Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge 

RULES AND REGULATIONS 

All entrants must comply with these rules (the “Challenge Rules”). Entry in the Challenge constitutes acceptance of the Challenge Rules. 

ELIGIBILITY 

In the event of a group entry, all members must meet the eligibility requirements in this section and the individual who completes the submission on behalf of the group will be identified as the group’s primary contact. To be eligible for an award, a group must have no more than four (4) members (including the primary contact). Unless otherwise specified in these Challenge Rules, all references to “entrants” or “award recipients” include all members of a group. 

Only Canadian citizens and permanent residents are eligible to participate in the Ingenious + Youth Innovation challenge (the “Challenge”). Entrants must be between the ages of 14 and 18 (have reached their 14th birthday and not yet reached their 19th birthday by November 18th 2026 at 11:59pm EST). All entrants must complete and sign a Declaration and Release Form to enter the Challenge. Entrants who have not reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence at the time of application submission must also have a parent or legal guardian sign the Release.   

Recipients of a National Young Innovator Award during any previous year’s challenge are not eligible to participate in this year’s Challenge. All other previous entrants are free to enter this year’s Challenge. An individual innovation or project is eligible to receive an Emerging Young Innovator Award a maximum of two times in two different Challenge years, provided that meaningful improvements or developments have been made to the innovation between submissions, as determined at the sole discretion of the Rideau Hall Foundation. Entrants must be the sole owner (or co-owners, in the case of a group entry) of all right, title and interest (including copyright) in and to the content of the entry they submit in connection with the Challenge. 

Employees, officers, directors, agents or representatives of the Rideau Hall Foundation and each of its affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies and any individual or entity involved in the development, production, implementation, administration, judging or fulfillment of the Challenge (collectively, the “Challenge Parties”) and the immediate family and household members (whether or not related) of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Challenge. For the purposes of these Challenge rules, “immediate family” means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son, and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household. 

The Rideau Hall Foundation will determine the eligibility of all entrants at all levels of the award program. Its decision on eligibility is final. 

HOW TO ENTER 

To enter the Challenge, all entrants must complete the following steps: 

  1. Create a Salesforce RHF Funding Opportunities Portal Account 
  1. Beginning November 17, 2026, entrants must request a Salesforce portal account (the “Portal”) to begin their application. In the case of a group entry, only the primary contact must request a Portal account to begin the application. This step includes providing consent for the Rideau Hall Foundation to create a Portal account and contact the entrant via email. 
  1. Once a request is received and verified, a Portal account will be created granting entrants access to the Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge entry form through the RHF Funding Opportunities Portal. 
  1. Portal account creation will be available during the Rideau Hall Foundation’s business hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET) from November 17, 2026, to January 13, 2027, with a holiday closure from December 24, 2026, to January 4, 2027.
  1. Submit Required Consent Forms via Form Assembly 
  1. Once the Application Form is complete, all individual entrants—and in the case of team entries, all team members—must submit a signed Declaration of and Release Form via Form Assembly. 
  1. Entrants under the age of majority in their province or territory of residence must also have the Declaration and Release Form signed by a parent or legal guardian. 
  1. Complete and Submit the Application 
  1. An entry is considered complete and ready for submission only after all required materials—including the fully completed Application Form, a signed Declaration and Release Form and any other required materials —have been received and verified.  
  1. All entries must be completed and submitted through the RHF Funding Opportunities Portal no later than January 13, 2027 at Noon. Eastern Standard Time (ET). Late or incomplete entries will not be accepted. 
  1. Incomplete entries and associated information will be removed from the portal 30 days after the Challenge closes. 

