Agnes Jacks Scholarship Awards
Applications must be received in the Ringette Canada office by March 31.
Mrs. Agnes Jacks
A Member of the Order of Canada, Agnes Jacks was the widow of Sam Jacks, who invented the sport of ringette in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario. While the sport lost Mr. Jacks’ guiding hand through his untimely passing in 1975, the ringette community continued to benefit greatly from Agnes’s dedicated and enthusiastic promotion of the sport both within Canada and around the world.
Over the years, Agnes proved herself to be truly dedicated, not only to the sport but also to the people in ringette. She faithfully attended numerous ringette tournaments and championship events and never failed to provide just the right word of enthusiasm or congratulations to players, coaches, officials and spectators. The ringette community appropriately laid claim to Agnes as its very own goodwill ambassador.
In 1998, Agnes Jacks proudly lent her name to a scholarship awards program designed to recognize ringette players, coaches and officials who demonstrate strong academic performance and commitment to the sport of ringette. The scholarships are awarded annually on June 1st..
Sadly, the ringette community lost its goodwill ambassador on April 1, 2005, when Agnes passed away in her hometown of North Bay, Ontario. The Agnes Jacks Scholarship Awards program will continue to pay tribute to her memory and future recipients will be forever inspired by her dedication and love of ringette.
PURPOSE OF THE AGNES JACKS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
To provide annually a number of scholarships of $1,000 each towards post-secondary education for ringette players, coaches and/or officials who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the sport of ringette.
Recipients will receive a scholarship award certificate recognizing their achievements.
The number of scholarships to be offered each year will be determined by the Ringette Canada Board of Directors.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Scholarship funds must be applied to the academic year for which the scholarship was awarded. Ringette Canada is unable to grant requests to defer scholarships from one academic year to the next.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Application for an Agnes Jacks Scholarship Award may be made by:
- ringette players registered with one of Ringette Canada’s provincial/territorial member associations,
- NCCP-certified ringette coaches, and
- active on-ice ringette-certified officials
who will be enrolled full-time in a recognized post-secondary education institution for the next academic year.
Applicants must meet the admission standards of the educational institution specified, which must be a university, college or other educational institution located in Canada providing courses at a post-secondary school level.
Applicants must have actively participated in ringette as player, coach or on-ice official for at least five of the last seven years and must be registered in the current playing season.
Successful applicants will be those who have demonstrated sustained commitment to the sport of ringette through playing, coaching, officiating and other volunteer activities.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
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- Applications must be sent to scholarships@ringette.ca.
- Subject line must read: Bourses d’études / Scholarship Awards – your name.
- Application and supporting documents must be compiled into one (1) file. (PDF format preferred)
- Application file name must be: your name
- Applications sent via hard copy to the Ringette Canada office will not be accepted.
Ringette Canada will not release scholarship funds until proof of the following has been provided:
- registration as a full-time student at a Canadian university for the next academic year, and
Applications must be received in the Ringette Canada Office by March 31.