The Tamil Literary Garden will offer an annual scholarship to an undergraduate full-time student enrolled in a Tamil language or Tamil Studies course offered by a university in Canada. The conditions of the scholarship are as follows:

Value: 1000 Dollars (Canadian)

Deadline: 30 April 2010

Conditions: All full-time undergraduates currently (2009-2010) enrolled in a Tamil language or Tamil studies course offered by a university in Canada are eligible. All students wanting to participate should submit an essay on the topic given below by 30 April 2010.

Topic. “Canadian Multiculturalism - A Tamil Perspective.” The essay should not exceed 3000 words. It should be double spaced, and a hard copy should be sent to Scholarship Essay, c/o Chelva Kanaganayakam, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1H8 together with an electronic version to appatlg@gmail.com. The essay should be an original contribution, written for the purpose of competing for this scholarship and should not have been published elsewhere.

Award: The award will be given at the annual Tamil Literary Garden award ceremony held around June/ July 2010. The essay will be published in a special issue of the magazine Kalam.

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