What do winners receive? $3,000 CAD cash award to put towards future schooling or a sustainability initiative you may have in mind Bragging rights!
Who is eligible to apply? Any student attending a Canadian high school Must be in Grades 10-12 (Secondary 4-5 in Quebec) NOTE: Employees and immediate family members of DFC and AITC-C are not eligible to apply.
What are the required elements? All applicants must: Sign a Media Consent & Release Form Complete an Idea Generation Form Submit an Application Form (which includes uploaded Media Form & scholarship submission)
What is the evaluation process? Applications that meet all submission requirements will be reviewed by a selection committee made up of agriculture and food industry representatives and academic professionals. This committee will judge the applications based on the following assessment criteria: The quality of the applicant's answers to the submission questions - see SUBMISSION QUESTIONS (worth 80%) Expression - the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings (worth 10%) Professionalism - the skill, good judgement, and polite behavior that is expected from a person who is trained to do a job well (worth 10%) Download Evaluation Rubric
How and when will winners be notified? All scholarship applicants will be notified as to their success via email by June 31, 2023. Successful scholarship recipients will be contacted by phone or email, and provided a congratulatory letter.
Who do I contact if I have questions or need help? Please email AITC-C's thinkAG Project Coordinator, Morgan MacTavish, at mmactavish@aitc-canada.ca. Morgan will respond to you in 2-3 business days.
STEP 1: Learn About thinkAG Take some time to explore the thinkAG website to get a better understanding of why agriculture and food is an exciting world of opportunity for learning and working! Learn More
STEP 2: Review the Terms & Conditions Make sure to read through all the details on this scholarship! View Terms & Conditions
STEP 3: Take the Holland Code Career Test to discover your interest area(s). Holland Codes, otherwise known as the RIASEC system, help to classify jobs into six categories, interests, or personalities. Uncovering your top interest area is the only way you can answer the application questions! Your scores will involve one or more of the following categories: Build (Realistic), Think (Investigative), Create (Artistic), Help (Social), Persuade (Enterprising), Organize (Conventional). In the event of a tie, where you have more than one top interest area, you can choose whichever area you feel best suits you. Take Holland Code Test
STEP 4: Pick an Interesting Agriculture Career Visit the Students page to explore careers that match your interests and pick ONE to focus on in your submission. Explore Careers
STEP 5: Complete the Idea Generation Form This is a handy tool to help you brainstorm, plan, and map out your submission. Once completed, you will automatically be sent a copy of your form with all your information filled out. The information collected will help in your scholarship submission process - and can also be used for your future career exploration journey! Be sure to provide thoughtful answers to all questions as this information may be used in the case of a tie-breaker for top applicants. Fill Out Idea Generation Form
STEP 6: Research! Explore AITC-C's snapAG resource library (or any other scholarly information) to help prepare submission question #3 (see Step 7). snapAG is a series of scholarly factsheets about hot topics affecting the agriculture and food industry. Browse through each of the topics or input key words into the search bar. You can also see related snapAG sheets by visiting the Helpful Links section at the bottom of each individual career profile. Learn About Agriculture with snapAG
STEP 7: Answer 3 Questions Which Holland Code(s) or interest area(s) does your chosen career fit into? [Options include: Build, Think, Create, Help, Persuade, Organize] How does this career align with your interests? How can this career positively impact sustainability, both locally and globally? Prompt Ideas: Does this career help advance environmental efforts, like climate change and carbon neutrality? Does this career enhance eco-friendly agriculture? How does this career make a difference in making local and seasonal foods available? Does this career work to increase food security or nutrition awareness? Does this career boost food accessibility?
STEP 8: Pick Your Submission Option This scholarship is all about showing your individual creativity! You have 3 different options as to how you can present your answers to the submission questions: Write an essay (1,500 words maximum) Produce a video (3 minutes maximum) Create a visual arts piece (with 300-word description) Visual arts include: ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic design, design, crafts, photography, and architecture
STEP 9: Complete the Media Consent & Release Form Please download this form, sign it, and upload your signed copy in the Application Form. Download Media Consent & Release Form
STEP 10: Complete the Application Form Do you have your submission ready to go? Awesome! It's time to complete the final step of the application process. You will need to upload your Media Consent & Release Form at this step. Complete Application Form