Contests & Awards

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Sponsored Awards

Each year, provincial organizations, associations, individuals, and businesses sponsor awards that can be won at each of the regional heritage fairs in the province. Sponsors have included The Rooms, Parks Canada, Heritage Foundation, Wooden Boat Museum, Museum Association, NL Public Libraries, Historic Sites Association, Island Rooms of Petty Harbour, Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, Department of Education and early Childhood Development, Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry, and Innovation, and many more.

Sponsored awards are awarded based on the relevance of the student’s project to the mandate of the sponsoring body. For example, students who show an exemplary use of library resources may receive an award from NL Public Libraries. Many of the sponsored awards are accompanied by a cash prize and certificate; however, other prizes are awarded at the regional fairs.

 

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Ambassador Award Program

To be considered for the Ambassador Award Program, a students’ heritage fair project must research and present some aspect of Newfoundland and Labrador’s role in the First World War. Nineteen outstanding projects prepared by students from grades 7 to 12 are selected at regional heritage fairs across the province. Students selected for the award will receive a trip to Europe to visit Beaumont-Hamel for the annual July 1st ceremony. While in Europe, they will also participate in a battlefield tour of Northern France and Belgium, visiting significant sites where the Royal Newfoundland Regiment fought. They will have the opportunity to participate in commemoration ceremonies in communities with Royal Newfoundland Regiment monuments and memorials.

The Ambassador Award Program is administered through a partnership between the Historic Sites Association of NL, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry, and Innovation’s Honour 100 Program.


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Design & Story Contest

To kick-off the heritage fair season, students are invited to enter the Design & Story Contest.  Two winning contest submissions are chosen from each region, with each region having a junior division (Grades 4 - 8) and a senior division (Grades 9 - 12). Both winners in each region receive a cash prize of $50. An overall provincial winner is selected and receives a cash prize of $200 plus their winning design is featured on the official heritage fair t-shirt.

Contest deadline is December 1, 2019.

The theme for 2019 - 2020 is “Our Environment: Past and Present”.
1. Choose a topic related to the theme that is important to you.
2. In a paragraph or two, tell us why this topic is important in Newfoundland and Labrador history.                                                                                 
3. Draw an image in the space provided, representing the story you have written.

This year’s theme - “Our Environment: Past and Present” - asks students to research and create projects about topics relating to our province’s interaction with the environment and how it shapes culture and life in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Possible topics related to the theme include but are not limited to:

  • Why is a species in NL now extinct or endangered?

  • The importance of an Historic Site in NL?

  • How a natural landform in NL shaped settlement?

  • How a community’s location shaped its culture?

  • How a natural resource in NL shaped a community or industry?

  • How did we protect and conserve our environment in the past?

  • Unique traditions in your community?

  • How your ancestors’ origins shaped your own customs?

  • How a major event in NL changed a community environment?

  • How a government policy changed a community environment?

  • How has the environment of NL shaped structures in the province?