RECIPIENTS
2019 Recipients:
Canada’s History Society is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Young Citizens program. The six winners will have the chance to travel to Ottawa to participate in the Canada’s History Forum and to explore Canada’s capital city.
Congratulations to this year’s winners:
Recipients
Karen Yan
Vancouver, British Columbia
“Reproduction Deduction”
Caitlin Croskery
Nepean, Ontario
“Home Sweet Home; A History of the British Home Children in Canada”
Jonathan Lavalley
Southwold, Ontario
“Indigenous People in WW1”
Penelope Siozos
Laval, Québec
« Les Immigrants et Réfugiés au Canada »
Valerie Sia
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
“Railroaded: How the Chinese Railway Workers in British Columbia were Treated
from 1881-1885”
Sarah Laurin
Stratford, Prince Edward Island
« La courtepointe »
Honourable Mentions
Danielle Trividic
Vancouver, British Columbia
“Women of the Klondike Gold Rush”
Jayden Chiu
Vancouver, British Columbia
“The People Of Early Vancouver Chinatown”
Liam Pope-Lau
Victoria, British Columbia
“Jimmy Chicken Island: From Partial Perspectives to Paddling Together”
Lucy Diaz
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
“Accessible Washrooms: Are They?”
Nycea Hazelwood
Lethbridge, Alberta
"Truth and Reconciliation"
Allister Merrifield
Rosetown, Saskatchewan
“The Tunnels Of Moose Jaw and Prohibition”
Sheradan Done
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
“Stamps and Their Sticky Past”
Bernz Duaban
Winnipeg, Manitoba
“Winnipeg's Exchange District”
Dorie Tesseyman
London, Ontario
“Internment of Japanese Canadians”
Jacob Joseph
London, Ontario
“Helping Hands in Space”
Étienne Leclerc
Saint-Ludger, Québec
“Les écoles de rang”
Asma Bedrouni
Montreal, Québec
“L'insuline: Le cadeau du Canada à l'humanité"
Tristan Lagueux
Montreal, Québec
"L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal"
Yuser Mahfud
Fredericton, New Brunswick
"The New Heritage"
Eli Malsom Paul
Oromocto First Nation, New Brunswick
“Fred Sasakamoose”
Phaedra Williams
Midgic, New Brunswick
“My Grandfather”
Iris Redon
Dunlop, New Brunswick
"La première guerre mondiale"
Ainslie Gibbon
Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
“The Wreck of the Melmerby”
Sophie Weir
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
“The Canadarm, Reaching for the Stars”
Stella Pendergast
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
"La liste d'interdiction de vol Canadienne"
2018 Recipients
Shuyou Wen
Vancouver, British Columbia
“Why grizzly is so important to the environment”
Kianna Lam
Calgary, Alberta
“Vietnamese Boat People — A Part of Canada's Heritage”
Joshua Concepcion
Winnipeg, Manitoba
“#RielHero”
Rémi Ouellette
Haute-Aboujagane, New Brunswick
“Pascal Poirier”
Basel Al Rashdan
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
“As Long as the Sun and Moon Shall Endure I Am a Treaty Person”
Oscar Cormier
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
“The Spy From P.E.I”
2018 Honorable Mentions
Simar Boparai
Vancouver, British Columbia
Mary Ann Shadd: One Woman, One Path, One Goal for Change in Equality
Kevin Butchart
Vancouver, British Columbia
A Tale of Two Towns
Gabrielle Haslett
Vancouver, British Columbia
Inspector WJD Dempster
Kylee Campmans
Lethbridge, Alberta
Father Leonard Van Tighem
Willow L.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Treaty 2
Cole Osiowy
Winnipeg, Manitoba
How Streetcars Shaped Winnipeg
Alexander Poirier
Ailsa Craig, Ontario
The Money Pit
Han Ru Liu
Montréal, Québec
La pizza hawaïenne
Megan Kolomeir
Montreal West, Québec
Peanut Butter
Andrée-Ann Larochelle
Saint-Georges, Québec
Les missions de paix
Charles Furlotte-Tonks
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Stuart McLean — Canada's Voice
Phaedra Williams
Midgic, New Brunswick
Cultural Genocide: The Legacy of Residential Schools
Naomi Bourque
Scoudouc, New Brunswick
Titanic: The Canadian Story
Marilou Mazerolle
DSL Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick
Les métiers d’hier, d’aujourd’hui et demain...
