Olympic
      Torch
      Scholarship
     
    

    
     
      Are
      you
      a
      high
      performance
      athlete
      thinking
      about
     
     
      your
      future...working
      toward
      a
      degree
      or
      diploma
      and
     
     
      a
      career
      after
      your
      competitive
      days
      are
      over?
      Are
     
     
      you
      a
      full
      time
      coach
      trying
      to
      improve
      your
      profes-
     
     
      sional
      skills...
      then
      read
      on,
      we
      might
      be
      able
      to
      make
     
     
      things
      easier
      for
      you.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      the
      past
      four
      years,
      the
      Canadian
      Olympic
      Asso-
     
     
      ciation
      had
      been
      helping
      athletes
      and
      coaches
      work
     
     
      toward
      a
      better
      education
      through
      the
      Petro-Canada
     
     
      Olympic
      Torch
      Scholarship
      Fund
      program.
      For
      the
     
     
      1991/92
      academic
      school
      year,
      the
      scholarships
      --
     
     
      totalling
      more
      than
      a
      quarter
      ofa
      million
      dollars
      --
     
     
      have
      been
      awarded
      to
      83
      students
      athletes,
      and
      nine
     
     
      coaching
      students,
      representing
      42
      different
      Olympic
     
     
      and
      Pan
      American
      sports,
      form
      across
      the
      country.
     
     
      Student-athletes,
      and
      coaches
      have
      received
      scholar-
     
     
      ships
      through
      the
      program,,.
      a
      partnership
      of
      the
      COA
     
     
      and
      Petro-Canada.
      Each
      year,
      scholarships
      are
     
     
      awarded
      to
      up
      to
      100
      athletes
      and
      eight
      coaches.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      qualify,
      an
      athlete
      or
      coach
      must
      be
      a
      Canadian
     
     
      citizen
      or
      a
      landed
      immigrant,
      and
      must
      be
      involved
     
     
      in
      a
      Olympic
      or
      Pan
      American
      sport.
      An
      athlete
      must
     
     
      be
      enroled,
      full
      time,
      ina
      Canadian
      post-secondary
     
     
      institution
      -
      collegiate,
      technical
      or
      university
      level
      -
     
     
      while
      pursuing
      athletic
      goals.
      (S)he
      must
      be
      a
      current
     
     
      or
      former
      member
      ofa
      national
      team,
      involved
      witha
     
     
      provincial
      or
      Canadian
      varsity
      team,
      or
      part
      ofa
     
     
      provincial
      or
      national
      training
      program
      conducted
      or
     
     
      endorsed
      by
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Sport
      Organi-
     
     
      zations
      for
      the
      Disabled.
      At
      the
      collegiate
      or
      techni-
     
     
      cal
      level,
      an
      athlete
      is
      eligible
      to
      receive
      $1,000;at
      the
     
     
      university
      level,
      the
      scholarship
      is
      $2,000.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Coaching
      scholarships
      are
      available
      to
      those
      who
      are
     
     
      attending,
      full
      time,
      a
      Canadian
      university
      ina
      post-
     
     
      graduate
      coaching
      science
      related
      program.
      The
     
     
      applicant
      must
      be
      active,
      or
      have
      experience
      in
      the
     
     
      development
      of
      provincial
      or
      national
      calibre
      athletes,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      preparing
      for
      a
      career
      in
      coaching.
      Each
      coaching
     
     
      scholarship
      is
      $8,000.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Completed
      application
      forms
      must
      be
      submitted
      to
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      Olympic
      Association
      by
      Jun
      15,
      1992.
     
     
      Please
      contact
      the
      COA
      at
      the
      following
      address
      for
     
     
      more
      information:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canadian
      Olympic
      Association
      1600
      James
      Naismith
     
     
      Drive,
      #704
      Ottawa,
      Ontario
      K1B
      5N4
      (613)748-5647
     
     
      Fax:
      (613)746-6322
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      February6,
      1992