Heritage Saskatchewan is pleased to announce the Saskatchewan winners of Canada鈥檚 History Society鈥檚 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 鈥淲omen at Work in the World Wars鈥�; and Sanai Minor, from George Lee School, Regina, for 鈥淭he First African-American Settlers in Saskatchewan鈥�.
As well, Summer Okerstrom, of Sunningdale Elementary in Moose Jaw, was awarded an honourable mention for her video 鈥淐astle Butte and the Big Muddy Badlands鈥�.
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鈥檚 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鈥� 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鈥檚 History second annual Youth Forum, from October 15 to 18. Residents who would like to view Mya鈥檚 and Sanai鈥檚 video, and all of the other Saskatchewan participant鈥檚 videos, can go online to the http://heritagesask.ca. To view all the winners, from across Canada, www.canadashistory.ca/2015YoungCitizens.
