WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - Oct. 17, 2014) - Department of Canadian Heritage
The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced the recipients of the 2014 Government of Canada History Awards with students of St. Mary's Academy. Minister Glover also announced the two national student winners and launched the 2015 edition of the awards. The next deadline for teacher and student submissions is April 17, 2015.
For a complete list of the 2014 Government of Canada History Awards recipients, consult the attached backgrounder.
Quick Facts
- The Awards were launched in February 2014, and 100 students and 20 high school teachers are receiving awards for this first edition.
- To be eligible, students in grades 10 and 11 have to submit a 1,000-1,200 word essay based on one of five challenging questions. High school teachers have to submit a classroom project on one of three themes.
- Teacher recipients each receive an award of $2,000, and student recipients each receive an award of $1,000.
- Two national winners were selected from the winning students' essays. They are Bushra Sajjad of Brampton, Ontario, and Noémie Cloutier of Montréal, Quebec.
- Canada's History Society is responsible for administering the awards on behalf of the Government of Canada. Questions for students and themes for teachers are available on their website.
Quotes
"Congratulations to the first recipients of the Government of Canada History Awards, and thank you to everyone who took part. The Awards are well on their way to becoming a success. I hope that this experience will encourage our young people to keep learning about history and teachers to keep sharing their passion for the subject with students."
—The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
"Canada's History Society is proud to be a partner in the presentation of the Government of Canada History Awards. The submissions by both the students and teachers demonstrate evidence of growing strength and sincere interest of Canadians related to their shared history. This impressive work and dedication is truly worthy of celebration!"
—Janet Walker, President and CEO, Canada's History Society
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Backgrounder
Recipients of Government of Canada History Awards for Students
| British Columbia | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Mehala Breederland | Aldergrove | Aldergrove Community Secondary School | English | |
| William Fioraso | Port Alberni | Choices DL / VAST | English | |
| Eric Jihun Kim | Port Moody | Dr. Charles Best Secondary School | English | |
| Helen Luo | Richmond | École Secondaire Hugh McRoberts Secondary | French | |
| Noureddine Bayan | Richmond | École Secondaire Hugh McRoberts Secondary | French | |
| Ariane Calvert | Victoria | École Victor-Brodeur | French | |
| Vicky Yi Qing Liu | Surrey | Fraser Heights Secondary School | English | |
| Megan Butchart | Kelowna | Kelowna Secondary School | English | |
| Samuel Cho | Kelowna | Kelowna Secondary School | English | |
| Katie Webb | Kelowna | Kelowna Secondary School | English | |
| Angel Yu | Kelowna | Kelowna Secondary School | English | |
| Megan Soderlund | Kelowna | Kelowna Secondary School | English | |
| Ivan Hui | North Vancouver | Lions Gate Christian Academy | English | |
| Ashley Nielsen | Campbell River | Timberline Secondary School | English | |
| Adrian Molenkamp | Surrey | Traditional Learning Academy | English | |
| Celine Edwards | Falkland | Vernon Christian School | English | |
| Christina Daudlin | North Vancouver | West Vancouver Secondary School | English | |
| Kian Shahangyan | Vancouver | West Vancouver Secondary School | English | |
| Michelle Huynh | Vancouver | Windermere Secondary School | English | |
| Alberta | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Brooke Kelly | Calgary | Bishop Grandin High School | English | |
| Brinton Wolever | Calgary | Central Memorial High School | English | |
| Midhat Rizvi | Edmonton | McNally High School | English | |
| Ryan Fong | Edmonton | McNally High School | English | |
Saskatchewan |
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| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Anna Pouteaux | Hodgeville | Hodgeville High School | English | |
| Danielle Major | St. Brieux | St. Brieux School | English | |
| Manitoba | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Alice Yu | Winnipeg | St. John's-Ravenscourt School | English | |
| Aisha Haji Hussein | Winnipeg | St. Mary's Acadamy | English | |
| Allegra Chiarella | Winnipeg | St. Mary's Academy | English | |
| Su Hyun Lim | Winnipeg | St. Mary's Academy | English | |
| JaeYeon Park | Winnipeg | St. Mary's Academy | English | |
| Anya Ingram | Lorette | St. Mary's Academy | English | |
| Natasha Danais | Winnipeg | University of Winnipeg Collegiate | English | |
| Ontario | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Weiran Yu | Toronto | Agincourt Collegiate Institute | English | |
| Kyle Fitzgerald | Oshawa | All Saints Catholic Secondary School | English | |
| Tejas Pandya | Windsor | Assumption College Catholic High School | English | |
| Emmett Bisbee | Innisfil | Barrie Central Collegiate | English | |
| Charlotte Kurs | Barrie | Barrie North Collegiate | English | |
| Susanna Dritsas | Toronto | Bishop Allen Academy | English | |
| Chloé St.Amand | Petawawa | Bishop Smith Catholic High School | English | |
| Julie Dunleavy | Guelph | Centennial Collegiate and Vocational Institute | English | |
| Raymond Goorbachan | Brampton | Chinguacousy Secondary School | English | |
| Bushra Sajjad | Brampton | Chinguacousy Secondary School | English | |
| Pablo Cardona | Ottawa | Colonel By Secondary School | English | |
| Esther Raji | Ottawa | Colonel By Secondary School | English | |
| Nobu Chern-Warwick | Toronto | Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute | English | |
| Emma Pang | Toronto | Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute | English | |
| Shameelah Patel | Whitby | Donald A. Wilson Secondary School | English | |
| Brian Manurakoze | Toronto | École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel | French | |
| Carmen Kwan | Toronto | École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel | French | |
| Seif Sarofim | Toronto | École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel | French | |
| Jared Jenicek | Aurora | École secondaire catholique Renaissance | French | |
| Cara Campbell | Erin | Erin District High School | English | |
| Vaishnavi Kotha | Mississauga | Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School | English | |
| Mahnoor Hamid | Mississuaga | Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School | English | |
| Sarah Tsounis | Dundas | Highland Secondary School | English | |
| Sam Routley | Newmarket | Huron Heights Secondary School | English | |
| Victoria Kuczer | Mississauga | Iona Catholic Secondary School | English | |
| Taylor Madonna | Goulais River | Korah Collegiate and Vocational School | English | |
| Carmen Li | Markham | Markville Secondary School | English | |
| Adil Rehman | Markham | Markville Secondary School | English | |
| Alexandra Sterjovski | Markham | Markville Secondary School | English | |
| Nikita Zurowski | Stouffville | Markville Secondary School | English | |
| Rahee Shah | Etobicoke | Northview Heights Secondary School | English | |
| Sheraz Tariq | Etobicoke | Northview Heights Secondary School | English | |
| Patrick Weller | Douglas | Opeongo High School | English | |
| James Newman | Toronto | Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute | English | |
| Katie Jany | St. Catharines | Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School | English | |
| Valesca de Groot | St. Catharines | Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School | French | |
| Jessica Frappier | Lively | St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School | English | |
| Zoe Harrison | Toronto | The Bishop Strachan School | English | |
| Karman Cheema | Brampton | Upper Canada College | English | |
| Victor Lal | Toronto | Woburn Collegiate Institute | English | |
| Quebec | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Mathieu Beaudoin-Dumas | Blainville | Académie Sainte-Thérèse | French | |
| Catherine Caron | Roberval | Cité étudiante Roberval | French | |
| Vincent Dionne | Kamouraska | Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | French | |
| Émilie Roy-St-Pierre | Sainte-Louise | Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | French | |
| Jenna Carmosino-Andrade | Laval | Collège Regina Assumpta | French | |
| Ana Luiza Nicolae | Laval | Collège Regina Assumpta | French | |
| Paulina Symala | Laval | Collège Regina Assumpta | French | |
| Noémie Cloutier | Montréal | Collège Regina Assumpta | French | |
| Adam-Joseph Ghadi-Delgado | Montréal | Collège Regina Assumpta | French | |
| Kim Anh La | Montréal | Collège Regina Assumpta | French | |
| Pierre-Antoine Bernard | La Pocatière | Collège Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | French | |
| Rosalie Corriveau | St-Constant | École de la Magdeleine | French | |
| Justine St-Gelais | Sept-Îles | École Manikoutai | French | |
| Laurie St-Fleur | Montréal-Nord | École Marie-Clarac | French | |
| Carson Turnbull | Wentworth | Laurentian Regional High School | English | |
| Ana Pavlovic | Québec | Polyvalente de Charlesbourg | French | |
| Noémie Laporte | Montréal | Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes | French | |
| Madeleine Lawler | Dollard-des Ormeaux | Royal West Academy | English | |
| Fatima Malik | Pierrefonds | St. Thomas High School | English | |
| New Brunswick | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Luisa Schwarz | Fredericton | École Sainte-Anne | French | |
| Erika Powell | Saint Andrews | Sir James Dunn Academy | English | |
| Nova Scotia | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Chaeyoung Kim | Hammond Plains | Charles P. Allen High School | English | |
| Mitchell Rouse | River Denys | Dalbrae Academy | English | |
| Kassidy Bernard | Whycocomagh | Dalbrae Academy | English | |
| Clancy McDaniel | Whycocomagh | Dalbrae Academy | English | |
| Kira Sark | Whycocomagh | Dalbrae Academy | English | |
| Sierra Sparks | Dartmouth | Prince Andrew High School | English | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||
| Student | City | School Name | Language of Essay | |
| Rachel Coombs | Trepassey | Stella Maris Academy | English | |
Recipients of Government of Canada History Awards for Teachers
| British Columbia | ||||
| Teacher | City | School Name | ||
| Nathan Moes | Dease Lake | Dease Lake School | ||
| Adrian French | Victoria | Mount Douglas Secondary | ||
| Dan Conner | West Vancouver | Rockridge Secondary School | ||
| Paula Waatainen | West Vancouver | Rockridge Secondary School | ||
| Suzanne Uher | Surrey | Traditional Learning Academy | ||
| Reena Dhillon | Abbotsford | W.J. Mouat Secondary School | ||
| Saskatchewan | ||||
| Teacher | City | School Name | ||
| Nicole Strandlund | Vibank | Vibank Regional School | ||
| Manitoba | ||||
| Teacher | Teaching Partner | City | School Name | |
| Matt Henderson | Heather Ragot | Winnipeg | St. John's-Ravenscourt School | |
| Ontario | ||||
| Teacher | Teaching Partner | City | School Name | |
| Holly Berner | Meaford | Georgian Bay Secondary School | ||
| Luisa Fracassi | Toronto | Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School | ||
| Flora Fung | Oshawa | Oshawa Central CI | ||
| Ryan McManaman | Dave Alexander | Owen Sound | Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute | |
| Blake Seward | Smiths Falls | Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute | ||
| Stephanie Lett | Ottawa | Student Teacher | ||
| Rita Gravina | Catherine Pfaff | Toronto | The Bishop Strachan School | |
| Sue Jackson | Toronto | Thistletown Collegiate Institute | ||
| Quebec | ||||
| Teacher | Teaching Partner | City | School Name | |
| Jean-Pierre Frigon | Saint-Tite | École secondaire Paul-Le Jeune | ||
| Katherine Leadbetter | Salluit | Ikusik School | ||
| Christian Lagueux | Jean-Pierre Lagueux | Saint-Georges / Saint-Martin | Polyvalente de Saint-Georges / Polyvalente Bélanger | |
| Nova Scotia | ||||
| Teacher | City | School Name | ||
| Francene Gillis | Mabou | Dalbrae Academy | ||
Government of Canada History Awards Overview
The Government of Canada History Awards were created to honour outstanding students and teachers who show an interest in celebrating Canadian history. The Awards are administered by Canada's History Society, an independent national organization that has developed a strong educational network across the country.
Evaluation Process for Awards for Teachers
Projects submitted by teachers are evaluated by a judging panel guided by four main criteria: does it develop historical thinking skills; does it motivate student interest; is the activity creative and innovative; and is student work appropriately assessed. A shortlist from all participants is selected by an independent panel of members representative of the education community. Winners are selected by an independent panel of five judges. The judges' decision is final.
Evaluation Process for Awards for Students
Essays received from students are evaluated by judging panels guided by five main criteria: relevance to the question posed; quality of research and sources; quality of writing; accuracy of information; and demonstrated critical and historical thinking skills applied. A shortlist from all participants is selected by an independent panel of members from the education community. Winners are selected by an independent panel of five judges. The judges' decision is final.
The 12 highest ranked essays in English and French are then reviewed by the assessors separately to select two final essays, one in French and one in English. The winning students will receive a medal at the Governor General's History Awards presentation on November 3, 2014.
Selection of Award Themes
The themes for both the teacher awards and the student essay questions are selected in consultation with an advisory council established by Canada's History Society. They are based on both relevance to curricula taught in grades 10 and 11 across the country and significant national anniversaries and commemorations in Canadian history.
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