Noah White
Sidney, Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq
Molly McDonald
River Ryan, Nova Scotia
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Isabelle Peart
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Cirque du Soleil
Anna Paquet
Hunter River, Prince Edward Island
The Forgotten Pandemic
Étienne Foulkes
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Anne...la maison aux pignons verts, la comédie musicale
Lucy Francis
Wellington, Prince Edward Island
Ma maison historique
Cassie Rogers
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
The Memorial Cross
2017 Recipients:
Kailey Oakes
Alberta
The History of Canada's RCMP
Isla Stanford
Alberta
Canada's Flag
Esmé Gandham
British Columbia
The Gold Fever
Angela Zhou
British Columbia
Camp X
Merritt Boning
Manitoba
Les voyages des voyageurs
Adra Barnet
Manitoba
Emily Stowe
Kiana Krause
New Brunswick
Quatre personages importants du Canada
Naiya Istvanffy
New Brunswick
Mothers of Confederation
Clare Coleman
Newfoundland and Labrador
Colemans … Keeping Our Stories Alive
Klaire Hayward
Newfoundland and Labrador
Restoring Our Heritage, One Nail at a Time
Taylor Fogg
Nova Scotia
The Fogg Family Tree
Riddh Hazra
Nova Scotia
Fall of an Empire
Siobhan Aglak
Nunavut
Inuit Mitts
Zoe Elverum
Nunavut
Paramedics
Madison Mobach
Northwest Territories
Immigration in Canada
Teresa Martin
Northwest Territories
Les pièces de monnaie canadienne : notre culture et notre patrimoine
Avah Soloman
Ontario
The History of Women’s Roles in Canada
Alexandra Dech
Ontario
Pier 21
Max MacIsaac
Prince Edward Island
The Warburton Family
Ardyn Hardy
Prince Edward Island
Catherine Callbeck, a woman of firsts
Rémi Jacques
Québec
À vos postes
Adriana Foroglou
Québec
Women's Fight for Franchise
Ethan Done
Saskatchewan
The Klondike Gold Rush
Daysha Garner
Saskatchewan
INCA / CNIB
Dawson Baker
Yukon
Sam Johnston
Keyshawn Sawyer
Yukon
Selkirk Spirit Dancers
2017 Honourable Mentions
Parneet Brar, Alberta, Banff National Park
Kalia Wong, Alberta, Chinese Immigration to Canada
Kai Yang, British Columbia, Genocide
Jeffrey Kwok, British Columbia, Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Jamie Ward, Prince Edward Island, Hillsborough Bridge
Olivia Lewis, Prince Edward Island, L’immigration Chinoise au Canada
Mei Thiessen, Manitoba, The Good Life in Canada
Sara Lewis, Manitoba, Indian Residential School
Jennifer Jang, New Brunswick, Equality/ John Peters Humphrey
Alexandre Comeau, New Brunswick, Klondike Kate
Reed Pelley, Nova Scotia, Death of a Regiment
Natalie Toole, Nova Scotia, WWI Canadian Nursing Sisters
Jakob DaCosta, Ontario, A Nation Moving Forward - Truth And Reconciliation
Darci Debassige, Ontario, Maple Syrup
Judy Lam, Ontario, Carrie Best
Christine Jean-Julien, Ontario, Le chemin de fer clandestine
Jean-Gabriel Bernard, Québec, Les inondations en Beauce
Andrée-Ann LaRochelle, Québec, Louis-Joseph Papineau
Jamue Dannenbaum, Québec, Les effets de la Convention de Baie James sur la communauté de Waskaganish
Nicole Lindenschmidt, Saskatchewan, Uniquely me - How I came to be a Canadian
Adam Brookman, Saskatchewan, The Canadian Pacific Railway
Brooklyn Bixby, Newfoundland and Labrador, Samson Bixby: My Blue Puttee
Windell Smith, Newfoundland and Labrador, The 1929 Tsunami
Carmen Kuptana, Northwest Territories, Residential School
Cadence Milford, Yukon, Frantic Follies Vaudeville Show
Jurena Pewatoalook, Nunavut, Hope is Yours
2016 Recipients
Iqmat Kehinde Iyiola
Alberta
Immigration in Canada
McKenna Peterson
Alberta
Canada Orkney Connection
Sukhmandip Kang
British Columbia
RCMP
Vedanshi Vala
British Columbia
L'histoire d'un pionnier canadien
Sebastien Sarrondo
Manitoba
“Nice Women Don't Want The Vote”
Ysabelle Joyce Tankeko
Manitoba
Nursing Sisters: Were They Forgotten?
