Scholarships

MAYOR ANDREE BOUCHER SCHOLARSHIP

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities, through its Standing Committee on Increasing Women’s Participation in Municipal Government, offers an annual $2000 scholarship in memory of Mayor Andrée Boucher.  The scholarship is open only to female students enrolled in a Canadian college or university. The student can be in any year of study. Applicants should be considering making a contribution to or entering the political realm.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact:

Jennifer Mobray (project manager), at jmowbray@fcm.ca or program coordinator Emily Goodacre at egoodacre@fcm.ca

CALL FOR SUBMISSION!!

21 Peaceful Genders - No Boxes, No Bars, No Apologies
(edited by Doris J. Popovich and Jacqueline Boyd)

Gender identity is an experience, not an assignment. If you are living this truth and can write about it, we want to hear from you. Together, we can dispel myths, give hope to young people, educate peers, friends and family and provide an archive/mirror for our own complex gender expressions. How do you live your peace while navigating the hetero-normative maze? 21 Peaceful Genders - No Boxes, No Bars, No Apologies embodies gender as a place of possibility. Help us cross-polinate our species with hope. We welcome the edgy and artful, and treasure the peaceful resolution. Submit original, unpublished Word of text file to www.info@21peacefulgenders.com. 1500 word max. Deadline: 6/30/12 (June 30th 2012). Paid in copies.