Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Medal

Eligibility Criteria:

To be eligible for a nomination by an educational establishment, the student must, at the time of the submission:

• be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (SC 2001, c 27.) and reside permanently in Québec;
• be under 29 years of age;
• be registered in a secondary school, college or university, public or private, or a vocational training center (within a school board) located in Québec, of which the program is recognized by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur;
• by her or his involvement:

   

  • have demonstrated a sustained voluntary action at the community and social levels;
  or
  • have showed an inspiring attitude, a positive influence inside a group or community;
• be able to achieve the objectives of her or his curriculum.

The management of the educational establishment submitting a nomination must:

• have duly completed the electronic application form;
• recommend it.

Posthumous applications are not considered.  However, the application remains eligible if the death occurs after the submission of the application.

Administrative Criterion

The number of Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Medals is awarded according to the following table:

Type of educational institutions	Number or Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Medals
Secondary school	1 medal
Vocational training center	1 medal
College	2 medals
University	4 medals

 

Elements that may lead to the refusal of a nomination

• the student was already presented, since 2008, with the Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Medal;
• an application form completed directly by the student;
• the presentation text is too short, incomplete, or in a curriculum vitae format;
• the reproduction of a text written by the person recommended to justify the award of the medal (text must be written in the third person singular).

Procedure

A staff member of the educational institution, designated by management, must complete the application form no later than February 1^st of each year for each person recommended. The online form is available on the secure site whose address is given in a letter sent annually to the management of the educational institutions.

We invite the management of every institution that wishes to submit an application and did not receive our letter, to contact us by e-mail at distinctions@mce.gouv.qc.ca.

In order to dedicate the adequate time to process the submissions, the form will not be available online after the deadline. Additionally, please note that no extension will be granted to transmit the application form, no matter what the reason.

Ceremonies

The medal will be presented to the recipients during a number of award ceremonies presided by the Lieutenant Governor.

Upon receipt of an official letter of invitation from the Chief of Staff and Private Secretary of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, each recipient must attend, in person, the ceremony to which she or he was invited in order to receive the medal. A recipient cannot be represented otherwise than posthumously.

There is no monetary award associated with the Awards Program.