Watch for your MiWay Ambassadors at the following 15 Secondary schools: Cawthra Park, Erindale, John Fraser, Glenforest, Gordon Graydon, Iona, Lincoln M. Alexander, Rick Hansen, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Port Credit, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Francis Xavier, St. Joan of Arc, St. Joseph and The Woodlands.

RECENT NEWS:

• Program Completion Form due by May 4, 2012 at 9:00 am (may include photos/videos with release forms)
• On May 23, 2012 we will celebrate the best MiWay Ambassador program!

Looking to enter for 2012-2013?

• Entry date for the 2012-13 Student Amabassador Program is September 4, 2012

The MiWay Student Ambassador Program

Sign up as a MiWay Student Ambassador to help educate your school community about MiWay - The new Mississauga Transit.

You can work alone or with one partner and each of you could earn awesome prizes and the winning Secondary school will receive 100 MiWay student tickets ($240 value) to use at its discretion.

Requirements:

• Be a registered Secondary school student at either a Mississauga Peel District Secondary school or a Mississauga Dufferin-Peel Catholic District Secondary school
• Knowledge of MiWay/Mississauga Transit bus system
• Excellent communication/planning skills
• Computer skills
• Enthusiasm

This year's Student Ambassadors promoted MiWay to students at their Secondary school by:

• Ensuring a MiWay link is available on the Secondary school site
• Posting a large route map or created a display
• Creating MiWay P.A. Announcements
• Hosting MiWay information tables
• Developing a creative idea to engage students to learn about MiWay!

MiWay Student Ambassadors must complete:

• A MiWay Student Ambassador Application form available September, 4 2012

MiWay Student Ambassador will learn/gain:

• Leadership skills
• Project management skills
• Team building skills
• Communication skills

From Left to Right: Katie Mahoney (Ward 8 Councillor), Mayor Hazel McCallion, Miranda Pinto (MiWay Ambassador - Erindale Secondary School), Kristy Zammit (Vice Principal - Erindale Secondary School), Geoff Marinoff (Transit Director)	From Left to Right: Patricia Runzer (Community Outreach Consultant), Kristy Zammit (Vice Principal - Erindale Secondary School), Miranda Pinto (MiWay Ambassador - Erindale Secondary School), Geoff Marinoff (Transit Director)

The two successful 2010-11 programs were delivered by Miranda Pinto (Erindale Secondary School) and Samriti Chandi and Dhyani Patel (Port Credit Secondary School).

Their achievements were recognized by Mayor Hazel McCallion, Members of Council and MiWay Director Geoff Marinoff on June 8, 2011 at a meeting of City Council.

Click here to view the Mississauga News article on the Ambassador Program awards.