Elizabeth Dowdeswell, lieutenant-governor of Ontario, tours the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research during a visit to the UWindsor campus Tuesday promoting the Lieutenant Governor’s Visionaries Prize.
Are you Ontario’s most innovative thinker?
The Lieutenant Governor’s Visionaries Prize wants to elevate Ontario’s profile by recognizing the province’s most creative thinkers. This is an opportunity to identify and address the challenges that Ontario will face over the next 50 years: from evolving environmental pressures to the future of governance in the 21st century.
This prize is about the public good. Those selected will get the chance to present their ideas to an audience of government, business, and innovation sector heavyweights.
Entrants must submit an essay (maximum 800 words) or video (maximum two minutes) containing a visionary idea in one of six categories about the future of the province and a matter of important public policy.
Up to six finalists in each category will be chosen to present their ideas in front of a judging panel and live audience in one of six locations in September 2017. At the end of each event, a winner will be declared. The events will be free and open to the public.
Click here for the complete rules and regulations. Submissions close in March 2017.
Here are the six categories and associated dates and locations:
- Reconciliation: Thunder Bay, September 13
- Governance: Kingston, September 19
- Inclusive Prosperity: Windsor, September 21
- Environmental Stewardship: Waterloo, September 26
- Social Cohesion: Brampton, September 28
- Scientific and Technological Innovation: Toronto, October 2
An award reception will follow at Queen’s Park on October 3. Submit your idea now.