AWARD: 2008 Undergraduate Student Essay in Sports Studies Competition

Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society
University of Ottawa

2008 Undergraduate Student Essay in Sports Studies Competition

Description

Each year, the Centre gives out two prizes of $400 each for the best undergraduate essays in Sport Studies. Normally, one award will be given for the best essay in French and one award for the best essay in English. The names of the winners are posted on the Centre’s web site and are communicated to the Listserv of several North American scientific societies. Their essays are made available on the Centre’s website.

The essays of approximately twenty to thirty pages in length, and they focus on an issue connected to sport in Canadian society. More precisely, the essays tackle social, managerial, economic, cultural, historical, ethical or philosophical sport issues.

Goals

* Promote student interest for Sport Studies;
* Promote the image of Sport Studies in Canadian universities;
* Encourage undergraduate students to enroll in graduate studies in Sport Studies, most preferably in a Canadian university.

Eligibility

The contest is primarily aimed at students registered in Canadian universities in programs such as Human Kinetics, Canadian Studies, Women’s Studies, as well as in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Students registered in non-Canadian universities are also eligible, as long as the essay is on a Canadian subject.

The paper needs to be the sole creation of the student, meaning a professor’s involvement cannot exceed that of reviewing the paper for a University course. A written confirmation to that effect may be requested form the student’s professor.

Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2008 (Extended June 15)

The essay should be submitted in the form of a printed copy (accompanied by an electronic version on a CD or DVD). It must be mailed on the day of the deadline at the latest, the post office stamp serving as proof.

Winners will be chosen during the course of the summer term. The choice will be made public in September 2008.

Selection Committee

Alexandre Dumas, PhD (University of Ottawa)
Michael Robidoux, PhD (University of Ottawa)
Lucie Thibault, PhD (Brock University)

More about the competition and the RCSCS at : http://www.rcscs.uottawa.ca/award.htm