Winter 2022 Ontario College Student Experience Survey (OCSES) contest rules and regulations

OVERVIEW

The Ontario College Student Experience Survey (OCSES) contest is open to Georgian College and Georgian@ILAC students in semesters 2 (two) to 8 (eight) of their program.

This contest is open to residents of the Province of Ontario 16 years of age and older and international students enrolled at Georgian College Any winner under the age of 18 must have a parent/guardian sign an affidavit of eligibility. No purchase is necessary to enter this contest. Void where prohibited by law. Quebec residents are excluded from participating regardless of their enrolment status at Georgian College.

By entering this contest, you declare that you have complied with all of these rules and regulations and met all eligibility requirements.

HOW TO ENTER

No purchase necessary to enter. To participate in the Contest, you must:

  • Complete the Ontario College Student Experience Survey in winter 2022 semester using a unique survey link sent to your Georgian student email.

ENTRY TERMS AND CONTEST PERIOD

The maximum entries per individual is 1 (one). To enter:

  • Complete the Ontario College Student Experience Survey in winter 2022 semester using a unique survey link sent to your Georgian student email.
  • Must be enrolled as a domestic or international student at Georgian College during the winter 2022 semester.

Contest opens on January 31, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. EDT and ends February 18, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

PRIZE

There is one (1) grand prize:

  • One (1) $1,500 Amazon gift card

There are ten (10) secondary prizes:

  • Ten (10) $100 Amazon gift cards 

The winner of the grand prize (one $1,500 Amazon gift card) will be drawn at random from eligible entries received while the contest is open based on the criteria listed above. The secondary prizes (ten $100 Amazon gift card) will be drawn by each campus/location as stated below:

  • 2 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Barrie main campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Barrie downtown location
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Midland campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Orillia campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Orangeville campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the South Georgian Bay campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Owen Sound campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Muskoka campus
  • 1 x $100 Amazon gift card from the Georgian@ILAC campus

If there are no entries for a specific campus/location, that prize will be drawn from the eligible entries from all locations/campuses. The proposed winner will need to answer a mathematical skill testing question, without assistance or mechanical aid to be determined the final winner(s).

RELEASES

The Winner, or the Winner’s legal guardian if the Winner is under the age of 18, must sign a liability/publicity release, which:

  1. Confirms compliance with the contest rules;
  2. releases 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, the Winner’s participation therein and/or the awarding and use or misuse of  the Prize or any portion thereof;
  3. grants to Georgian College the right to use the selected Winner’s name and likeness in any form of advertising relating to the contest without further notice or compensation.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible to win the Prize, the Winner must enter the Contest during the Contest Period (see “How to enter” section).

Georgian College reserves the right not to select a winner or winners, if, in its sole determination, if it does not receive eligible and/or qualified entries.

The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Georgian College reserves the right to amend these contest rules and regulations or to terminate the contest at any time without any liability to any entrant.

CONTEST DRAW AND NOTIFICATION

The proposed winner will be contacted via their Georgian student email account on or about Friday, March 4, 2022. If the proposed winner does not respond within ten (10) days following the first attempt at contact, if the proposed winner’s entry is deemed ineligible, if the proposed winner fails to correctly answer the skill testing question, or if the proposed winner declines the prize, the prize will be awarded to another Entrant using the procedure outlined in the prize section above.

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 not be used for any purposes other than quality improvement of Georgian College programs and services.

For further information about the information requested on this form or the purpose for which it will be used, please contact georgiancollegefeedback@georgiancollege.ca. For more information about FIPPA, please contact the Access and Privacy Office at 705.722.5189 or mail us at Privacy Officer, Georgian College, One Georgian Drive, Room C327, Barrie, ON, L4M 3X9 or accessprivacy@georgiancollege.ca.