Events
Year-long and short-term events hosted every year to further advance our goals of increasing health literacy, working with committed partners, and engaging students within local communities to lead conversations about immunization
2022 Maurice R. Hilleman Essay Contest
Year-long
In partnership with the Vaccine Makers Project of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Immunize Canada, and Kids Boost Immunity, Frontline Immunity is hosting the 2022 Maurice R. Hilleman Essay Contest. Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman was a virologist who developed more than half of the vaccines that young children receive today. His work, credited with saving 8 million lives every year, was cutting edge. His unmatched success required determination and creativity to address unresolved or newly encountered issues. To celebrate Dr. Hilleman’s legacy, this essay contest is to provide students in grades 6 to 12* from the U.S. and Canada an opportunity to learn about Dr. Hilleman and consider the importance and role of determination in science.
*Grades 6 to 11 in Quebec
2022 Essay Prompt: Maurice Hilleman was a determined scientist. Describe what this means and provide an example of determination in science.
2022 Essay Length: 500-600 words
2022 Essay Submission Deadline: Completed entries must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, June 10, 2022, or postmarked by June 10, if mailed
2022 Essay Contest Prizes: 3 winners from each country will be chosen. Prizes will include: US$1,000 cash prize; winner certificate and VEC prize bag; recognition at a virtual award event on Friday, September 23, 2022.
Interested in submitting an essay? Click on the "learn more” button to the left for contest specifics including how to enter!
#studentsforherdimmunity Sticker Campaign
Winter Session
The #studentsforherdimmunity sticker campaign aimed to create a community of health advocates, generate enthusiasm for vaccines, and celebrate those who have gotten vaccinated. Throughout the months of March and April, Frontline Immunity (then Students for Herd Immunity) teamed up with students, schools, teachers, health clinics, and Shoppers stores to distribute custom #studentsforherdimmunity stickers and run an education campaign across social media platforms.
Interested in being a part of the sticker campaign? Click on the “be a part of the sticker campaign” button to the left to send us a message!
Call the Shots: Health Literacy Designathon
Winter Session
Call the Shots: Health Literacy Designathon brings students together to learn about immunization and work in dynamic teams to propose a novel idea to increase vaccine literacy. Last year, Call the Shots took place virtually in February and connected hundreds of students with their enthusiastic peers across disciplines and countries to facilitate collaboration, nurture problem-solving skills, and cultivate public speaking abilities. Students engaged in a fireside chat with Dr. Kerry Robinson, Director General of Public Health Agency of Canada’s Centre for Immunization Readiness, learned about immunization from top Canadian physicians, trained with a Harvard Business School student to effectively pitch their ideas, and presented their proposals to a panel of public health leaders.
Interested in participating in next year’s designathon? Click on the “sign up” button to the left to be notified when signups for the 2023 designathon start!
Condensed Internal Vaccine Training Sessions
Summer and Fall Sessions
The Condensed Internal Vaccine Training sessions are conducted in partnership with youth organizations, schools, school boards, and community organizations to instill a basic life-long understanding of vaccines in students and equip them with the skills to lead conversations about COVID-19 vaccines in their own communities. Participants of this event will go through a 2.5-hour virtual training program that includes a presentation and interactive case study session where students will work together and harness the knowledge and skills acquired during the first part of the training to respond to a case study led by a medical school student in small groups. The event will end with a short virtual networking session led again by a medical school student. Trainings typically happen at the end of summer and beginning of fall and previous partners have included Prospective Medical Professionals (PuMP), Science Connecting Youth, Spark Initiative, and Centre for Leadership and Innovation.
Interested in partnering with us for next year’s condensed internal vaccine training session? Click on the
”partner with us” button to the left to send us a message!