Emerging Young Innovator Awards 

All entrants must submit an online Application Form and/or video including the information required in the Application Form to enter and to qualify for selection for an Emerging Young Innovator award (“Emerging Young Innovator Award”) in the Challenge.  Entries for the Emerging Young Innovator Awards will be accepted from November 17, 2026, to January 13th, 2027, at Noon ET (the “Submission Period”). Declaration and Release Forms must be signed and returned by January 19, 2027, at Noon. EST in order to be eligible for the Challenge. In the case of a group entry, only the primary contact must submit the Application form and/or video for the whole group, but all group members must be identified on the Application Form and must submit their signed Declaration and Release Forms. 

The completed entry, including the Application Form, supporting materials and completed Declaration and Release Form must be submitted no later than January 19, 2027, at Noon ET to be counted as received during the Submission Period. 

Entrants may submit more than one entry in any given year. There is no limit. However, a maximum of two Emerging Young Innovator Awards will be awarded to the same individual or group in a single Challenge year, regardless of the number of entries submitted. This applies whether the Emerging Young Innovator Awards are awarded to the same individual(s) for different innovations or as part of different group configurations. Exceptions may be made at the Rideau Hall Foundation’s sole discretion. 

Regional Young Innovator Awards 

Regional Young Innovator awards (“Regional Young Innovator Awards”) shall only be available to successful recipients of an Emerging Young Innovator Award, unless otherwise determined by the Rideau Hall Foundation in its sole discretion. 

Entrants who wish to be considered for a Regional Young Innovator Award must indicate their interest on their Application Form. Emerging Young Innovator Award recipients who indicated on their Application Form that they wished to be considered for a Regional Young Innovator Award are automatically entered into the national challenge, and their entry materials from the regional process (completed Application Form, any supporting materials, and Declaration and Release Form) constitute the entry materials to be considered for the Regional Young Innovator Award. If an entrant changes their mind and does not wish to participate in the Regional Young Innovator Award part of the Challenge, they must withdraw their entry by February 12, 2027. Entrants who opt out of the national challenge cannot decide to opt in at a later date. 

National Young Innovator Awards 

National Young Innovator awards (“National Young Innovator Awards”) shall only be available to successful recipients of an Emerging Young Innovator Award, unless otherwise determined by the Rideau Hall Foundation in its sole discretion. Recipients of the Regional Young Innovator Awards are not eligible to receive a National Young Innovator Award. If there are not at least 30 Emerging Young Innovator Award recipients who carry on to the national challenge, additional entries for the national challenge may be sought at the discretion of the Rideau Hall Foundation. These entries will be required to be in the same format and follow the same entry process as all other entries, and will be required to be submitted by March 31st, 2027, at Noon ET to be counted as received during the Submission Period. 

Entrants who wish to be considered for a National Young Innovator Award must indicate their interest on their Application Form. Emerging Young Innovator Award recipients who indicated on their Application Form that they wished to be considered for a National Young Innovator Award are automatically entered into the national challenge, and their entry materials from the regional process (completed Application Form, any supporting materials, and Declaration and Release Form)) constitute the entry materials to be considered for the National Young Innovator Award. If an entrant changes their mind and does not wish to participate in the National Young Innovator Award part of the Challenge, they must withdraw their entry by February 12th, 2027. Entrants who opt out of the national challenge cannot decide to opt in at a later date. 

CONSENT AND RELEASE 

All entrants, including all members of a group, must provide an executed Declaration and Release Form by the prescribed method before their entry will be considered complete and submitted. Entrants who have not reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, must also have a parent or legal guardian execute the Declaration and Release Form.   In the absence of a valid Declaration and Release Form for a member of a group, that individual group member will be ineligible for challenge, while the remaining members of the group who have submitted valid Declaration and Release Forms may continue in the Challenge. 

