Contests
Local, provincial, national and global contests are a great way to bring learning and student initiatives beyond the walls of the classroom and empower student voice.
Critical Thinking Film Festival ReflectionForest City Youth Film Festival
An interdisciplinary approach to storytelling. Students across Southwestern Ontario have the opportunity to share their ideas in an industry festival.
Free Seminar: Recorded live stream available through Forest City Film Festival Facebook Page under videos.
Submission will open March 2020
YOUTH Festival Website
Highlight connections to the Global Competencies:
OBEA
Ontario Business Eduactors' Association
Contest Projects for grades 9-12.
Leadership, Design, Promotions, Website Design, Video, Business, Accounting, Publishing, International Business
Deadline: Not open yet (2020)
Photo Essay
Visit Canadian National Geographic Contest Website for details. Contest closes:February 28, 2020
TVDSBglobal Contest
Youth Arts Program
Provincial Art displayed in Legislative Building entries ages 12-18.
Kids' Fish Art Contest
Deadline March 2020
Competitions
PIV offers recitation contests where students choose classic and contemporary poems from a selected anthology, learn them deeply, commit them to memory, hone their recitation skills, and compete for over $75,000 in travel and prizes.
They now run two annual recitation competitions open to individual students across Canada:
- a junior competition, which takes place in the Fall and
- a senior competition, which takes place in the Winter and Spring
They also run local Team Regional contests every Winter and Spring in different cities throughout the country.
2018/2019 National Student Contests
Poetry Deadline: November 29, 2019
Short-Story Deadline: December 6, 2019
Each year Polar Expressions holds two contests, both of which are open to Canadian students in kindergarten through grade twelve. Over $9,000 is awarded in cash prizes to schools and students who participate!
The Student Achievement Awards is a writing and creative arts competition which is open to all public secondary school students in Ontario. The competition is meant to encourage the intellectual development of our students and an interest in society.
OSSTF/FEESO invites student writers and artists to submit creative work exploring this year’s theme: Ahead by a Century. Judging will be held at the school, District, Regional and Provincial levels. Nine provincial winners will be awarded $1000 each in prizes and will be invited to our Annual General Meeting in March where a video showcasing their work will be screened.
Technovation Challenge
Design an app to solve a problem in your community. Must identify as female to enter.
Exploravision
Fuel excitement for Science!
Google Science Fair
Every idea has the power to shape our world.
First Page Student Writing Challenge
What will the world look like in 150 years? How will today's events shape the future?
We want Grades 7 to 12 students to give us a glimpse of the great Canadian novel in the year 2168.
Your challenge is to write the first page of a novel set 150 years in the future, with your protagonist facing an issue that's topical today and setting the scene for how it's all playing out in a century and a half.