“Ripple Effect”
Created by: Mohamud Ismail & Mohamud Farah
(Calgary Islamic School)
“Shreds“
Created by: Nicholas Milczarczyk
(Resurrection Catholic Secondary School)
“The Emergency Brake“
Created by: Macy How & Ariyah Reuven
(Powell River Digital Film School)
The FOCUS! Student Climate Change Video competition was open to students in grades 7-12 in Canada who were invited to submit a video on any climate change subject. Videos of up to 5 minutes in length made by individuals or small teams (up to 5 members) in any video genre, including music videos, were eligible to be submitted. The videos were assessed in terms of overall creativity, technical realization, quality and delivery of message, and overall impact and persuasiveness. Over the three years of this competition, more than 300 films involving more than 700 students have been submitted.
In the 2019/2020 competition, prizes were awarded by genre, including Animation, Live Action, and Documentary/PSA.
The award winner/winning team of each category received a prize of $2,500 with an additional $2,000 being awarded to their school.
FOCUS! Teachers Excellence Award for Environmental Education and Communication
Ms. Christine Avey
(Westmount Charter School)
FOCUS! Teachers Excellence Award for Environmental Education and Communication
Ms. Catherine Corkery
(St. Anne Catholic Elementary School)
FOCUS! Teachers Excellence Award for Environmental Education and Communication
Mr. Duncan Sinclair
(East Elgin Secondary School)
FOCUS! Teachers Excellence Award for Environmental Education and Communication
Ms. Ali McTavish
(Mulgrave School)
FOCUS! Teachers Excellence Award for Environmental Education and Communication
Dr. Sacha Noukhovitch
(Earl Haig Secondary School)
FOCUS! Teachers Excellence Award for Environmental Education and Communication
Dr. Terri Willard
(Seven Oaks Met School)
The FOCUS! Teachers Excellence in Environmental Education and Communication Leadership award recognizes teachers who have demonstrated excellence, innovation and leadership in any of the following areas:
The winner of the FOCUS! Teachers Excellence in Environmental Education and Communication award received $5,000 with an additional $2,000 awarded to their school. Two additional “Finalist” prizes were awarded and provided $2,000 to the teacher and $1,000 to their school.
WINNER
FOCUS! Schools Take Action to Change Climate Change
St. George’s School of Montreal
(Principal: Ms. Nathalie Bossé)
WINNER
FOCUS! Schools Take Action to Change Climate Change
Career and Technology Centre
(Program Lead: Mr. Adam Robb)
The FOCUS! Schools Take Action to Change Climate Change award recognizes the central role that schools play in modelling and inspiring positive environmental action. Awards of $10,000 were granted to two schools that demonstrated excellence in environmental and climate change leadership in at least one or more of the following areas:
(Measured in Millions of Litres)
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(Measured in Tonnes)