Minister Oda Announces Canada Day Poster Challenge 2006 Winner for Ontario
TORONTO, April 27, 2006 - Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women Beverley J. Oda today announced the name of the Canada Day Poster Challenge 2006 winner and finalists for Ontario. The winner is Sofia Hou, aged 14, of Lisgar Collegiate Institute, in Ottawa.The first place winner was selected from the finalists in the following age categories:
Age 5-8 Olivia Lui, 7, of Stephen Yau Creation, in Toronto
Age 9-11 Wynn Yau, 11, of Stephen Yau Creation, in Toronto
Age 12-14 Sofia Hou, 14, of Lisgar Collegiate Institute, in Ottawa
Age 15-18 Jeni Young, 17, of Huron Heights Secondary School, in Newmarket
The contest results were revealed today at a ceremony hosted by the Honourable James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, at Queen's Park, in Toronto.
"The Canada Day Poster Challenge encourages young Canadians to visualize Canada through their eyes and explore the many facets of our country, from its landscape and heritage to its people, cultures, and ideas," said Minister Oda. "This contest provides them with an opportunity to display their creativity while demonstrating their pride in being Canadian."
The theme of this year's Canada Day Poster Challenge is "Images of Canada." The contest invited participants to express themselves through images that portray what Canada means to them.
The design of one of the provincial or territorial winners will be chosen as the official Canada Day 2006 poster and distributed throughout the country. The name of the national winner will be announced in May. All 13 provincial and territorial winners and their escorts will be guests of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, in Ottawa, on July 1, where they will join thousands of other Canadians gathered on Parliament Hill to celebrate Canada's 139th birthday.
From June to September 2006, the 13 winning posters will be on display at the Canadian Children's Museum, located in the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec.
Initiated in 1987, the Canada Day Poster Challenge is one of the Department of Canadian Heritage's most popular programs. Official partners of the 2006 Canada Day Poster Challenge--Hudson's Bay Company, the Trans Canada Trail Foundation, the Historica Foundation of
Canada, the Dominion Institute, and the Canadian Children's Museum--will offer prizes to this year's winners.
Partners of the Poster Challenge for Ontario include the National Film Board, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum, Scholastic, and the CN Tower.
For more information about the Canada Day Poster Challenge, visit our website at www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/affiche-poster.
Information:
David CroninManager, Communications
Canadian Heritage
Ontario Region
416 952-3038
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