Alex LeBrun
New Brunswick
Private Roland George Edward LeBrun
Alexis Bourque
New Brunswick
L'île de Shediac
Evan Natsheh
Newfoundland and Labrador
John Murray Anderson — A Little Known Figure in Newfoundland's History
Sophia Sheppard
Newfoundland and Labrador
Walter Pitcher and the Monchy 10
Curtis Raymond
Nova Scotia
Forging History
Emma Cook
Nova Scotia
Maple Madness: A History of Maple Syrup Production in Canada
Alailah Tagak
Nunavut
Inuit Clothing
Natasha Kiyoapik
Nunavut
Amauti
Rochelle Smith
Northwest Territories
The Fight to Become a Person
Shae McMahon
Northwest Territories
Raised in The Hood?
Bethany Poltl
Ontario
The Canadian Women of Women’s College Hospital
Sairah Amuthan
Ontario
Rethinking the history of the CPR
Jack Dwyer
Prince Edward Island
La coupe Stanley
Payton Smith
Prince Edward Island
Canadian Space Achievements
Daphnée Thibodeau
Québec
Un train, une histoire
Lauren Kim
Québec
Yukon Gold Potato
Colby Hough
Saskatchewan
Banff: Canada's First National Park
Ellery Nelson
Saskatchewan
Immigration au Canada
Kasi Kafka-Kotelko
Yukon
The Klondike Gold Rush
Sarah Krause
Yukon
Canyon City
2016 Honourable Mentions
Kylen Glass, Alberta, Avro Canada and the Legendary Arrow
Ryker Bruisedhead, Alberta, History of the Indian Cowboy
Abrielle Chan, British Columbia, Japanese Canadian Community: The History of a Blossoming Community Taking Root
Elwin Zhu, British Columbia, The Royal Hudson 2860
Lauren Lee, British Columbia, My Mount Pleasant: Vancouver's First Suburb
Isabel Plamondon, Manitoba, Canadi-Yum!
Katya Thornton, Manitoba, Red River Fashion
Kayley Urquhart, New Brunswick, History of Ganong
Marie-Pier Thériault, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte
Alexandria Crann, Newfoundland and Labrador, The Florence Nightingale of Newfoundland
Jeremy Lewis, Newfoundland and Labrador, Root Cellaring
Brea Campbell, Nova Scotia, Pier 21
Shannon Ouellette, Nova Scotia, Reconstruire l'histoire
Zoe Elverum, Nunavut, Changes After First Contact
Cassie Rogers, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia's Scottish Roots
Joanna Edwards, Northwest Territories, A brief comparison and history of two Art forms (Inuit and Anime)
Harit Kapadia, Ontario, Athabasca Oil Sands
William Petznick, Ontario, L’évolution de la communication
Basel Al Rashdan, Prince Edward Island, My Journey
Luc Doucette, Prince Edward Island, Le pont de la Confédération
Rebecca Mizrahi, Québec, The Canadian Pacific Railway
Sasha Pinto, Québec, Canadian Pacific Railway
Kent Shumlich, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Air Ambulance — Lifeguard
Taylor Petrie, Saskatchewan, Maple Syrup: Canada's Sweet Treat
Zeke Dukart, Yukon, Toby's Story
2015 Recipients
Eden Feddema, Calgary, AB
What happened in my great grandma’s yard?
