SASKATCHEWAN STUDENTS CREATE WINNING ENVIRONMENTAL ART WORK

Prince Philip School in Saskatoon is on a roll. One of its Grade 8 students has been chosen as first-place Saskatchewan winner in the 2011 Energy and the Environment Art Contest. In 2010, both first-and second-place winners from Saskatchewan attended Grade 8 at Prince Philip.

The contest is produced by Natural Resources Canada and co-ordinated in the province by the Ministry of Energy and Resources. Students compete from all provinces and territories. This year 534 entries were received from Saskatchewan schools.

Ariana Faul's award-winning design will be featured in an upcoming Energy and the Environment Poster being published by Natural Resources Canada and distributed to teachers across Canada.

Ariana's work will also be featured in the Youth Art Gallery on the Climate Change Saskatchewan website located at www.climatechangesask.ca and in the Kid's Club Art Gallery on the Natural Resources Canada website at www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/calendarclub.

Zachary Rohel, a Grade 8 student from Annaheim School, was selected as second-place Saskatchewan winner. His artwork, titled Green Light is also available for viewing on the Climate Change Saskatchewan website.

"Students have such passion and insight into how they want to see the world they will inherit," Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd said. "The contributions of the students of today will have an impact on our country's environmental and conservation policies of the future."

Both students will receive their awards and prize packages, which include laminated copies of their winning artwork, at presentations in their respective schools. A $300 donation was also made to the first-place winner's school resource centre.

The Energy and the Environment Art Contest has been running since 1991, encouraging elementary school students to depict wise energy use and conservation through artwork.

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For more information, contact:

Linda Ungar
Energy and Resources
Regina
Phone: 306-787-8360
Email: linda.ungar@gov.sk.ca