By executing the Declaration and Release Form, each  entrant (and if applicable, their parent or guardian) will (among other things) (a) confirm their compliance with these Challenge Rules; (b) release the Challenge Parties and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releases”) from any and all liability in connection with the Challenge, the entrant’s participation in the Challenge, and the use or misuse of the award or any portion thereof; (c) consent to the publication, reproduction and or use of the entrant’s name, image, photograph, likeness, voice, city of residence and related visual/sound recordings without further notice or compensation, by or on behalf of the Rideau Hall Foundation  in connection with the award, for advertising and publicity purposes related to the Challenge and for the Rideau Hall Foundation’s  programming, marketing, fundraising, and impact reporting purposes in any media or format whatsoever at any time or times in perpetuity; (d) consent to the use of the entry by the Rideau Hall Foundation in accordance with these Rules;  and if they are a recipient of any award: (e) consent to the sharing of photos of recipients taken at the regional and national awards ceremonies to an online folder that may be accessed by all other recipients; (f) acknowledge acceptance of the award as awarded; (g) agree that they will use the monetary portions of the award for the purposes of developing, improving and implementing their innovation; and (h) agree that they will complete the award recipient survey and end-of-cycle survey  sent to them electronically or otherwise by the Rideau Hall Foundation by the dates specified by the Rideau Hall Foundation; and (i) if they are a  Regional Young Innovator or National Young Innovator award recipient, agree that they will complete and send the required progress report to the Rideau Hall Foundation by the date specified by the Rideau Hall Foundation. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

For clarity, while entrants agree to provide a license to the Rideau Hall Foundation and waive their moral rights in their entry in accordance with these Challenge Rules, nothing in these Challenge Rules shall be interpreted as making transfer of any of the entrants’ rights, title or interest, including copyright, in their innovations.  

By submitting an entry, each entrant (including all members of a group) agrees that their entry may be posted by the Rideau Hall Foundation on any website associated with the Challenge and/or on the Rideau Hall Foundation’s social media channels, in the Rideau Hall Foundation’s sole discretion but without obligation. 

By submitting an entry, each entrant (including all members of a group) irrevocably grants to the Rideau Hall Foundation a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide and perpetual license with respect to the content of the entry to to post, display, broadcast, publish, use, adapt, edit, translate, dub, modify, distribute and convert into digital-machine readable or any other accessible format for persons with disabilities, the content in whole or in part, in any way, in any and all media, throughout the world, for any purpose, without limitation, and without notice or additional consideration to the award recipients. For clarity, this license gives the Rideau Hall Foundation rights in relation to the content of the entry materials (e.g. videos, descriptions, etc.) but does not grant the Rideau Hall Foundation any intellectual property rights related to the concept or idea of the innovation referenced in the entry. 

By submitting an entry, each entrant (including all members of a group) irrevocably waives any and all rights, including moral rights to the material contained in the entry and any derivative works made therefrom and warrants and represents that (i) their participation in the Challenge does violate any existing contractual obligations that they owe to a third party; (ii) the entry is their original work, created solely by them, and over which they have all necessary rights, title and interest, including copyright; (iii) their entry has not been previously published; (iv) their entry does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights, or defame or invade the publicity or privacy rights, of any third party, living or deceased; (v) all individuals appearing in the entry material (if a video) have granted to the entrant an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license in perpetuity to publish or otherwise use their likeness as it appears in the entry in any manner and media whether now known or hereafter devised, including without limitation on any website associated with the Challenge. 

Entrants may use artificial intelligence tools to assist in completing the written portions of their entries, such as editing, formatting, adjusting tone or summarizing content. However, entrants are prohibited from using artificial intelligence in the process of generating the idea for or designing their innovation. 

Entrants are prohibited from submitting plagiarized content in their entries. Any text or material that an entrant takes from another source and includes in an entry must be referenced using citations. Direct quotes taken from other sources must be shown in quotation marks and their sources must be referenced through citations. 

Entries must not include any content whatsoever which would reasonably be understood to be defamatory, threatening, distasteful, racist, unlawful or otherwise objectionable or would infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties, as determined by the Rideau Hall Foundation in its sole discretion. 

