1. How to enter
To enter the MacEwan University Open House contest (the “Contest”) online visit MacEwan.ca/TuitionDraw. All entries must include your first name, last name, email address, phone number and the correct answer to a mathematical skill-testing question. Limit one entry per person. Contest starts at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time (“MT”) on Saturday, November 7, 2026 and ends at 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday, November 7, 2026 (the “Contest Period”).
There is one (1) grand prize consisting of one (1) tuition credit with an approximate total retail value of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) CDN to be used towards full-time tuition for MacEwan University (the “Grand Prize”) to be won from among all the eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Limit of one Grand Prize per household. No purchase necessary to enter the Contest. Void where prohibited.
2. Contest sponsor
The contest sponsor is The Board of Governors of Grant MacEwan University (hereinafter referred to as the “Contest Sponsor”).
3. Eligibility requirements
To enter and be eligible to claim the Grand Prize, entrant must be a legal resident of Canada, be seventeen (17) years of age or older, meet MacEwan University admission requirements and must not have been enrolled at MacEwan University between September 1, 2026 and August 31, 2027.
Employees of the Contest Sponsor and their parents, siblings and children, and persons domiciled with an employee of any of the Contest Sponsor, their agents, parent affiliated companies or related companies, subsidiaries, division, prize sponsors, and promotional and advertising agencies and administrators, are ineligible to enter. Entrants who are under the age of majority at the date of entry are eligible to enter the Contest and win the Grand Prize provided that the parent or legal guardian of the entrant accepts such prize and the terms and conditions hereof for and on behalf of such entrant.
4. Grand prize details
The Grand Prize applies to tuition only, and does not include any additional fees, including application fees, material fees or student activity fees. The Grand Prize must be used by May 31, 2028 (“Grand Prize Deadline”). In the event that the Grand Prize winner does not redeem the Grand Prize by the Grand Prize Deadline, the value of the Grand Prize will be re-allocated to an award or bursary of the Contest Sponsors choosing.
The Grand Prize will be applied to the Grand Prize winner’s MacEwan University student account upon successful application, admission and full-time enrolment at MacEwan University. In the event the Grand Prize winner withdraws from enrolment at MacEwan University within the refund period, no refund will be provided to the extent the Grand Prize has been applied to the winner’s account.
5. Grand prize conditions and restrictions
The Grand Prize must be accepted as awarded. The Grand Prize may not be sold, transferred and is not convertible to cash. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Grand Prize in whole or in part in the event that all or any component of the Grand Prize is unavailable. Grand Prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein.
6. Winner selection and notification
On or after Wednesday, November 18, 2026, a random draw for the Grand Prize from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period will be made (the “Draw”). The odds of winning the Grand Prize will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. MacEwan University, acting reasonably, will attempt to contact the potential winner, or, if under the legal age of majority, their parent or legal guardian, by email and/or telephone within three (3) business days after the Draw.
In the event the potential winner cannot be contacted within three (3) business days after the Draw, they will be disqualified, and an alternate potential winner will be drawn. Proof of valid, government issued identification must be provided upon request. Before being awarded the Grand Prize, a potential winner or, if under the age of majority, their parent or legal guardian, will be required to sign and return within the time stipulated by the Contest Sponsor, a full release and indemnity form stating that he/she has read and understood these official rules and regulations (“Rules”), grants all consents required, authorizes the Contest Sponsor to broadcast, publish and disseminate their name, city of residence, photograph, likeness, sobriquet and voice, in connection with any promotion or publicity, and/or for general news, entertainment and information purposes at no additional compensation to the potential winner, beyond the awarding of or participation in the Grand Prize, accepts the Grand Prize as offered and releases the Contest Sponsor from any and all liability of any kind arising out of the potential winner’s participation in this Contest and receipt and use of the Grand Prize.
In the event that the potential winner does not comply with all the provisions as contemplated in these Rules, the Contest Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify potential winner and draw an alternate potential winner, and the Contest Sponsor shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The provisions and procedures referred to above relating to selection and notification of a potential winner, if applicable, shall be applied, with the necessary amendments, until a qualified winner has been duly selected.
7. Acceptance of contest rules and regulations
By entering this Contest, the entrants and participants are deemed to accept and abide by these Rules. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor with respect to any aspect of this Contest, including without limitation the eligibility of entries, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this Contest.
8. Contest administration and liability
All entries become property of the Contest Sponsor who assumes no responsibility for garbled, lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected mail, voice messages, email or any computer errors or malfunctions. No correspondence will be entered into with entrants unless requesting Rules by mail or requesting names of prize winners (for which a self-addressed, postage paid envelope must be included). The Contest Sponsor does not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error.
Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. If for any reason, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in their sole discretion, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond their control, the Contest Sponsor reserves their right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend the Contest including cancelling any method of entry, and may select a winner from previously received eligible entries.
The Contest Sponsor reserves their right to modify the Rules without materially affecting the terms and conditions hereof. The Contest Sponsor reserves their right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual they find to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Any attempts to deliberately damage the Contest web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made the Contest Sponsor reserves their right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law.
The Contest Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this Contest or from downloading any material from the Contest web site, where applicable.
9. Applicable laws and privacy
The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations, as amended from time to time. Personal information is collected under the authority of section 4(c) of Alberta’s Protection of Privacy Act. By entering this Contest, each entrant consents to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information (information that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as your first name, last name, telephone number, age, Alberta Student Number and email address) by the Contest Sponsor for the purposes of implementing, administering and fulfilling this Contest.
The Contest Sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering this Contest. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest Sponsor should be addressed to the Office of the University Registrar, MacEwan University, PO BOX 1796, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5J 2P2.