/R E P E A T -- Junior Achievement launches new national technology award for Canadian students/

TELUS Junior Technology Award builds on strong foundation of awarding student success

TORONTO, Feb. 29, 2012 /CNW/ - Junior Achievement of Canada announced today a new national award opportunity for Canadian youth.  The TELUS Junior Technology Award recognizes students' knowledge and understanding of technology and rewards the best applications developed by Junior Achievement achievers.  Four winners will be chosen each year and will be awarded with a scholarship to attend Junior Achievement's Next Generation Leaders conference.

"As the technology field continues to expand and grow, Junior Achievement of Canada recognizes the importance and significance of keeping up with the latest technology," said Stephen Ashworth, President and CEO, Junior Achievement of Canada.  "With the support of TELUS, we are pleased to offer this new award to further advance young people's understanding of the role technology plays in our ever-changing world."

"TELUS' gift will help build the next generation of entrepreneurial spirit and leadership in business," said Jim Senko, vice-president of Small and Medium Business Marketing at TELUS. "We are extremely pleased to continue the TELUS tradition of giving where we live by supporting this new award that will help inspire and prepare our new generation of leaders."

For more than 55 years, as the largest education organization in Canada, Junior Achievement has inspired and prepared more than 3.9 million youth to succeed.  Junior Achievement is a key link between education and business, and provides youth with the essential skills they need to define personal success, prepare for the workforce, ensure strong money management and pursue their dreams.  Last year alone, more than 216,000 young Canadians experienced a Junior Achievement program from 13,029 committed business mentors. Each year, Junior Achievement bestows more than $500,000 in awards and scholarships to Canadian youth.

For more information about the new TELUS Junior Technology Award, please visit http://jacan.org/program/awards-and-scholarships.

About Junior Achievement of Canada
Junior Achievement is the largest non-profit organization in Canada dedicated to inspiring and preparing youth to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement offers education programs in the areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy, which are delivered to youth in elementary, middle and high schools by business mentors. Across Canada, Junior Achievement offers eight national programs and six local programs.  Since 1955, over 3.7 million youth have participated in a Junior Achievement of Canada program.

About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $10.4 billion of annual revenue and 12.7 million customer connections including 7.3 million wireless subscribers, 3.6 million wireline network access lines and 1.3 million Internet subscribers and more than 500,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed more than $260 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.2 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Eleven TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS' local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

Kristina Fixter
National Director of Marketing and Communications
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Elisabeth Napolano
TELUS Media Relations
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