LANGUAGE 

Entries can be submitted in either English or French. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

The Rideau Hall Foundation will acknowledge receipt of each entry received prior to the submission deadlines via an email sent to the address indicated on the entry form. Only entrants receiving an acknowledgment from the Rideau Hall Foundation will be deemed to have successfully submitted an entry. Acknowledgment does not mean that the entry is officially complete. The Rideau Hall Foundation reserves the right to determine whether the documents submitted meet the minimum entry requirements. 

ACCEPTANCE OF RULES 

Submission of an entry through the online system shall be deemed to be complete acceptance of these Challenge Rules by the applicable entrant(s). 

NOTIFICATION OF RECIPIENT(S) 

An individual recipient or, in the case of a group entry, the primary contact of the group, and, where applicable, their parent or legal guardian will be notified by email if they are selected as an eligible recipient. Only recipients of an award under the Challenge will be notified. The Releasees assume no responsibility for any inaccurate or incorrect information provided to it, or any technical or human error that interferes in any way with the mailing, transmission, receipt, or processing of entries, or notification of a potential recipient. If a selected entrant does not respond within five (5) business days of first contact, the Rideau Hall Foundation shall have the right to disqualify that entrant and to select the next submission with the highest score as determined by the Evaluation Criteria (see “Evaluation Criteria” below). The recipients of awards under the Challenge will be made public on the Challenge website. By applying, you agree that if you are a selected entrant that is disqualified and your award is forfeited for any reason, the Releasees will be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The Releasees are not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected entrant to receive notification as identified in this section. 

ADJUDICATORS The Rideau Hall Foundation shall, in consultation with any delivery partner, select up to forty (40) evaluators who will determine the recipients of the Emerging Young Innovator Awards. Submissions will be assessed against the Evaluation Criteria set out below. 

The Rideau Hall Foundation shall, in consultation with any national program delivery partner, select up to ten (10) national adjudicators who will determine recipients of the Regional Young Innovator Awards and the National Young Innovator Awards. 

EVALUATION CRITERIA 

Entries must be submitted under one or more of the following categories (“Categories”): 

All entries will be evaluated using the following “Evaluation Criteria”: 

Problem or Opportunity Being Addressed (10 points): 

Solution (10 points): 

Research (5 points): 

Experimentation and Learning (5 points) 

Expected Impact (10 points): 

Current Landscape (5 points): 

Implementation and Feasibility (5 points): 

Collaboration (5 points): 

Future Plans and Use of Award (5 points): 

Communication (5 points) 

*Definition of Innovation 

An innovation is something different that has an impact. It might be improving upon or innovating a product, service, or process, or creating something new that solves a problem or makes the world a better place. 

The innovation should be advanced beyond the idea or concept stage and have demonstrated that it has been put into action. Innovations are not required to be fully completed, commercially viable, or revenue-generating in order to qualify. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate that they have begun to implement or test their proposed innovation.  

The evaluations will be done by evaluators for the Emerging Young Innovator Awards and by national adjudicators for the Regional Young Innovator Awards and National Young Innovator Awards. The evaluators and adjudicators will base their choice of award recipients on the above-mentioned Evaluation Criteria. Evaluators and adjudicators will reach their decisions by consensus. 

All decisions of the evaluators and adjudicators at the regional and national levels are final and binding.  The judging scores for any entry will not be revealed. Feedback may be provided to the entrant if permission is received from the evaluator or adjudicator. 

AWARDS 

If a group is chosen for an award under the Challenge, the cash award will be distributed equally amongst the group members. Cash awards are provided by cheque (mailed to the recipients’ address) or Electronic Funds Transfer (“EFT”) to each individual. 

Emerging Young Innovator Awards 

 There are up to 350 Emerging Young Innovator Awards of $1,000 available this year. Entrants will be assigned to their province or territory of residence, and submissions will be evaluated fairly and transparently alongside other submissions from that province or territory. Each province and territory is considered its own region for the purposes of adjudication. Emerging Young Innovator Award allocations are as follows: 

 Emerging Young Innovator Awards will be awarded to the top-scoring entries (based on the Evaluation Criteria) in each region. The evaluators may choose to award less than the maximum number of Emerging Young Innovator Awards for any region if in their determination there are not enough entries in that region which sufficiently satisfy the Evaluation Criteria in order to qualify to receive an award. 