Karissa Hazelwood, Lethbridge, AB
Canada's Canola
Judy Li, Vancouver, BC
Chinese Immigration to Canada
Samuel Costa, Prince Rupert, BC
Barkerville Stands the Test of Time
Adi Groumoutis, Winnipeg, MB
The Winnipeg General Strike 1919
Reed Cohen, Winnipeg, MB
Hana's Suitcase - The Canadian Connection
Sébastien Daigle, Baker-Brook, NB
Les 163 ans d'histoire de la ferme Oscar Daigle
Nadia Hiemstra, Miramichi, NB
Friendship in Bloom
Nicholas Edwards, St. John's, NFL
My Grandfathers: One hundred Years Ago In their Footsteps
Katie Kelly, Long Beach, NFL
The Resilient Newfoundlander and Labradoria
Ethan Wah, Bridgewater, NS
Privateer Captain Alex Godfrey from Liverpool
Evelyn Ferguson, Lunenburg, NS
The Little Immigrants
Tyrone Pewatoaluk, Pond Inlet, NU
Huron
Nancy Ootoova, Pond Inlet, NU
Algonquin
Robbie Hann, Desboro, ON
War on the Water: the Battle of the Atlantic
Kirsten Rowe, Ajax, ON
James Bay Treaty
Pete Christie, Charlottetown, PEI
Brothers in Arms
Geoffrey Paton, Charlottetown, PEI
Cruising the Past
Amélie Gagné, Saint-Bruno de Kamouraska, QC
La monnaie canadienne d'hier à aujourd'hui
Isabelle Pépin, St-Georges, QC
La musique en Nouvelle-France
Mya Matthies, Caronport, SK
Women at Work during the World Wars
Sanai Minor, Regina, SK
First African American Settlers in Saskatchewan
Cailley Cross, Whitehorse, YU
The Richest Woman in the Yukon
Carson Kiesling, Whitehorse, YU
Yukon Telegraph
Rae Panayi, Yellowknife, NWT
Protocols
Lucia Nakehk'o, Yellowknife, NWT
Walking With Our Sisters
Honorable mentions:
Kaitlyn Mueller, Lethbridge, AB
Abrielle Chan, Vancouver, BC
Atticus McIlraith,Winnipeg, MB
Chloe Reitlo, Flin Flon, MB
Josh de Jong, Quispamsis, NB
Cloé-Alexandra Albert, Dugas, NB
Julie Clarke, Bay Robert's, NFL
Obadiah Oickle, Chelsea, NS
Jane Singorie, Pond Inlet, NU
Paul Grein, Durham, ON
Jazmyn Johns, Sudbury, ON
Charlotte Fritz, St.Catherines, ON
Peter MacMillan, West Covehead, PEI
Grace Campbell, Charlottetown, PEI
Nadia Champagne, Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, QC
Summer Okerstrom, Moose Jaw, SK
Rachel Walker, Whitehorse,YU
Shayla Huynh, Yellowknife, NWT
2014 Recipients
Jenna Allison, Winnipeg, MB
Nellie McClung
Maude Couturier, Fredericton, NB
Les infirmières militaires canadiennes
Élodie Chamberland, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, QC
La seconde guerre mondiale
Dylan Donald, Regina, SK
Chuckwagon Racing
Harrison Duffy, Kinkora, PEI
History Of PEI railway
Ella Forrest, Regina, SK
My Oma's Story
Andréanne Girard-Lemieux, Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, QC
Reproduction de mocassins amérindiens
Jack Goldsworthy, Torbay, NL
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Original Way of Life
Eastyn Klages, Chatsworth, ON
A Little Taste of Home
Dylan Lee, Vancouver, BC
The Chinese Head Tax
Karla McCallum, Charlottetown, PEI
The Journey of the Potato
Alexandra Mines, Vancouver, BC
Les Réfugiés Indésirables du Canada
Emma Morehouse, Lincoln, NB
Patrick Owens Covered Bridge
Abby Peterson, Rocky Mountain House, AB
Canada & Titanic
Jasmine Rahman, St. John's, NL
The Newfoundland Conscience: A History of Giving
Sam Rogers, Lower Onslow, NS
The Black Devil's Brigade
Dominic Shoop, Okotoks, AB
The FlintLock Pistol
Paris Snake, Rama, ON
Intergenerational Residential Schools: The Impacts
Duncan Snooks, Whitehorse, YT
Jacques Cartier
Ben Strickland, Bridgewater, NS
The Mosquito
Rachel Teller, Winnipeg, MB
Sir Frederick Banting
Maximilian Wanner, Whitehorse, YT
North West Mounted Police
2013 Recipients
Congratulations to the 4 winners of the 2013 program! These students will travel to Ottawa to present their films at the Canada's History Forum on November 18. They are also invited to a special reception at Rideau Hall and celebration dinner at the Canadian Museum of Civilization on November 19.
