Share About Giving Day for a Chance to Win a $1,000 Tuition Credit!
Selkirk College students, help spread the word about Giving Day for your chance to win a $1,000 tuition credit!
Giving Day brings our community together to support students through emergency financial assistance, a campus food garden and hands-on learning opportunities.
How to Enter
Share it to your feed or story by 8:59 pm PDT on Saturday, October 24.
Tag @selkirkcollege and include #SelkirkGivingDay.
Have a private account? Email us a screenshot of your shared post so we can verify your entry.
Contest Details
Open to current Selkirk College students. One entry per student. No donation necessary. The $1,000 tuition credit applies only to unpaid Selkirk College tuition for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 academic years and cannot be refunded, transferred or redeemed for cash. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. One eligible entrant will be randomly selected and contacted directly on Monday, October 26. The selected entrant must correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to receive the prize.
For full contest details, please refer to the terms and conditions.
Terms and Conditions
- The promoter of this contest is Selkirk College Foundation (“the Promoter") whose registered office is located at 301 Frank Beinder Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4L3.
The contest is organized and administered by Selkirk College Foundation (Promoter), with support from Selkirk College. The contest is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
- There is no entry fee / purchase necessary to enter this contest.
- The contest is strictly open to current Selkirk College students and excludes Quebec residents.
- By entering this contest, an entrant is indicating their agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
- The selected entrant must provide sufficient information to allow Selkirk College and Selkirk College Foundation to verify their identity and current enrolment status. This includes their full name and student number. Failure to provide the information necessary to verify eligibility may result in disqualification and selection of another entrant.
Participants enter the contest by sharing the official Selkirk College Giving Day post to their Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn feed, or to their Story where available, tagging Selkirk College and including #SelkirkGivingDay. Only one (1) entry per participant is permitted, regardless of the number of posts shared or platforms used. Multiple submissions will not result in additional entries. Participants with private accounts must email a screenshot of their shared post to @email before the contest closes to verify their entry.
Participants are responsible for ensuring their entries are complete, accurate and meet all contest requirements. The Promoter is not responsible for incomplete, inaccurate or unverifiable entries and is under no obligation to follow up with participants to correct or verify such entries. Entries that do not meet the contest requirements may be disqualified.
All entries are subject to verification by the Promoter. Entries submitted under false identities, through fraudulent means or otherwise in violation of these Terms and Conditions may be disqualified. Multiple submissions by the same participant will not result in additional entries. The Promoter is not responsible for lost, late or unsuccessful submissions resulting from technical errors, platform malfunctions or communication failures. The Promoter reserves the right to suspend or terminate the contest if its integrity or fair administration is compromised.
- The contest will open on Friday, October 23rd at 2pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
- The contest closes on Saturday, October 24th at 8:59pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Entries received after the closing time will not be accepted.
The Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend, terminate or amend the contest or these Terms and Conditions at its discretion, without prior notice, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
- The Promoter is not responsible for any injury or damage to your or any other person’s equipment (computer, mobile telephone, or other device) used by you to enter into the contest or obtain any materials related to the contest.
- One (1) potential winner will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries received during the contest period. The draw will be conducted by Selkirk College Foundation using a computerized random selection process. The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. The selected entrant must correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance, before being declared the winner.
- The selected entrant will be notified through the social media account used to enter the contest on Monday, October 26, 2026. Entrants who submitted their entry by email will be contacted by email.
If the selected entrant does not respond within two (2) days of notification, the Promoter reserves the right to disqualify the selected entrant and conduct another random draw to select an alternate entrant.
The Promoter will coordinate with Selkirk College to apply the prize to the winner's student account. Prize funds will be transferred by the Promoter to Selkirk College only after the applicable add/drop deadline has passed for the semester in which the tuition credit is to be applied.
One (1) winner will receive a tuition credit valued at $1,000 CAD, applicable only toward unpaid Selkirk College tuition for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 academic years. The credit cannot be applied retroactively to tuition already paid, used to generate a refund or cash payment, transferred to another individual, or exchanged for another prize. Any unused portion of the credit may be applied toward other unpaid Selkirk College tuition during these academic years, subject to these Terms and Conditions. Any unused credit remaining at the end of the 2027–28 academic year will expire and cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash.
- The prize must be accepted as awarded.
The winner is solely responsible for any applicable taxes arising from receipt of the prize. Tuition credits applied to the winner's student account will be reported on a T4A slip for the calendar year in which they are applied.
- The winner agrees to provide the Promoter with any additional information reasonably required to administer and apply the prize or to comply with applicable laws.
- The Promoter is not responsible, and disclaims all liability, for any loss, liability, injury, expense or damage of any nature, whether arising from negligence or any other cause, which is suffered by entrants’ participation in the contest or the acceptance and/or use by entrants, of the prize.
By participating in this contest, each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Selkirk College Foundation, Selkirk College, and their respective boards, directors, governors, officers, employees and agents from any claims, demands, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and litigation expenses) arising from the entrant's participation in the contest, acceptance or use of the prize, or actions or omissions in connection with the contest, to the extent permitted by law.
By entering the contest, participants agree that, if selected as the winner, their name may be published on the Promoter's website and/or in Selkirk College communications. The Promoter may request the winner's separate consent to use their photograph or participate in additional publicity.
- This contest is subject to all applicable laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada, as well as these Terms and Conditions.