Media Release

Through the generosity of Alliance Pipeline, The Banff Centre will offer full scholarship assistance to participants from registered Canadian charities to attend a Leadership Development program at the Centre. Covering program tuition, meals, accommodation, and applicable taxes, the scholarships will be awarded to three participants annually, one each from British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

Available to employees of registered charities, the first round of scholarships will be awarded for programs in 2008, with applications received by The Banff Centre no later than November 30, 2007.

Priority will be given to organizations in Alliance Pipeline communities, including, in British Columbia: Fort St. John, Taylor, Wonowon; in Alberta: Blueberry Hill, Calgary, Edson, Fox Creek, Gordondale, Grande Prairie, Irma, Mayerthorpe, Morinville, Wainwright, Whitecourt; in Saskatchewan: Alameda, Burke, Estlin, Fillmore, Kerrobert, Loreburn, Regina.

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Leadership Development at The Banff Centre offers customized and public programs in the corporate, government, Aboriginal, arts and not-for-profit sectors that enable and support fundamental transformation in individuals, organizations, and communities. Program participants are mid- to senior-level leaders and decision-makers in their fields.

Alliance Pipeline is a wholly owned pipeline system strategically focused on becoming the natural gas transportation system of choice. From its gathering system in northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta, Alliance safely transports 1.325 billion cubic feet (BCF) of rich natural gas through its 3719-kilometre pipeline system, traversing British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois, to the Chicago hub every day. www.alliance-pipeline.com
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For more information on Leadership Development at The Banff Centre and the Alliance Pipeline Scholarship: www.banffcentre.ca/leadership