The following entries were prepared and researched by students aged 9 to 14 years. While WHERE Challenge judges acknowledge that some entries may contain inaccuracies, they applaud students' efforts and the quality of the entries. The 2017 WHERE Challenge winners are as follows:
'La monnaie canadienne' ($500)
Best Overall
Maude Carrier
Lévis, QC
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Beau montage vidéo! Sources d’information variées. Léger oubli: les mines de cuivre de la Colombie-Britannique.
'Le maquillage' ($250)
Best Creative
Ashley Guimond, Naomie Gilbert- Morel and Sarah Collins
Pincourt, QC
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The quiz show concept was creative and well done, complete with sound effects. The quiz format allowed much relevant information to be included (e.g., supplemental uses of the minerals; and Canadian sources). And, the students didn't have to read their answers. They knew them!
'Glasses' ($250)
Best Research
Georgia Obere and Mya Kelemen
Scarborough, ON
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They mentioned the ores minerals – gold star
'What’s in an English Saddle' ($500)
Best Overall
Ashley Risseeuw
Saskatoon, SK
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An original topic. A very creative personal touch.
'Aluminum Madness- Juice Box Edition' ($250)
Best Creative
Rachel Tang
Toronto, ON
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Good preparation material, excellent references, correct emphasis on Canada
'What’s Inside Glasses?' ($250)
Best Research
Wil Lenkov, Sam Tatoff, and Simon Peterson
North York, ON
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Excellent delivery although a bit fast. Very good research on key minerals and excellent references
'The Loonie' ($500)
Best Overall
Sofia Scasserra
Scarborough, ON
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Nice work! The bibliography is fairly good.
'La montre' ($250)
Best Creative
Amélie Boucher
Ste-Marie-de-Blandford, QC
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Creative presentation, reasonably accurate information
'The Story of Oilver' ($500)
Best Overall
Bella Huang and Victoria Shen
Toronto, ON
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Creative and compelling following the life of "Oilver". Very good graphics. Exhaustive research including Canada. Excellent references.
'Pencils-Not Pointless' ($250)
Best Creative
Aryan Rastogi and Zayd Tahir
Milton, ON
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Very well written, good references. Good use of humour. So many pencil puns! Very creative and made the message of the importance of non-renewable resources very clear. Awesome job!
'Earth To Mechanical Pencil' ($250)
Best Research
Gavin Tse
Toronto, ON
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A well researched and referenced entry with clear citation of origin of illustrations
'Geo Girl vs. Zinc Zero' ($500)
Best Overall
Emily Zhang
Toronto, ON
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Very professional and well assembled, deep research. Wonderful story with lots of well-researched detail and entertaining plot twitsts - well-crafted and presented too!
'A Spoons Iron Journey' ($250)
Best Creative
Dinah (linh Quan) Hoana
Toronto, ON
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Script well adapted for younger audiences, good summary of uses, well researched for Canada. Nice, I like the use of the conversation between the two characters to move the story along
'Sterling Silver Earrings' ($250)
Best Research
Amy Cao
Toronto, ON
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Clear, concise and well researched, excellent references. Simple but effective presentation; graphic presentation is well laid out.
'Aluminum in Figure Skates'
Honourable Mention
Nancy Feng
Toronto, ON
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Very well put together, aesthetically pleasing, good information.
Three school prizes awarded of $750 each. School prizes are based on a combination of quality and quantity of entries from each school.
Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute
Toronto, ON
Students Involved: 165
Numbers of winning entries: 7 (including Honorable Mention)
Milton District High School
Milton, ON
Students Involved: 139
Numbers of winning entries: 1
École Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Pincourt, QC
Students Involved: 44
Numbers of winning entries: 1
Congratulations to Logan Lemay, from Ste-Françoise, QC and Léonie Désalliers-Auger from Fortierville, QC! Logan and Léonie’s project was randomly drawn from eligible entries received by midnight December 31, 2016 and has won $125.00 each in cash prizes.
Congratulations to Mr. Pierre Couture, a teacher at l'École secondaire de Saint-Charles! Mr. Pierre Couture was randomly drawn from a list of eligible teachers whom submitted a minimum of 10 entries by midnight December 31, 2016. He has won an IPad mini!
"Wow ! Un gros merci ! C'est vraiment apprécié ! Bravo pour votre beau travail à valoriser l'exploitation minière.” – Pierre Couture on learning that he was the 2017 Teacher Incentive prize winner
