Forty students have been recognized as outstanding summer employees in Ontario Parks receiving educational bursaries.

The Ontario Parks Partners Bursary Awards recognize excellence and leadership in student employees and promote post-secondary education. Winners were nominated by park visitors as well as the students’ peers and supervisors for their dedication, customer service, initiative and leadership.

In addition to supporting the students’ education, the program promotes the province’s natural and cultural heritage, and careers in the public service.

• A partnership between Ontario Parks, corporate sponsors and park supporters, the bursary program is now in its 11th year and provides students with a $500 bursary.
• More than 2,000 students work in Ontario Parks each summer.
• Recipients work for Ontario Parks, the Ontario Ranger program, “friends of the park” organizations or other park volunteer groups.
• Ontarians and tourists from around the world make about 10 million visits to provincial parks each year.

• Ontario Parks Partners Bursary Program Award Recipients and Contributing Partners – 2010
• Find out how to apply for youth employment and other youth programs with Ontario Parks.
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