June 13: Students participate in Ontario Provincial Heritage Fair

Winners from the Regional Heritage Fair in the Greater Sudbury area will travel to Toronto to join fellow young historians from 15 Regional Heritage Fairs across Ontario at the Ontario Provincial Heritage Fair at the William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto, 45 Willcocks Street, Saturday, June 13, 2015. The showcase of student projects is open to the public from 3 pm to 5 pm.

The 2015 Ontario Provincial Heritage Fair brings together 70 exceptional students from grades 4 to 8, along with their adult supervisors, to share in a celebration of Ontario’s rich multi-cultural history and heritage.

Thirty of the delegates are also Ontario’s representatives in the national program offered by Canada’s History, Young Citizens. Videos created by Ontario’s Young Citizens show the historical significance of a place, person or event from Canada’s rich past. The national launch of the on-line component of the program will be June 11th and visitors to the Provincial Fair will have the chance of viewing and voting for the videos created by the 2015 Young Citizens of Ontario.

The Ontario Heritage Fairs program is a volunteer initiative based on the belief that engaging children in the history of their communities helps them develop into responsible, well-informed citizens.  Aimed at students aged 9 to 15, the Fairs inspire young people to explore personal and collective Canadian experiences in any number of media – displays, painting, sculpture, prose, music or computer-based projects. The delegates at the Provincial Fair represent the more than 20,000 Ontario students who participated in the 2014 Fairs program.

This year’s fair is made possible due to the generous financial support of: Canada’s History and it partners, Canadian Heritage and Great West Life; Ontario Power Generation; the Ontario History and Geography Consultants’ Association; the Ontario History and Social Science Teachers’ Association; Grandmother’s Bake Shoppe, and a number of individual donors.

The projects chosen from the Sudbury Regional Fair are:

Sudbury Regional Fair Young Citizen     

Jazmyn Johns – Grade 4

MacLeod Public School 705-522-8040

The Evolution of the City of Greater Sudbury

This project traces the evolution of Greater Sudbury from 1.85 billion years ago when a huge meteorite impacted the earth in this area, through to the first people, fur trade, lumbering, the first railway and mining to Sudbury today.

Sudbury Regional Fair Delegate         

Stacie Kohan – Grade 6

Valley View Public School 705-671-5956

Marilyn Bell

Marilyn Bell was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. This project highlights her personal life, swimming career, and achievements/awards that inspired others. She helped to change how others viewed women in sport, especially young women. She became a role model for youth.

Sudbury Regional Fair Delegate         
Tucker Lay – Grade 6

Pinecrest Public School 705-675-0200

Captain Wesley Hill

This project is about Tucker Lay’s great, great grandfather, Captain Wesley Hill. He will help you get to know him and his career as a captain of five boats that sailed the Muskoka rivers. You will be sharing in his personal heritage.

Click here for the news release.

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For more information, please contact:

Enza MacEachern, Co-Chair, 705-671-5945

Kim Boulanger, Co-Chair, 705-675-6451