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Submit Your Leadership Contributions for the 2024 Vic Willi Legacy Award and Win $300

Published: July 16, 2024

Do you care about disability rights? Are you a young disabled leader or activist? If so, your contributions to the community could be recognized with a cash prize of $300!  

The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto is proud to present the Vic Willi Legacy Award, granted to a young disabled person showing leadership in disability activism and disability rights.  

The award recipient will receive:  

  • Cash prize of $300  
  • Lifetime membership at CILT  
  • Opportunity to have their contributions linked on CILT’s website and social media  

Eligibility criteria:  

  • 16 to 29 years of age  
  • Person with physical, sensory, mental health related and/or cognitive disability  
  • Are making a difference with challenging assumptions about disability, are change makers in the community, or display emerging leadership in disability activism and disability rights 
  • Impacting key areas affecting life with a disability (transportation, accessibility, education, housing, service, integration, etc.)  

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Deadline May 2025  

To apply:  

  • Complete the application form: 2024 Vic Willi Award Application  
  • Write a personal essay or record a video demonstrating:  
  • What you been doing or plan to do relevant to the criteria above  
  • Why and how the award will help to increase personal leadership skills/knowledge in the disability community 
  • How the award money could be used to further leadership endeavours  
  • Applications can be self-nomination or by another person, in which case the nominator must submit a letter of reference 
  • Please submit your completed application by email to cilt@cilt.ca  
  • For any accommodation requests, please contact cilt@cilt.ca or call 416-599-2458

Must be a CILT member, or an ally recommended by a CILT member, to apply. Membership is easy! Here is how to become a CILT member and apply for this award: https://cilt.ca/about-us/membership/  

We encourage applications from disabled people who are also part of BIPOC, queer and trans communities, immigrant and refugee communities, poor and/or underhoused people, and other communities who experience systemic barriers. 

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