Heritage Saskatchewan is pleased to announce the Saskatchewan winners of Canada’s History Society’s Young Citizens contest.
Two Saskatchewan winners were selected from the 16 provincial finalists who submitted videos at the beginning of June on their Heritage Fairs projects.
The two winners are: Mya Matthies, from Caronport Elementary, Caronport, for “Women at Work in the World Wars”; and Sanai Minor, from George Lee School, Regina, for “The First African-American Settlers in Saskatchewan”.
As well, Summer Okerstrom, of Sunningdale Elementary in Moose Jaw, was awarded an honourable mention for her video “Castle Butte and the Big Muddy Badlands”.
The Young Citizens contest is a national contest that is an extension of the existing provincial Heritage Fairs program. Heritage Saskatchewan works in partnership with Canada’s History to administer the contest provincially.
Participants make a short video about their Heritage Fair topic, similar to a short documentary. The student videos were posted online where the public was encouraged to vote for their favorite.
The result of the popular vote makes up half the students’ scores, while a panel of judges determined the other half. Nationally, 170 videos were completed. Saskatchewan was allotted and submitted 16 videos.
Mya Matthies and Sanai Minor will join 24 other winners from across the country on a trip to Ottawa, to attend Canada’s History second annual Youth Forum, from October 15 to 18. Residents who would like to view Mya’s and Sanai’s video, and all of the other Saskatchewan participant’s videos, can go online to the http://heritagesask.ca. To view all the winners, from across Canada, www.canadashistory.ca/2015YoungCitizens.
