Official Contest Rules  
    Confirm Your Offer Contest (the “Contest”) 

    By entering this Contest, each Contest Entrant consents to receive direct marketing communications from Dalhousie University related to products, services, and promotions, unless and until the Entrant has expressly opted out.  

    1. The Contest is sponsored by Dalhousie University (“Contest Group”). The Contest is open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents residing in a Canadian province or territory (excluding Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory at the time of entry or have consent from a parent or legal guardian to enter if under the age of majority, on the following conditions (“Entrants”):  
      1. Contest Group employees, individuals connected to the Contest, their immediate family members and persons living in the same household as such employees and individuals connected to the Contest, are ineligible for entry.
      2. Quebec residents are ineligible to participate.
    2.  The Contest opens on October 14, 2025 at 5:00 pm ADT and closes on January 31, 2026, 11:59pm AST (the “Closing Date”).
    3. No purchase is necessary to participate. To participate in this Contest, Entrants must have an offer of admission to become a full-time Dalhousie University direct entry undergraduate student as of September 2026, and have paid the necessary confirmation deposits. All direct entry undergraduate students who have confirmed their offer and paid their deposits on or before the Closing Date will be automatically included in the Contest draw. Entrants can also participate by accepting their offer and mailing a short essay, max 750 words, detailing three reasons why they want to attend Dalhousie University, and include the Entrant’s B00 number and phone number with their submission. Letters should be mailed to Henry Hicks Building, Room 218, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, addressed to “Dalhousie University c/o confirmation contest”. All entries become the property of Contest Group and will not be acknowledged or returned to Entrants. All mail-in entries must be physically received by Contest Group on or before the Closing Date. Proof of mailing does not constitute proof of receipt. Contest Group shall not be responsible for any lost, late, or misdirected mail-in entries. 
    4. There are four (4) prizes available to be won (each, a “Prize”), as follows: 
      1. One (1) grand prize consisting of  one year of undergraduate tuition, a single residence room for the 2026-27 academic year (at either Howe Hall, Shirreff Hall or one of the Truro Residences) and a meal plan for the 2026-27 academic year (Freedom Plan in Halifax or Truro), worth an estimated combined total of up to $27,476 CAD based on 2025 rates. The tuition award applies to the Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 terms only and is exclusive of any additional fees, including auxiliary, society, and incidental fees.
      2. Three (3) prizes consisting of an Apple prize pack each containing one Apple MacBook Air 13.6" (M3 Chip - 256 GB SSD), one Apple Watch series 10, and one set of Apple AirPods 4, worth an estimated combined total of $2,178 CAD. 
    5. Four (4) entrants will be drawn at random on February 6, 2026. Contest Group will make reasonable attempts to notify each deemed winner by telephone or email on or before February 13, 2026, using the contact information provided by the Entrant, and, before being declared a “Winner”, will be required to: 
      1. Confirm eligibility to participate in the Contest in accordance with Section 1; 
      2. Complete and sign a Waiver and Publicity Release in favour of Contest Group (if Entrant is under the age of majority, the Waiver and Publicity Release must also be signed by the Entrant’s parent or legal guardian); and 
      3. Answer a skill-testing question at the time the Prize is collected.  If no response is received by the Contest Group before February 27, 2026 at 9 am AST, if the skill-testing question is failed, or if Contest Group decides, in its sole discretion, that the Contest Rules have otherwise not been complied with, Contest Group reserves the right to re-draw for the Prize in accordance with these Contest Rules.   
    6. Each Winner shall be awarded one of the Prizes described in Section 4. The Prize cannot be substituted or exchanged for cash or designated to a person other than the person identified as the Winner by the Contest Group, except that the Contest Group reserves the right to substitute the Prize for a prize of equal or greater value.   
    7. The chances of winning depend on the number of entries received. 
    8. Participation is limited to one entry per person. For greater certainty, Entrants will only get one entry if they confirm their offer of admission and also submit a mail-in entry.  
    9. The Contest Group reserves the right to suspend, cancel or modify the Contest in whole or in part, at any time, for any reason whatsoever.  
    10. The Contest Group is not responsible or liable for any erroneous, incomplete, lost, illegible, incorrectly addressed entries, hardware or software malfunctions, failed or incomplete or garbled transmission, unavailability or inaccessibility of the entry portals, or other errors or problems whether caused by human error or otherwise, which may limit or affect an Entrant’s ability to participate in this Contest or be declared a Winner. Contest Group is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the administration or promotion of this Contest or in the announcement of prizes. Contest Group accepts no liability for any damage or loss arising with respect to the foregoing, or connected with the Contest in any way. If there is, as a result of any error, more potential winners than contemplated in the rules, the Contest Group reserves the right to hold a random draw amongst all prize claimants to award the correct number of prizes.  
    11. Contest Group reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant who has (i) engaged in attempts to interfere with the entry process, administration, or fairness of this Contest (ii) acted in any manner the Contest Group deems to be in violation of these Contest Rules, (iii) engaged in annoyance or harassment to any other person, or otherwise disruptive to this Contest. Online entries made by any automated system including robotic or form-filling software is prohibited and will result in disqualification of all entries by any Entrant using such assistance. 
    12. In the event of dispute over the identity of the potential Contest winner, an entry will be declared as entered by the authorized account holder of the email used at the time of entry, and the potential winner may be required to provide identification sufficient to show that they are the authorized account holder of such account. 
    13. The Prizes are awarded “as is” and with no warranties, express or implied. Each Winner must sign a Waiver and Publicity Release in favour of the Contest Group and their, directors, officers, representatives, agents, successors and assigns in order to collect the Prize. 
    14. By entering this Contest, each Entrant (or their parent or legal guardian) consents to the collection of the Entrant’s personal information (name, email address, Banner ID, etc.) by Dalhousie University. Personal information gathered from Entrants in connection with this Contest will be used for the purposes of administering the Contest, contacting potential winners, directly marketing Dalhousie University services, products, and promotions to Entrants (unless the Entrant has expressly opted out of such direct marketing), and as otherwise permitted or required by law. Dalhousie University will not store or retain personal information provided by Entrants in connection with this Contest beyond October 15, 2026. Personal information of Entrants will not be used for any other purpose other than the purposes stated in these Contest Rules, and will not be provided to third parties.  
    15. Each Winner must grant to the Contest Group the right to use their name and likeness, without compensation or remuneration, for publicity purposes carried out by the Contest Group in connection with this Contest in any form of media or communications (including but not limited to the Dal News Weekly email newsletter, social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, and the Dalhousie University website).   
    16. This Contest shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia. The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Nova Scotia. 
    17. This Contest is not sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Technolutions Inc. (Slate), Apple Inc., or Meta Inc. Each Entrant to the Contest releases Technolutions Inc. (Slate), Apple Inc., or Meta Inc. from any liability in respect of the Contest.