Emerging Young Innovator Awards each consist of: 

$1,000 for the purposes of developing, improving and implementing the innovation submitted in the Challenge; 

the opportunity to attend 4-5 virtual group learning and mentorship sessions (approx. value $100 each); and 

an invitation to attend a regional celebration, which will be held between April and May 2027. 

Regional Young Innovator Awards 

There are up to 13 Regional Young Innovator Awards available, up to 1 for each province or territory. Regional Young Innovator Awards will be awarded to outstanding entries for exceptional innovations, regardless of Category, as determined by the national adjudicators based on the Evaluation Criteria. The national adjudicators may choose not to award a Regional Young Innovator Award for any particular province or territory if in their determination there is not 1 entry in that province or territory which qualifies as an outstanding entry for an exceptional innovation. 

Regional Young Innovator Awards each consist of: 

$3,000 for the purposes of developing, improving and implementing the innovation submitted in the Challenge; 

the opportunity to attend 3 virtual group learning and mentorship sessions (approx. value $100 each); and 

an invitation to attend a national in-person celebration in a major Canadian city during Canadian Innovation Week mid to late May 2027. The national in-person celebration will consist of a “Welcoming Evening” the first night, then a learning and mentorship program during the next day and the national ceremony during that evening. 

National Young Innovator Awards 

Recipients of the Regional Young Innovator Awards are not eligible to receive a National Young Innovator Award. There are 5 National Young Innovator Awards available, 1 for each Category. National Young Innovator Awards will be awarded to the top-scoring entry (based on the Evaluation Criteria) from the Emerging Young Innovator Award recipients in each Category, as determined by the national adjudicators. 

National Young Innovator Awards each consist of: 

$10,000 for the purposes of developing, improving and implementing the innovation submitted in the Challenge; 

the opportunity to attend 3 virtual group learning and mentorship sessions (approx. value $100 each); and 

an invitation to attend a national in-person celebration in a major Canadian city during Canadian Innovation Week mid to late May 2027. The national in-person celebration will consist of a “Welcoming Evening” the first night, then a learning and mentorship program during the next day and the national ceremony during that evening.  

Mentorship and Learning sessions 

Award recipients will participate in group learning and mentorship sessions as part of the non‑monetary portion of their award experience. These sessions may involve interaction with other award recipients and invited mentors. During these sessions, participants’ personal information, such as their name and image and any other information they choose to share, may be visible to other participants and mentors. 

RECIPIENT SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION 

If a group is chosen as an award recipient under the Challenge, the group’s primary contact will be the only individual contacted by the Ingenious+ program for notification of award selection. 

Emerging Young Innovator Award recipients will be determined by March 11th, 2027, and cash awards issued by cheque or by EFT by June 30th, 2027; Regional Young Innovator Award recipients and National Young Innovator Award recipients will be determined by April 9th, 2027, and cash awards issued by cheque or by EFT by June 30th, 2027. 

Awards must be accepted as described in the Challenge Rules and cannot be transferred to another person or substituted for another award. Any substitution of an award, in whole or in part, is at the sole discretion of the Rideau Hall Foundation. 

All recipients will be contacted by email and must have executed and submitted a Declaration and Release Form in order to receive an award. 

