IEN Design Contest Submission Form

1. The Indigenous Education Network at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
The Indigenous Education Network (IEN) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
(OISE) is pleased to announce a Graphic Design Contest for First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists
titled “Strengthening our People and our Communities Through Education.”
Contest Rules
All entries must be submitted via the submission form and be received by 5:00 p.m. EST
Friday, November 25, 2011. A copy of the submission form is available at
http://www.slideshare.net/IENatOISE.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
All fields on the submission form must be completed in order for the entry to be
accepted.
The design must be horizontal in shape so that it can be reduced to the size of an OISE
home page banner measuring 108px (height) x 900px (width). A high-resolution JPEG
image should be submitted electronically.
Only one entry per person.
Only submissions from First Nations (status and non-status), Inuit, Métis and self-
identified Aboriginal individuals will be judged.
The Winner will be announced on Monday, December 5, 2011.
The Winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000.00.
About Indigenous Education at OISE
OISE is a leader in Aboriginal education and among the first Canadian faculties of education to
prioritize Indigenous values and educational research following the signing of the Accord on
Indigenous Education by the Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) in June 2010.
The accord was developed to create a respectful and inclusive education curriculum that reflects
the needs of Aboriginal people.
Since 1989, Aboriginal students at OISE have helped to promote a vision for a stronger
indigenous presence in post-secondary education. At OISE, many graduate courses create spaces
for integrating Aboriginal and Indigenous knowledges, and OISE’s teacher education
program has developed Aboriginal content in all core areas of learning so that OISE teacher
candidates can be better prepared to teach Aboriginal learners and to include Aboriginal world
views in their future classrooms.
About the IEN
The IEN provides an Indigenous presence at OISE and seeks to establish a forum for ongoing
and dynamic discussion, action and change. To achieve our vision the IEN supports students and
their study interests in Indigenous education; advances education research on Indigenous issues;
actively encourages the development of Indigenous curricula; and, collaborates with campus and
community groups to strengthen our initiatives.

2. Submissions to be sent to the attention of:
Mr. Steven Vanloffeld
Indigenous Education Network
OISE - University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Room 7-191
Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
Phone: (416) 978-0732 Email: Steven.Vanloffeld@utoronto.ca
Submissions will not be returned. Please refer to our Web site for more information regarding the
Indigenous Education Network at http://legacy.oise.utoronto.ca/research/ien/about.html.

3. The Indigenous Education Network at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Graphic Design Contest:
Submission Form:
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
First Nation, Inuit or Métis: _______________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Telephone: ____________________________________________________________________
Email: ________________________________________________________________________
Web site: _____________________________________________________________________
Description of Design Submission:
“I certify that I am the author of the material I am submitting to the Indigenous Education
Network. The Indigenous Education Network may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit,
modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and
all media.”
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Signature: Date: