Canada Day Poster Challenge 2001 Finalist for Yukon Announced
WHITEHORSE, May 11, 2001 -- On behalf of Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps, Shirley Adamson, President of the Celebrate Canada Committee for Yukon, today announced that Kyle Ennis, 13, a student at St. Elias Community School in Haines Junction, has been chosen as the Yukon finalist in the Canada Day Poster Challenge 2001. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Whitehorse.The second and third place artists were Lynn Burrell, 13, a student at Porter Creek School in Whitehorse; and Kyle Nadeau, 13, a student at St. Elias Community School in Haines Junction.
Sponsored by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Day Poster Challenge 2001 was open to young people 18 years of age and under and drew 36 entries from across the territory. Participants were invited to use their imagination to create posters that showed their pride in Canada by interpreting the Poster Challenge theme, "Celebrating Canada's Diversity."
One design will be chosen from among the provincial/territorial finalists as the official Canada Day poster to be distributed across the country. All finalists and their guardians will be guests of Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps in Ottawa on July 1. They will join the Governor General, the Prime Minister and the thousands of Canadians who gather on Parliament Hill to take part in the Canada Day festivities.
Jasc Software Inc., the official software sponsor of the Canada Day Poster Challenge 2001, will provide Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 CDs to the 13 provincial/territorial finalists and runners-up.
Information:
Janet Miller
Communications Officer
Canadian Heritage
(604) 666-3633
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