Contest period: Starting at 12:01 a.m., ET, February 1, 2023, to 5:00 p.m., March 24, 2023. Entrants in the Ottawa region will automatically receive one (1) entry for each Mitacs professional development course completed through Mitacs’s training platform.
Prize: Winners will receive one (1) ticket (2-day pass) to the 22nd Annual Research Money Conference in Ottawa, Canada (April 19-20, 2023). Thirty (30) winners will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries received by the contest closing date.
Contest entry: Automatically receive one (1) entry for every Mitacs professional development course you complete through Mitacs’s training platform between February 1, 2023, to March 24, 2023, at 5 p.m. ET – All courses are free to attend, limited seating available through registration at: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/training.
Any participants completing a course during the contest who are located outside the Ottawa region but would still like a chance to win must email training@mitacs.ca before the deadline, to have their entry added to the contest (Example: A Toronto participant willing to travel to Ottawa).
Notification of selection: The selected entrant will be contacted by email (using the contact information provided by the entrant online in the course registration) within one (1) day of selection. If the selected entrant cannot be contacted in that time or if there is a return of any prior notification as undeliverable that entrant will be disqualified, and an alternative winner will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.
Prize acceptance: The prize must be accepted as awarded. No cash alternatives, substitution, or transfers of the prize will be allowed. The prize will be awarded to the winner within two (2) days from the date the winner is notified.
Each prize winner shall be solely responsible for any additional event fees, travel costs or expenses.
All inquiries regarding this Mitacs contest may be directed to the Training Team at: training@mitacs.ca
Mitacs reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the contest.
Mitacs reserves the right to disqualify anyone who violates the terms and conditions of the contest.
Participation rules: By participating, each eligible entrant and the selected winner agrees: (a) to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the decision of Mitacs; (b) to release and hold harmless Mitacs, including its employees, directors, servants, agents, from and against all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, actions, suits, or proceedings by whomever made, brought, or prosecuted and in any manner based upon, arising out of, related to, occasioned by, or attributable to this contest; and (c) to the collection and use of personal information by Mitacs for contest-related purposes.
The decisions of Mitacs in relation to this contest will be final and binding on all entrants.
By participating in the contest, each entrant: (a) grants to Mitacs, along with the rights granted above, the right to use their personal information for the purpose of administering the contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the winner and coordinating the provision of the prize; (b) acknowledges that Mitacs may disclose such personal information to Research Money to administer the prize.
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