The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation 

Presents the 4th Annual 

High School Civil Liberties Award 

Background 

The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation (UCCLF.ca) focuses on researching and educating the public on civil 

liberties themes. In 2008, the Foundation established the High School Civil Liberties Award to coincide with the 75th 
anniversary of one of the 20th 
century’s greatest violations of civil liberties – the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine known as 
the Holodomor. Meanwhile, the year 2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of the commencement of Canada’s first 
national internment operations of 1914-1920, during which thousands of Ukrainian Canadians were labeled “enemy 
aliens” and were interned throughout the country. Finally, the 21st 
century has been characterized by an alarming 
increase in the activity of the human trafficking industry, with hundreds of thousands around the world falling victim to 
this form of modern-day slavery every year. The Foundation offers an annual award to commemorate the many victims of 
such mass civil liberties violations. In so doing, the Foundation seeks to encourage high school students who are actively 
engaged in research essay writing and / or coursework related to civil liberties themes. 

Value 

$500.00 

Conditions 

The award is open to all high school students aged 13-18. The award will be presented for a paper focusing a civil 
liberties theme. Student submissions must be in English-language essay format (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12point 
font) of up to 1500 words. Proper referencing of source material is required. Students may choose the format 
with which they are most comfortable (e.g., in-text citations, footnotes, endnotes). Incomplete essays or work 
submitted in other formats (e.g., short story, poetry, etc.) will be considered ineligible. Only one entry per applicant 
may be submitted per writing competition. The essay must be the original work of the student-author only. 

Application 

Eligible student applications must include the following two items: 

• 
A completed High School Civil Liberties Award application form; and 
• 
A completed English-language essay with references. 
In order to be considered, student applications may be submitted in one of two ways: 

(1) Online through the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation website (UCCLF.ca); or 
(2) By email to scholarships@ucclf.ca. 
Please note that students must receive a confirmation email indicating that their submission has been received. If such 
a confirmation has not been received by the student, s/he must contact the Foundation to ensure eligibility. 

Applications must be submitted and received in one of the above-noted ways no later than October 31, 2011. 

Determining award recipient 

An award selection committee, comprising Foundation members and academic volunteers, will determine the recipient of 
the award. Scoring of the essays will be based solely on the quality of the essay and its content. The decision of the 
committee will be final. 

The name of the award recipient will be made public. The Foundation reserves the right to publish the winning essay in 
major Ukrainian Canadian newspapers (e.g., Ukrainian News) and / or other media (e.g., its website). 

More information 

For more information, please contact us by email at scholarships@ucclf.ca. Please be sure to also visit our website 
(UCCLF.ca), our Facebook page and our Twitter page (twitter.com/ucclf) for updates concerning the award. 


The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation High School Civil Liberties Award 

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