Ontario Junior Citizen Awards

Provided by the OCNA

Nominate an outstanding individual you know, and help us recognize the incredible determination, imagination, and spirit that make our lives and our communities better. If you know someone who is involved in worthwhile community service, is contributing while living with a limitation, has performed an heroic act, demonstrates individual excellence, or is going above and beyond to help others, then please nominate them!

 

Nominees may be involved in

 

  • worthwhile community service;
  • special young people who are contributing while living with a physical or psychological limitation;
  • individuals who have performed acts of heroism or bravery in the past year;
  • excellence in personal achievements
  • recipients may also be ‘good kids’ who show a commitment to make life better for others and do more than is normally expected of someone their age. 

 

Eligibility

 

  • Any resident of Ontario, aged six to 17 years (must be at least six years, but no older than 17 years by the annual November 30th deadline), is eligible to receive an Ontario Junior Citizen Award. 
  • Only individuals may be nominated.

 

 

A committee of newspaper editors, publishers and the program’s sponsors will then select up to 12 individual award winners. 
 
Every nominee will receive a certificate of recognition from their local community newspaper, and the final recipients are invited to a special ceremony in Toronto. 

The Ontario Junior Citizen Awards are a public service of your community newspaper.

  • Almost five million Ontario households receive a paper published by a member of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. The Association acts on behalf of its members to help them better serve their communities.
  • Each submission must include at least two supporting nominations. 
  • Parents/Guardians must sign to acknowledge the PIPEDA policy.
  • Nomination forms are available for download below and from your local community newspaper. 

Find the nomination forms here.

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