MANITOBA DENTAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL AWARDS

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The Manitoba Dental Assistants Association would like to support all Registered Dental

Assistants and their families to further their education with financial support in the form of two

monetary awards.

MDAA will be presenting yearly the following two awards:

1) The Manitoba Dental Assistants Association Dependent Awards.  A $500.00 award to one dependent of a Registered Dental Assistant, who is in good standing with the Manitoba Dental Association, to a post-secondary educational institution that they are currently registered in to further their education.

2)  The Registered Dental Assistant Continuing Education A $300.00 award to a Registered Dental Assistant in good standing with the Manitoba Dental Association for Continuing Education in a field of their choosing.

  For both awards the participating Registered Dental Assistant must be in good standing

and registered with the Manitoba Dental Association for the year that the award is being

awarded.

MDAA DEPENDENTS EDUCATION AWARD

• Applicants must be registered as a full-time student in a study program either,   academic, technological or vocational at a post-secondary institution. (Does not have  to be in the Province of Manitoba, but must be in Canada).
• Application must include all personal contact information; full mailing address, email
•  and contact phone number (s)
• Application must include the name, address, place of employment and Manitoba  Dental Association registration number of the Registered Dental Assistant of whom  they are a dependent of.
• Application must include the school contact information including student number; mailing address, email if applicable and phone number (s).
• No deferrals will be accepted and the award cannot be carried forward to the next  year or transferred to another student.

REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANTS CONTINUING EDUCATION AWARD

• Must be a Registered Dental Assistant in the Manitoba Dental Association in the year that the award is being awarded.
• Must include with the application all personal contact information: address, email and all phone number (s), place of employment and your Manitoba Dental Association Registration number.
• Receipts for the course and additionally the information below; or the information on the course you are wanting to take, including title of course, date, time and location the course is being offered.

• All candidates will be considered for the award in which they are applying as long as  they have supplied all the required information outlined under the SELECTION  CRITERIA.
• Selection of both awards will be done by random draw at the Manitoba Dental  Assistants Association office at 99 Scurfield Ave., Winnipeg, MB yearly on or near  the first Monday of October with all fully completed applications in each draw. The  draw will be done by the Executive Director of the MDAA with witness from the Board of  Directors. Winners will be notified within 7 days of the draw via electronically or telephone contact.
• Winners must agree to have their picture and names displayed on the Manitoba  Dental Assistant Association web page unless they have extenuating circumstances  that would preclude them or the parent of the dependent to have their information  made public.

The Manitoba Dental Assistants Association Dependent Award is to be allocated to the second term tuition. This award will be paid by the Manitoba Dental Assistants Association on behalf of the student, directly to the institution of study they are attending. We understand that in some circumstances other arrangements may be required to pay the tuition directly to the applicant; these scenarios will be acknowledged on an individual basis. Applications must be received no later than September 15th of the current calendar year. 

The Registered Dental Assistant Continuing Education award winner can choose to either submit receipts for a course that they have already attended as long as it is within the current year of registration. Additionally they can submit an application for a course within the current registration year as they supply proof that they are registered in the year the course is being taken. Confirmation will be required via receipt format, if no receipt is provided within 30 days a refund via certified cheque will be mandatory to the Manitoba Dental Assistants Association.

1)  Only those applicants who submit the completed criteria form will be considered.

2)  It is the responsibility of the student to inform the Manitoba Dental Assistants   Association, by email or letter, as to the due date for the second term tuition.

3) For Registered Dental Assistant registrants the monies would not be released to the  applicant until proof of registration in the Manitoba Dental Association is verified for that  year.

4) Applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will be considered as disqualified and  will not be considered for the award.