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Showcase your ideas

Showcase your ideas on public policy and the role of markets by entering our essay competition. Each year the Institute holds a competition for students, designed to encourage and develop student writers.

  • $1,750 in cash prizes awarded each year.
  • Special category for high school students only.
  • Winning essays may be published in Fraser Institute journals.


STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST 2010
What should government do in times of economic crisis?

1st Prize: $1,000
2nd Prize: $500
High school category: $250

Topic:
What should government do in times of economic crisis?
The recent global economic recession provoked a number of different policy responses from governments in North America, Europe and Asia. These interventions included, but were not limited to, financial regulation, social assistance program changes, corporate bailouts, infrastructure spending, job creation programs, and changes to trade policy. Your essay should use historical perspective, empirical evidence, and economic analysis to examine the effects of one or more of these possible interventions. You may choose to analyze the actions taken by a particular government, or compare the policy outcomes of two or more governments, and provide policy recommendations for governments in future economic crises.

ENTRY DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2010

Submit your essay

Application Rules:

  1. The contest is open to Canadian and foreign students. A student is defined as someone who attends school in the 2009/2010 school year or is enrolled to attend in 2010/2011.
  2. Submissions will be considered from secondary and post-secondary (undergraduate and graduate) students in all disciplines. Secondary students will be considered in a separate category, with a cash prize of $250. Outstanding high school submissions will not be excluded from winning the $500 and $1,000 post-secondary prizes.
  3. Entry must include a typed essay of 1,000-1,500 words, and a cover sheet including the student’s name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and date of birth. High school students include school and grade. Post-secondary students, include school, major, and year of graduation.
  4. Entries will be accepted in English and French.
  5. Entries must include references cited from academic sources. Any academically acceptable referencing style may be used.
  6. Entries must be submitted online or by mail. Mail to: Education Programs
    Fraser Institute
    4th floor, 1770 Burrard Street
    Vancouver, BC  V6J 3G7
    Or submit online
  7. Entries may only be submitted once. Further submissions will not be accepted.
  8. Failure to follow these rules may lead to disqualification from the contest.
  9. Entries will be judged on originality, expression of ideas, presentation, and understanding of competitive markets.
  10. All entries become of the property of The Fraser Institute. In addition to receiving cash prizes, winners may have their essays published in Fraser Institute periodicals.
  11. The deadline is 5pm (Pacific Time) on June 1st, 2010.

STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST 2009
Economic Freedom and Global Prosperity
 
Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Student Essay Contest

1st Prize ($1,000)
What’s Good for Business is Good for the Poor: The Case of India’s Labour Laws
By Nikhil Joseph, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Development Studies, 2011

2nd Prize winner ($500)
Property Rights and Credit as Keys to Growth
By Michal Grzadkowski, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
University of Waterloo, Honours Mathematics, 2013

High School Category ($250)
Economic Freedom and Poverty
Mohamed Ilham B Mohamed Salleh, Singapore
Raffles Institution (Junior College), 2009

The winning essays will be published in the fall 2009 issue of Canadian Student Review.

Read the news release.