The Ontario Mining Association, a not-for-profit
organization, is hosting the 8th annual SYTYKM video contest for high school
students. The contest challenges students to tell imaginative stories about the
benefits of mining to society with 2- to 3-minute videos or a 15-second
commercial. The contest, running from November 1, 2015 to April 4, 2016, offers
$45,000 in cash and prizes to students and schools. Top videos earn from $2,500
to $5,000. Early bird entries are eligible for an additional $500. Any school
that produces more than three videos can win $2,000. Teachers’ Choice Award
voters are eligible for a $1,000 prize draw. The awards gala is on June 1,
2016, at the Royal Ontario Museum. For more contest information, visit www.oma.on.ca/en/contestpages/index.asp.
Teachers of communications technology, media arts,
Aboriginal studies, physical geography, and Earth and environmental science
will find this contest of interest.
I would like to provide each of your secondary schools
with a package of information to promote the contest and support students and
teachers wishing to participate. The package includes an
invitation/registration form for teachers to attend a free professional
development workshop in media production at TIFF Bell Lightbox (November 23rd),
poster, infographic and cover letter introducing the contest. A teacher partner
at East York Collegiate in Toronto has also granted permission to distribute a geography
assignment that she created to integrate the contest into “Issues in Canadian
Geography”. Please find attached an electronic copy of the package for your
review.
I would appreciate your support in electronic
distribution to geography department heads and curriculum consultants.
Laura Clinton
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW MINING High School Video Contest
Education Consultant Ontario Mining Association
T:
289-387-2256
W: oma.on.ca
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