2004 Poster Contest Winners National Capital Region Wildlife Festival

	To find out more Backyard Birds and how they affect our country's wildlife and environment, go to the Canadian Wildlife Federation website, where you can download the Backyard Bird Teachers Guide or use the database for research. The Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources has created an informative presentation about things you can do to provide habitat for birds and butterflies in your backyard. Click here to see it.

	Barbara Campbell from the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada--Ontario Region coordinated the Poster Contest for the tenth year. A request for submissions was sent to all schools in the English and French School Boards in Ottawa. Barbara received numerous posters on the theme, “How can I help wildlife in my backyard.” Barbara Campbell and Catherine Dumouchel were joint Masters of Ceremonies.

		.	Michael Leveille of Educarium
		Approximately 276 children from 10 classes, who were winners and their classmates, were bused to the Canadian Museum of Nature to tour the museum and enjoy a presentation by Michael Leveille of the Educarium Dinosaur Nature Centre with drawings to illustrate how we can help backyard birds. Certificates and prizes were given to the children and the $100 gift certificates were received on behalf of the first place winners' schools from Joe Dafoe of the Museum Boutique. The winning posters were displayed at the event and at the Wildlife Awareness Event at the Carlingwood Shopping Centre on April 2, 3 and 4. Children are encouraged to enter the Poster Contest to enlighten them with respect to the needs of wildlife and how they can help conserve wildlife and wildlife habitat. This year, students designed posters that answered the question “How can I help wildlife in my backyard.”

National Capital Region Wildlife Festival 2005
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