Scholarship Value $1,000

Number of Scholarships 1

Aims / Goals

To encourage the research and writing of Okanagan history by secondary and post secondary students.

Eligibility

Students currently in Grades 9 to 12, or at any post secondary institution.

Prize

1. $1000.00 (one thousand dollars)
2. Possible publication in Okanagan History, the annual publication of the Okanagan Historical Society.

General Criteria

The essay must:

• Depict history which occurred in the geographic area encompassed by the Okanagan, Shuswap and Similkameen Valleys.
• Be suitable for publication in the Okanagan Historical Society’s Annual Report (Okanagan History book).
• Be submitted by email.
• Be minimum length of 1500 words to a maximum of 2500.
• Include a separate cover page which shows the student’s information.
• Student’s Information:
  • Student’s name and registration number.
  • Name of Institution.
  • Student’s telephone number and address.
  • Student’s E-mail address.
  • Title of essay.

Evaluation Criteria

The essay will be judged according to:

1. Historical Information
   • The degree to which the writer has gathered accurate information in different ways; has insightfully selected essential information; and has interpreted or synthesized that information.
2. Effective Communication
   • The quality of the historical content in that it effectively used rich, vivid detail in a style which engages and involves the reader.
   • The work is original, not cut-and-pasted from other sources.
3. Conclusions
   • The conclusions the writer makes which reflect clear, logical links between the information and interpretations based on relevant evidence; the way the writer describes his/her own thinking about the historical content which demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the historical issue(s).
4. Conventions of Writing
   • Demonstrated level of organization, correct sentence structure, usage, grammar, diction, mechanics, bibliography and references.
   • Use endnotes, not footnotes.
   • Send photos, if any, separately from text.

Please submit Essay via email to:

Diane Ambil: hipnitch@shaw.ca

For questions, please call 250-832-8545