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Come join the
millions of Canadians who take part in National Wildlife Week
every year and explore the many wonders of your watershed.
Celebrated each year in the week surrounding April 10th, NWW
is a nationwide festival of our natural heritage and a campaign
for conservation.
This year, celebrate the watershed you
live in and learn about the many intricate links between all
the watersheds that make up our great nation. You can take
part in Canada-wide festivities, link up with others in your
community to clean up a neighbourhood stream, or take a snapshot
of a special corner of your watershed. The possibilities are
endless… let the exploration begin!
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Campbell from the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada--Ontario
Region coordinated the Poster Contest for the twelth year.
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request for submissions was sent to all schools in the English and
French School Boards in Ottawa.
The winning posters were displayed at the event and at the Wildlife Awareness Event at the Billings Bridge Plaza. 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. |
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The theme of Wildlife Week this year was "Watersheds...more than just water...explore yours!". Students were invited to design a poster to describe watersheds.
What is a watershed? Watersheds are more than just water. A watershed is an area of land that water flows across or through on its way to a particular water body, such as a stream, river, wetland or coast. It can be large or small. Wildlife depend on healthy watersheds to survive.
We asked students to draw a picture of a watershed that is special to them and to include the words "Watersheds…more than just water…explore yours!".
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Judging took place at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden on March 15th. The judges were Lynn Kaplansky, Donna Naughton and Terry Cowan. The prize winners chosen were invited with their teachers and classmates to be brought by bus to the Poster Contest Awards Presentations at the Canadian Museum of Nature on March 29 th to receive their prizes. Entries were submitted by 151 children in 13 classes at 5 schools. Approximately 228 children from 6 schools, 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 some watersheds, their inhabitants and why they are important to us. Certificates and prizes, donated by the Canadian Wildlife Service, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the Wildlife Festival, were given to the 12 winners and the $100 gift certificates were received on behalf of the first place winners' schools. Barbara Campbell and Catherine Dumouchel were joint Masters of Ceremonies. |
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Year 2006 Winners
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Grade
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Showing
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Name
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School
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1st
Place |
no entries |
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| 1/2 |
2nd
Place |
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| 1/2 |
Honourable Mention |
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| 1/2 |
Honourable
Mention |
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| 3/4 |
1st
Place |
Irina Podinic |
Century Public School |
| 3/4 |
2nd
Place |
David Smith |
Alta Vista Public School |
| 3/4 |
Honourable
Mention |
Bonnie McGonigal
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Fitzroy Centennial |
| 3/4 |
Honourable
Mention |
Letitia Doy-Yat |
Fitzroy Centennial |
| 3/4 |
Honourable
Mention |
Tristan Evans |
Alta Vista PS |
| 5/6 |
1st
Place |
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| 5/6 |
2nd
Place |
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| 5/6 |
2nd
Place |
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| 5/6 |
Honourable
Mention |
Michael Neamtz |
Fitzroy Centennial |
| 7/8 |
1st
Place |
Amy Blais |
St. Joseph High School |
| 7/8 |
2nd
Place |
Krista Vivian |
Fitzroy Centennial |
| 7/8 |
2nd
Place |
Ellen Chaput |
Bridlewood Comm Ele.
School |
| 7/8 |
Honourable
Mention |
Ngoni Dondo |
St. Joseph High
School |
| 7/8 |
Honourable
Mention |
Tom Li |
St. Joseph High School |
| 7/8 |
Honourable
Mention |
Rachael Heffernan |
St. Joseph High School |
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