Win Your Tuition contest rules and regulations

The Win Your Tuition contest (the “Contest”) is open to all credit full-time Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology (“Georgian College”) first semester domestic students. The Contest is not open to employees of Georgian College or persons with whom they are domiciled. By entering the Contest, each entrant acknowledges that they have read and understood the rules set out below (collectively the “Contest Rules”), and accepts the Contest Rules and agrees to abide by the governing terms and conditions.

HOW TO ENTER

To participate in the Contest, you must:

  1. Be a domestic applicant.
  2. Have received an offer of admission for a full-time Georgian College program, at any campus, starting September 2018. Eligible Georgian College programs include:
    • Ontario College Certificate programs
    • Ontario College Diploma programs
    • Ontario College Advanced Diploma programs
    • Ontario College Graduate Certificate programs
    • Georgian degree programs
  3. Have paid the $500 non-refundable tuition deposit by June 15, 2018. Methods of payment include:
    • Credit card (via the Student Banner System, by calling 705.722.1511, or used in person at the Office of the Registrar during business hours)
    • Cash (in person at the Office of the Registrar during business hours)
    • Debit (in person at the Office of the Registrar during business hours)
    • Certified cheque or money order (in person at the Office of the Registrar during business hours)
    • Through your financial institution (payee is Georgian College FEES; account number is the applicant’s nine-digit student number)
  4. Have a valid Georgian student ID number.
  5. Start your Georgian College program in September 2018.
  6. Not withdraw from your Georgian College program within your first year of study.

ENTRY TERMS

To be eligible for the Contest, applicants’ tuition deposits must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on June 15, 2018 for the September 2018 intake. Multiple entries from one person/account will not be accepted. Any Entry which Georgian College in its sole and absolute discretion deems to contain any prohibited content as detailed in Section 3A is prohibited and will automatically be disqualified.

CONTEST DRAW AND NOTIFICATION

Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries. One winner will be selected at random by a Representative of the Office of the Registrar at Georgian College on June 19 2018. Georgian College will contact the selected entrant by sending them a private message to the email address on their student record in Banner.

Entrants who withdraw from their Georgian program will not be eligible. Entrants who change their program start date to another term will not be eligible.

The selected entrant will be required to sign and return a contest winner agreement and publicity release within ten (10) business days of notification. The selected entrant must correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by email before being declared the winner (the “Winner”).

If the selected Entrant: (I) cannot be contacted within three (3) attempts or before the end of the Contact Period (whichever occurs first); or (II) if there is a return of any notification as undeliverable; or (III) fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question; or (IV) fails to return the contest documents within the specified time, they will forfeit their prize and an alternate winner will be selected.

In the event that the selected entrant does not comply with these Contest Rules, an alternative entrant will be selected by the Registrar at Georgian College.

Georgian College reserves the right to alter or modify the winning name (the “Entry”).

PRIZE

The selected entrant will win the cost of their entire first-year tuition, including ancillary fees, automatically applied to their Georgian College account. The amount will vary, depending on the entrant’s selected academic program. The prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred or exchanged. The prize cannot be converted to cash or substituted for another prize. Once the Winner signs the release, the credit will automatically be applied to the entrant’s Georgian College tuition account.

RELEASES

The Winner, or the Winner’s parent/legal guardian if the Winner is under the age of 18, must sign a contest winner agreement and publicity release, releasing Georgian College, its Board of Governors, its advertising and promotional agencies, the affiliates and related entities of the foregoing and all respective directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assignees from any liability in connection with this Contest or the Prize as a condition to and in advance of receiving the Prize, or the Prize will be forfeited.

ELIGIBILITY

Georgian College reserves the right to verify if the Winner satisfies all Contest admissibility criteria. Georgian College’s rulings are final and without appeal in all matters related to the promotion and the awarding of the Prize. Any dispute relating to the Contest (including, without limitation, a dispute as to whether an entrant has complied with all of the Contest Rules) shall be resolved by Georgian College in its sole and absolute discretion. All decisions of Georgian College shall be final and binding.

All entries that are incomplete, or irregular, that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the condition of the Contest Rules may be disqualified by Georgian College. Georgian College takes no responsibility for delayed, misdirected or late entries, or for typographical or other production errors. Georgian College is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest. All entries become the property of Georgian College and will not be returned.

ONLINE ENTRY

Georgian College assumes no responsibility for failure of the internet or the Georgian College Website during the Contest, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. Georgian College reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to cancel or suspend the Contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Georgian College reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized Banner account submitted at the time of Entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The individual assigned to the Banner account with the submitted post is considered the authorized account holder. A selected entrant may be required to provide proof that they are the authorized Banner account holder associated with the selected Entry. All entries must be submitted from a valid Banner account.

GENERAL

This Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. By entering the Contest, participants agree to be bound by these official rules and by the decisions of the Contest judges, which shall be final on all matters relating to this Contest. All entries become the property of Georgian College and none will be returned. The personal information provided by entrants will only be used for the purpose of administration of the Contest, unless the entrant otherwise agrees.

Any questions regarding the Contest should be directed to Georgian College.

CONTACT

Inquiries may be directed to the Office of the Registrar on the ground floor of C Building, Barrie Campus, Georgian College, One Georgian Dr., Barrie ON L4M 3X9.

PRIVACY

Georgian College is compliant with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), and endeavours to protect your personal information in accordance with this law. The personal information requested on this form is collected under the legal authority of the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 and in accordance with Sections 38(2) and 41(1) of FIPPA. The information provided will be used solely for the purposes of administering the Win Your Tuition contest and notifying the selected winner.

For further information about the information requested on this form or the purpose for which it will be used, please email inquire@georgiancollege.ca. For more information about FIPPA, please contact the Access and Privacy Office at 705.722.5189, mail us at Privacy Officer, Georgian College, One Georgian Dr., Room C301, Barrie ON L4M 3X9, or email AccessPrivacy@georgiancollege.ca.

Last updated: Wednesday, June 7, 2018