What They're Looking For
- ⚧Gender: Woman
Study Year: Grade 12 - 4th Year
Age (Not Required): 16 - 24
Additional Notes
You’re eligible if you are;
- Going into any field career-wise
- Going into post-secondary education and are in grades 11-12 or are currently enrolled in post secondary education and plan to continue
- Female or gender-diverse
About Scholarship
At Champions of Change, we want to support young women and their advocacy for gender equality. We are going to award 2 lucky winners with a monetary scholarship of $300.
There will be 2 categories in the contest: essays and short films. Submissions can be focused on anything to do with women, gender equality, and female empowerment. Essays can be up to 1,500 words in length and videos can be up to 5 minutes in length. See our website (championsofchangecanada.com) for topic ideas, and more information or email us at [email protected].
Your submissions will be judged by a panel of 4 judges, ranging from university women’s studies professors to local activists and high school english and media studies teachers.
How to enter:
- Essay: bit.ly/KN-essay-submissions
- Video: bit.ly/KN-film-submissions
About Company
Champions Of Change is a youth-led grassroots organization based in Canada. Our mission is to raise awareness, advocate and fundraise for gender equality and women’s rights throughout communities. You can check out our website (championsofchangecanada.com), or our Instagram @championsofchangecanada to learn more about what we do or join our mission in the fight against gender inequality.
We are a passionate group of 100+ youth leading gender equality and striving to spread change across global communities through innovation, creativity and education. We currently have chapters in Hamilton (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario), and London (Ontario), as well as a global chapter.
Champions of Change was founded in 2018 in London Ontario, Canada in hopes to spark conversation surrounding gender equality issues in the community. We ran workshops, fundraisers, and campaigns to cultivate passion, inspire innovation, and fight gender inequality. Since then, we have expanded into a national organization that creates change across communities in Canada. For the future, we aspire to expand our work to global communities and help youth find their inner champions and create change to transform their communities.