In alphabetical order:
Nicolas Cain
Vancouver (BC)
Sir Samuel Steele
My project looks at Sam Steele, a leader in the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) who had control over the NWMP in the Yukon during the gold rush. I examine his life during this period and the hardships.
Julienne Chipesia
Inuvik (NWT)
The Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement
My project is on the Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim in the Northwest Territories. The land claim is a modern treaty based on Treaty 11 which is a numbered treaty.
Helena Kantowicz
Vancouver (BC)
The Dark Legacy
My video is on the Canadian Residential school system. I focused on the impacts of the schools. Something I found shocking was that before I did this project I had no idea that this had even happened.
Cynthia Pelletier
Saint-Pascal (Québec)
Les légendes inuits et les inukshuks de l'Arctique
À l'aide de dessins et de vidéos, je raconte la légende de Sedna et du premier inukshuk. J'explique ce qu'est un inukshuk ainsi que sa symbolique
2013 HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(Top left to bottom right):
Emelyne Boals (Kingston, ON): The Inuit: Myth and Legends.
Jonathan Ijjangiaq (Repulse Bay, NU): Surviving the North.
Jake Leslie (Middle Musquodoboit, NS): Mi’kmaw Culture.
Emily Mittertreiner (Vancouver, BC): Search for the Northwest Passage.
Ève Pelletier (St-Pascal, QC): Les changements climatiques (Climate Change).
2012 RECIPIENTS
These six students represent the best of the 2012 Young Citizens program. They registered the most online votes across Canada and were chosen by a panel of judges to be the 2012 recipients. Their award-winning videos were presented on December 9th at the Canada's History Forum in Ottawa.
Appearing in alphabetical order.
Brandon
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
The War of 1812
My project is on the War of 1812. I examine the causes as well as two of the major engagements of the early part of the war. To wrap-up I look at the impact of the war and a Canadian heroine.
Frédéric
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Québec
La cartographie
Mon projet fera connaître un élément qui peut paraître banal, mais qui est en fait essentiel au développement d'un pays ou d'une région: la cartographie. À travers mon vidéo, je parlerai de la reproduction que j'ai faite d'une carte des îles St-Pierre et Miquelon, du point de vue d'un historien quant à la cartographie, du grand cartographe Jacques Cartier et de l'importance générale de toutes les cartes.
Kristen
North Vancouver, British Columbia
The Heritage of My Home
My project traces the lives of the people who owned my home from 1926 until today. It included research of the architectural elements, items which were found in my home and research about the various homeowners.
Kristin
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
My project covers the actual construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. I looked at the difficulties of building, the people who worked on it and much more. I used all the information I acquired to answer the question "What effect has the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway had on the new country of Canada?"
Matthew
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Silver Fox Island
My project on Silver Fox Island explores the resources available and the determination of the people who struggled to survive on a small island in Bonavista Bay, NL. They depended upon the land, sea and the air for the necessities of life. When the opportunity was presented from the government, they uprooted their families and moved to larger communities in hope for a better life. These people are my family!
Sierra
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Emily Murphy
Looking back at the 1800s and early 1900s, women have come a long way in society. Emily Murphy played a major part in this evolution of rights and privilege of women. To learn more about her and her impact on Canada, watch my short film on Emily Murphy.
2012 Honourable Mentions
Left to right:
Dylan (Lethbridge, Alberta) — Canadian Superheroes
Griffin (Toronto, Ontario) — Freedom? Canada's Tarnished History of Civil Rights
Thomas (Balmoral, New Brunswick) — Le téléphone d'autrefois