to submit one complete nomination package with all required documents by 5:00 pm PST Monday 8 March 2010 to:
Action Canada
Suite 2600, 1075 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
V6E 3C9
Canada
Click here for the complete 2010/11 Nomination Package, available as a PDF download. You will need Adobe Reader to open these files. If you do not have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you can download the program for free here.
