Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan
  
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Bursary Program

Dedicated to building a community supportive of education, OTIP offers twelve $1,000 bursaries every year. This program promotes post-secondary education for the children of our insured members by investing in their future.

How to Participate

1. Confirm Your Eligibility

To be eligible to win, you must meet the following criteria at the time of the selection:

  • Your parent or legal guardian must be insured through an individual or group policy of an insurance plan or program provided by OTIP
  • You must be a full-time post-secondary student at a Canadian college or university for the upcoming academic year
  • You must be under 30 years of age

2. Apply Online

Applications must be received before midnight on June 15, 2008.

3. Understand the Bursary Program Regulations

  • Every year, twelve bursaries of $1,000 each are available to be won
  • Only one application per person will be accepted
  • Applicants are only eligible to receive an OTIP Bursary once
  • Six male and six female applicants will be randomly drawn by June 30, 2008, from all eligible applications received
  • The selected applicants will be contacted by telephone and will be required to submit proof of age and proof of attendance at a Canadian college or university on a full-time basis for the upcoming academic year
  • The selected applicants will be asked an arithmetic skill-testing question, which must be answered correctly
  • Should any of the initially selected applicants either not provide proof of age, or proof of attendance, not correctly answer the skill-testing question, or have previously received an OTIP Bursary, they will be deemed ineligible. Should this occur, another randomly selected applicant will be chosen. This process will continue until a winner is declared
  • Only the selected applicants will be notified by OTIP
  • Awards will be made by cheque in Canadian funds payable to the winner
  • A list of the bursary winners will be posted at www.otip.com by July 31, 2008

Children or dependants of trustees, directors or senior management staff of OTIP or any of its subsidiaries are not eligible to apply.

 

2007-2008 Bursary Winners

Congratulations to the 2007-2008 winners!

 

Ryan Brown, Toronto Joshua Bach, Collingwood Andrew Stager, Waterloo
Jesse Allin, Waterloo Jeffrey Armstrong, Owen Sound Davian Hart, Guelph
Anne Runciman, Orangeville Michelle Carter, Penetanguishene Madeleine Mayo, Durham
Emily Vander Griendt, Brampton Jacqueline Turnbull, Hamilton Tricia Leone, Oshawa

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact the OTIP bursary program coordinator at 1-877-260-3892, extension 2629 or at bursary@otip.com.

 
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