Minister Frulla Announces Canada Day Poster Challenge 2005 Winner for Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN, 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 Prince Edward Island. The winner is Anthony Yu, age 13, of Queen Charlotte Intermediate in Charlottetown.Second place is awarded to MoonKyoung Cho, age 13, of Queen Charlotte Intermediate in Charlottetown. Third place goes to Carley McQuaid, age 12, of Tracadie Cross Consolidated in Tracadie Cross. Fourth place goes to Nicole Arsenault, age 11, of École Évangéline in Abram-Village. A ceremony to honour all the winners will take place on Friday, April 29 at the Delta Prince Edward in Charlottetown.
"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.
"Prince Edward Island's youth has yet again demonstrated the talent and creativity that resides here," said James Dunn, President of the Celebrate Canada Committee in Prince Edward Island. "I wish to congratulate all participants."
The theme of this year's Canada Day Poster Challenge is "Canada from East to West." The contest enabled approximately 200 participants in Prince Edward Island 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 a 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
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