As a condition of receiving an award, all recipients will be required to complete the Ingenious+ award recipient survey and end-of-cycle survey by the dates specified by the Rideau Hall Foundation and use the monetary portions of their award for the purposes of developing, improving and implementing their innovation. The surveys will seek feedback on the Challenge and a description of how the recipient used the monetary and non-monetary portions of their award to develop, improve, or implement their innovation. Determination of whether a recipient’s activities comply with this requirement will be in the sole discretion of the Rideau Hall Foundation and supporting documentation, such as receipts, may be requested. Examples of acceptable uses of awards include, but are not limited to, purchasing materials for the innovation, marketing costs, registration of websites, purchasing equipment, and transportation costs. In addition to these requirements, recipients of the Regional Young Innovator Awards and National Young Innovator Awards will be required to provide a progress report to the Rideau Hall Foundation five (5) months after receipt of their award. The progress report (a) must contain an update on the status of the recipient’s innovation and how the recipient used the monetary and non-monetary portions of their award to develop, improve, or implement their innovation and (b) must be submitted to the Rideau Hall Foundation at the date specified by the Rideau Hall Foundation. 

If a recipient fails to (a) use an award for the purposes of developing, improving or implementing their innovation, (b) complete the award recipient survey and end-of-cycle survey by the dates specified by the Rideau Hall Foundation , or (c) complete and send the progress report as required (for National Young Innovator Award recipients and Regional Young Innovator Award recipients only), the Rideau Hall Foundation, in its sole discretion, may require repayment of the monetary portion of the award. 

The odds of receiving an award depend on the number of eligible entries received and the decisions of the adjudicators. 

PUBLICITY 

All award recipients (including all members of a group) may be recognized on the Challenge website by name, city and province or territory of residence and photos. 

All recipients of awards under the Challenge (including each group member in the event of a group entry) agree to make themselves available for media interviews and by accepting an award under the Challenge, consent to the use of their name, image, photograph, likeness, voice, city of residence and related visual/sound recordings by or on behalf of the Rideau Hall Foundation, without the expectation of further remuneration or notice in connection with the award, for advertising and publicity purposes relating to the Challenge, and for the Rideau Hall Foundation’s programming, marketing, fundraising, and impact reporting purposes in any media or format whatsoever at any time or times in perpetuity. 

Each entrant acknowledges that the Releasees have no control over and are not responsible for any use or misuse including, but not limited to, any alteration, modification, reuse or distortion of their entry (or the entrant’s name, image, photograph, likeness, voice, and city of residence) that may occur or be caused by third parties. The Rideau Hall Foundation will not be monitoring and has no control over third parties’ use or misuse of the entrant’s entry (or the entrant’s name, image, photograph, likeness, voice, and city of residence) displayed on the Rideau Hall Foundation website or other websites or publications. 

TRAVEL 

The Emerging Young Innovator Award recipients will be celebrated at an in-person regional event hosted by the Rideau Hall Foundation and/or a delivery partner in each region between April and May 2027. The Regional Young Innovator Award and National Young Innovator Award recipients will be celebrated at an in-person event in a major Canadian city hosted by the Rideau Hall Foundation during Canadian Innovation Week in mid to late May 2027. Where necessary and only if possible dependent on health and safety travel restrictions, transportation to the city location of the regional and/or national celebration (the “Destination”), in economy class, and overnight accommodations (1 night at a hotel arranged by the Rideau Hall Foundation or on its behalf) for award recipients and a parent or legal guardian if the recipient is under the age of majority in their province or territory of residence (based on standard room, double occupancy), will be provided by Rideau Hall Foundation up to a maximum cost of $3,000 per recipient and $3,000 per parent or legal guardian, in line with the RHF External Travel Policy, which will be provided at the time of travel arrangement. Transportation will be from the major airport nearest the award recipient’s residence, selected at the discretion of the Rideau Hall Foundation (the “Departure Point”). 

In the event that an award recipient resides within a 350-kilometre radius of the Destination, ground transportation (including without limitation train transportation or car rental) may be awarded instead of airfare and no compensation or substitution will be provided for the difference in cost (if applicable). Travel arrangements must be made using the most economical means of transportation available. Award recipients must obtain approval from RHF prior to renting a car. 

Award recipients who reside within fifty (50) kilometers of the event venue are not eligible for reimbursement of travel or accommodation expenses. Exceptions will not be granted unless expressly pre-approved in writing by the Rideau Hall Foundation in accordance with the RHF External Travel Policy. 

