Each year, students across the country submit artwork, poetry and essays to The Royal Canadian Legion Annual Literary and Poster Remembrance Contests. The Canadian War Museum proudly exhibits the winning entries. This year, there are eight winning posters and two literary pieces.
Poster contests are held at the Senior (Grades 10, 11 and 12), Intermediate (Grades 7, 8 and 9), Junior (Grades 4, 5 and 6), and Primary (Grades Kindergarten, 1, 2, and 3) levels.
2016 Winners:
Senior
Colour Poster: Olivia Zeng – Coquitlam, British Columbia
Black and White Poster: Casey O’Neill – Belleisle Creek, New Brunswick
Essay: Shane Pendergast – Mt. Stewart, Prince Edward Island
Poetry: Ethan Edstrom – Edmonton, Alberta
Intermediate
Colour Poster: Juliana Jiang – Richmond-Hill, Ontario
Black and White Poster: Lauren Cheslock – Stittsville, Ontario
Junior
Colour Poster: Johnny Rivas-Gonzalez – Hamilton, Ontario
Black and White Poster: Alastari Capstick – Bloomfield, New Brunswick
Primary
Colour Poster: Kayla Jackson – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Black and White Poster: Kadie Hofer – Camrose, Alberta
Image:
Detail of colour poster by Johnny Rivas-Gonzalez – Hamilton, Ontario