CBC Diversity Scholarship

CBC Diversity Scholarship - Now includes 8-week work experience plus $1,000. Deadline: May 28








Hello,







We recently updated our CBC Diversity Scholarship. It now includes a $1,000 cash scholarship and an eight-week work experience at CBC Manitoba in July and August 2010.
Please help us get the word out about this opportunity.

The scholarship is meant for youth graduating high school with the intention of entering the field of broadcasting or journalism.

One scholarship will be handed out to a successful youth who comes from an ethnic or ancestral background that is a visible minority or Aboriginal.

The application deadline is May 28, 2010.
Applicants must be in their final year of high school, present a minimum average of 70%, live in Manitoba at time of application and hold Canadian citizenship or residency. All applicants must come from an ethnic or ancestral background that is a visible minority or Aboriginal. The recipient should also be available to complete an eight-week work experience at CBC Manitoba in Winnipeg in July and August 2010.

Applicants are required to complete an essay addressing the question, What is the role of the CBC in our community?, and to provide recent high school transcripts.
"CBC is committed to representing the diversity of people and voices that make up Canada and this community," explains John Bertrand, Managing Editor of English Radio and Television for CBC Manitoba. "We want talented young people to consider working here to help us do that. We've created this scholarship to support and encourage those high school students who've already made the decision to pursue a career in journalism or broadcasting. They will be the CBC journalists and programmers of the future."

I have attached an application form in a PDF file

Additional forms can be downloaded at http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/community/index.html#diversity or picked up at CBC Manitoba, 541 Portage Avenue.
Stacy Cardigan Smith
Communications officer
CBC Manitoba
Tel: 204 788 3129
Fax: 204 788 3104
Cell: 204 781 4942