In the event that a group entry is selected as a recipient of one of the awards, all members of the group will be invited using the email address provided on their respective Declaration and Release Forms to attend the event. However, the Rideau Hall Foundation will only cover the travel and accommodation costs (up to $3,000) of the group’s primary contact as identified on the Application Form, and, if they are under the age of majority in their province or territory for residence, their parent or legal guardian (up to $3,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Challenge Rules, should the group’s primary contact be unable or unwilling to attend, the group may request an alternate group member to attend on behalf of the group (along with their parent or legal guardian, if they are  under the age of majority in their province or territory of residence). 

Any other costs or expenses associated with the awards not specified herein will be the responsibility of selected award recipients and their parent/legal guardian (as applicable), including without limitation, ground transportation to/from the Departure Point, communication charges, room service, gratuities, optional tours, insurance and medical travel documents. In line with RHF’s External Travel Policy, per diems will be provided for meals for the award recipients (and, if applicable, one accompanying parent or legal guardian), unless meals are otherwise provided as part of official event programming. However, recipients who reside within fifty (50) kilometers of the event venue are not eligible for per diems for meal expenses. Exceptions will not be granted unless expressly pre-approved in writing by the Rideau Hall Foundation in accordance with the RHF External Travel Policy. Reimbursement requests must be accompanied by receipts (although receipts are not needed for meal per diem expenses). The Releasees will not be responsible if weather conditions, event cancellations, or other factors beyond their reasonable control prevent the transportation and accommodation provisions outlined above from being fulfilled, and award recipients will not be entitled to compensation in lieu thereof.  The award recipients and their parents/legal guardians must have no restrictions on their ability to travel. The award recipients and their parents/legal guardians are responsible for obtaining all necessary travel documentation and permissions and must travel on the same itinerary. The award recipients and their parents/guardians must travel on the dates and travel carriers and stay at the accommodations as determined by the Rideau Hall Foundation in its sole discretion. The Releasees will not be responsible if an award recipient or parent/legal guardian is denied entry onto aircraft, into the Destination, or return entry into the Departure Point. In such a situation, the award recipients and their parents/legal guardians will be responsible for any and all additional costs incurred.  

The award recipients and their parents/legal guardians must obey all hotel and celebration event rules and requirements, including the hotel requirement to present a major credit card. Any additional hotel charges must be paid by the recipient or their guardian using a personal credit card and may be reimbursed if deemed eligible under the RHF External Travel Policy. Failure to follow such hotel and event rules and requirements may result in, without limitation, ejection from the event, non-admission to hotel and forfeiture of all or part of the award. In the event an award recipients or their parent/legal guardian engage in behavior on a trip that (as determined by the Rideau Hall Foundation in its sole discretion) is obnoxious or threatening, illegal, or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person, the Rideau Hall Foundation reserve the right to terminate the trip early and send the award recipient and parent/legal guardian home with no further compensation.  

ADDITIONAL TERMS OF PARTICIPATION 

Submitted entries shall not be returned to entrants. 

The Releasees shall not be responsible for any technical malfunctions that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury as well as lost, incomplete, destroyed, misdirected, illegible or late entries which for any reason are not received. 

The Releasees are not responsible for printing, distribution or production errors. 

The Rideau Hall Foundation reserve the right to terminate, suspend or modify the Challenge, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice or obligation if, in its sole discretion, any factor interferes with its proper conduct as contemplated by the Challenge Rules. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Challenge, or any part thereof, is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, programming errors, or technical failures, which, in the sole discretion of the Rideau Hall Foundation, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Challenge, the Rideau Hall Foundation may, in its sole discretion, void any suspect entries and: (a) terminate the Challenge, or any portion thereof; (b) modify or suspend the Challenge, or any portion thereof, to address the impairment and then resume the Challenge, or relevant portion, in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of the Challenge Rules; and/or (c) award the awards from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment in accordance with the recipient selection criteria discussed above. 

