Minister Frulla Announces Canada Day Poster Challenge 2005 Winner for British Columbia |
| VANCOUVER, April 26, 2005 -- Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women Liza Frulla today announced the name of the Canada Day Poster Challenge 2005 winner and finalists for British Columbia. The winner is Alice Lee, age 17, of Eric Hamber Secondary in Vancouver. Second-place is awarded to Spencer Jensen, age 14, of Chilliwack Middle School in Chilliwack. Third-place goes to Britlynn Chan, age 15, of Yale Secondary School in Abbotsford. Honourable mentions were awarded to Morgan Fraser Terpsma, age 9, of Wix-Brown Elementary School in Langley; and Sarah Seebach, age 11, of Pacific Way Elementary in Kamloops. The contest results were revealed at a ceremony held at the CN Imax Theatre in Canada Place. "The year 2005 marks Alberta and Saskatchewan's Centennial, and this contest provided thousands of young Canadians with an opportunity to explore the richness and history of these two provinces," said Minister Frulla. The theme of this year's Canada Day Poster Challenge is "Canada from East to West." The contest enabled participants in British Columbia to explore Canada and to discover the people who played a part in settling the West and helped to make Canada a diverse, prosperous country. The design of one of the provincial or territorial winners will be chosen as the official Canada Day 2005 poster and distributed throughout the country. The name of the national winner will be announced sometime in April. All winners and their escorts will be guests of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women in Ottawa on July 1, where they will join thousands of other Canadians gathered on Parliament Hill to celebrate Canada's 138th birthday. The national winner and his or her parent or guardian will win a seven-day trip to Japan to visit the Canada Pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition, which takes place in Aichi, from March 25 to September 25. Initiated in 1987, the Canada Day Poster Challenge is one of the Department of Canadian Heritage's most popular programs. The Historica Foundation of Canada, the Dominion Institute, the Trans Canada Trail Foundation, the Canadian Children's Museum, and the Hbc family of stores -- the Bay, Zellers, and Home Outfitters -- are official partners of this year's Canada Day Poster Challenge. To find out more about the Challenge, visit our Web site at the following address: www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/affiche-poster. Information: Jean-Philippe Côté Director of Communications Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women (819) 997-7788 Myriam Brochu Chief, Media Relations Canadian Heritage (819) 997-9314 |
