Backgrounder - Winners of the 2009 Mathieu Da Costa Challenge

Category: 9 -12 year old students

Creative Writing
English: Adrienne Clarkson: A Powerful Leader with a Passionate Spirit
Lexi Falk, Pacific Heights Elementary School, Surrey, BC

French: La diversité au service du pays
Raphaëlle Querry, École de Touraine, Gatineau, QC

Artwork
Mathieu Da Costa
Aditya Mohan, John Young Elementary School, Kanata, ON

Category: 13 -15 year old students

Creative Writing
English: Who Are You?
Eisha Ahmed, W.H. Morden Public School, Oakville, ON

French: Harriet Tubman
Solenn Madevon, École Entre Lacs, Penticton, BC

Artwork
Made in Canada
Phoebe Xinyi Chang, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, AB

Category:  16 – 18 year old students

Creative Writing
English: The Maple Tree
Bhuvana Sankaranarayanan, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, AB

French: Au-delà des couleurs
Karine LeBouthillier, École Secondaire Népisiguit, Bathurst, NB

Artwork
From Sea to Sea: Building the National Dream
Irene Peng, Killarney Secondary School, Burnaby, BC

Category: Public Choice Award

The View from Here (Artwork)
Megan Howse, St. Peter’s Junior High School, Mount Pearl, NL

Category: Mathieu Da Costa Parks Canada Award

Creative Writing
English: A Portrait of Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Baylie Erika Kaperien, Alberta Distance Learning Centre, Barrhead, AB

French: Au-delà des couleurs
Karine LeBouthillier, École Secondaire Népisiquit, Bathurst, NB

Artwork
Learning About Our Past
Linette Ho, Moscrop Junior Secondary School, Burnaby, BC