Canada Day Poster Challenge 2001 Finalist For Manitoba Announced
Winnipeg, May 17, 2001 -- On behalf of Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps, Deborah Lamont, President of the Celebrate Canada Committee for Manitoba, today announced that Joel Furtado, 17, a student at St. Boniface Diocesan School in Winnipeg, has been chosen as the Manitoba finalist in the Canada Day Poster Challenge 2001. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Winnipeg at Government House, hosted by His Honour, the Honourable Peter M. Liba, C.M., O.M., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.The second place artist was Stephanie Johnson, 10, from Cecil Rhodes School in Winnipeg. Two artists tied for third place: Carly Campbell, 16, from St. Boniface Diocesan High School in Winnipeg; and Eric Kin-Chung Au,18 from St. Paul's High School, also in Winnipeg.
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 approximately 2600 entries from across the province. 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:
Sharyn Mayberry
Program Officer
Canadian Heritage
(204) 983-4664
Nancy Renwick
Communications Officer
Canadian Heritage
(204) 984-7935
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