The Rideau Hall Foundation reserves the right to modify or cancel this Challenge in the event of technical corruption, virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or any other technical problems, which may arise from time-to-time beyond the control of the Rideau Hall Foundation, destroying the integrity of this Challenge. No liability or responsibility is assumed by the Releasees  resulting from attempts to participate in this Challenge or if required, accessing online information necessary to participate in this Challenge. 

The Rideau Hall Foundation reserves the right to disqualify entrants whom it finds to be in violation of these Challenge Rules or tampering with the entry process. The Rideau Hall Foundation reserves the right to refuse an entry from a person whose eligibility is in question or who has been disqualified or is otherwise ineligible to enter. 

Each entrant agrees that the consent given, and rights granted in these Challenge Rules are done so without further compensation in connection with the Challenge. 

All decisions regarding this Challenge and the selection of award recipients remain with the Rideau Hall Foundation and are final. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CHALLENGE, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASEES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY RESULTING FROM THE CHALLENGE, INCLUDING THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE OR USE OF THE AWARDS.  FURTHER, BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CHALLENGE, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASEES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY RESULTING FROM: A) ENTRY OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CHALLENGE, INCLUDING ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CHALLENGE WEBSITE, OR B) ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PERSONAL INJURY, PERSONALITY OR PRIVACY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION, OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.  Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, therefore such exclusions may not apply to you. 

INDEMNIFICATION 

This section applies only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws. Each entrant, including all members of a group, agrees to indemnify the Releasees from any third-party claims arising from or related to that entrant’s participation in the Challenge. By participating, entrants agree that the Releasees shall not be liable for any and all claims, demands, judgments, damages, injuries, lawsuits, causes of action, death, losses, costs and expenses arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, in connection with this Challenge or the acceptance, receipt, attendance at, travel related to, defect in, delivery of, use, inability to use, or misuse or possession of the award. All entrants further agree that in the event of any third-party claims, damages, losses or injuries, arising from or relating to this Challenge, they will indemnify the Releasees from any and all such claims, including lawyers’ fees related thereto. 

CANCELLATION 

If for any reason the Challenge is not capable of being conducted as intended by the Rideau Hall Foundation, the Rideau Hall Foundation may, at its sole discretion, cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Challenge. 

PERSONAL INFORMATION 

Privacy Statement: By submitting an entry for the Challenge, all entrants, including all members of a group, individually consent to the collection, use and disclosure by the Rideau Hall Foundation and its authorized agents of their personal information in order to process the application and administer and improve the Challenge, including awarding awards, which information is mandatory in order to participate in the Challenge, and some of which information is posted on the Challenge website. Recipients consent to the collection of additional personal information, which may include financial information, for the purposes of confirming compliance with the award use and reporting requirements set out in these Challenge Rules. Entrants may be offered the opportunity to receive additional communications from the Rideau Hall Foundation or its partners about their products and programs, and upcoming challenges and promotions. Personal information is collected, used and disclosed for the purpose of administering, improving and promoting the Challenge and promoting the recipients in accordance with applicable privacy laws, and Rideau Hall Foundation’s Privacy Policy. You may withdraw your consent to use your personal information at any time, subject to contractual restrictions. Depending on when you do so, you may not be able to participate in the Challenge or receive an award. 

GENERAL CONDITIONS 

The Rideau Hall Foundation’s failure to enforce any term of these Challenge Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Challenge Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision of the Challenge Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then the Challenge Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein. 

APPLICABLE LAWS 

The Challenge is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Challenge Rules or the rights of the parties in connection with the Challenge shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario. 

In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Challenge Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any challenge-related materials, including but not limited to the Application Form, or print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Challenge Rules shall prevail, govern and control. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the English language version and the French language version of the Challenge Rules, the English version shall prevail, govern and control.