Videos

High School Video Competition

What Does United Nations Peacekeeping Mean to You?

From Sept. – Dec. 2006, UNA-Canada put out a national call to Canadian high school students to create a video on “What does UN peacekeeping mean to you?” as part of our project to mark the 50th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping. About 50 submissions were sent in from high schools across Canada. Youth are clearly proud of Canada’s history of multilateralism, and are anxious to learn more.

The judging panel consisted of Hannah Simone, host of MuchMusic’s MuchNews & The NewMusic; Sasha Trudeau, Canadian Filmmaker; and Loree Semeluk, UNA-Canada youth rep. The Top 3 prize winners were honoured and presented with their prizes at the Opening Ceremonies of UNA-Canada’s Canadian International Model UN Conference in Ottawa on March 7, 2007, featuring Lt. Gen. Andrew Leslie, Chief of the Land Staff, Canadian Forces; Hannah Simone, Host of MuchMusic’s MuchNews and The NewMusic; and Sook-Yin Lee, Host of CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera. All winners hail from BC.

TOP THREE

Prize

Winners

School

FIRST PRIZE
Peacekeeping Revolution

$500

Nikki Harris &
Carrie Hookham

Rutland Secondary
Kelowna, British Columbia

SECOND PRIZE
Spirit of Peace

$300

Adriana Bernal Mor

L.V. Rogers Secondary
Nelson, British Columbia

THIRD PRIZE
Coming Together

$200

Oliver Torok &
Jamie Daviduk

Burnsview Secondary
Delta, British Columbia

CONGRATULATIONS to the UNA-Canada Video Challenge winners. This challenge has proven that youth have an important civic consciousness when it comes to Canada’s participation in United Nations’ initiatives.

THANK YOU to all youth who participated in the Video Challenge. We have selected highlights from the videos into a 90-second clip for national distribution.

Thank you to UNA-Canada’s funders for the 50th Anniversary Project’s Video Challenge:

Canadian International Development Agency & Veterans Affairs Canada