CUPE 4222 Graduation Award
Do you have a child who is graduating from High School this year?
All CUPE 4222 members’ children are eligible for the CUPE 4222 Graduation Award
on their graduation from any recognized educational institution in Canada.
▪ Six thousand dollars ($6000.00) will be budgeted for the CUPE 4222 Graduation
Award committee each year with no one eligible recipient receiving more than
$500.00.
▪ Application for the CUPE 4222 Graduation Award would be directly to CUPE 4222.
▪ In addition to the application form each applicant would submit a presentation, in the
form of an essay, poster, or A-V clip, on “The Importance of Unions in Society”.
▪ The CUPE 4222 Graduation Award Committee will review all applications and verify
they are a CUPE 4222 member’s child and a graduate.
▪ The deadline for applications in each school year is April 30, with no exceptions.
▪ Information and an application form will be available in guidance offices of all Thames
Valley District School Boards, as well as published on the website of CUPE 4222
(www.cupe4222.ca) and social media.
▪ It shall be the responsibility of CUPE 4222 members to ensure each eligible child
applies for the CUPE 4222 Graduation Award in their graduating year.
▪ The CUPE 4222 Graduation Award Recipients would receive their award at their
school’s commencement ceremony and be acknowledged on our website and social
media for the information of all CUPE 4222 members.
CRITERIA FOR CUPE 4222 GRADUATION AWARD
▪ All CUPE 4222 members’ children are eligible in the year they receive their high school
diploma from any recognized educational institution in Canada.
▪ Applications are available in secondary school guidance offices of all Thames Valley
District Schools, and on the CUPE 4222 website (www.cupe4222.ca).
▪ Applicants must submit a presentation, in the form of an essay, poster, or audio video
clip on “The Importance of Unions in Society”.
▪ The deadline for applications to be received at the office of CUPE 4222 is April 30 in
each school year, with no exceptions.
▪ Completed Applications are to be submitted directly to the CUPE 4222 office,
Attention: Awards Committee, 571 Wharncliffe Road South, Unit #1, London, ON N6J
1N6. CUPE 4222 assumes no liability for Graduation Award applications prior to their
arrival at the CUPE 4222 office. It is highly recommended that applications be sent by
registered mail or personally delivered to CUPE 4222 during regular business hours.
▪ It is the responsibility of CUPE 4222 members to ensure each eligible child applies in
their graduating year by the deadline.