Are you an English-speaker between the ages of 13 and 18? This is for you!
The Quebec Community Groups Network, in partnership with CBC, the English Language Arts Network, the Quebec English School Boards Association and the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network invite you to submit a 2-3 minutes video to showcase your English-speaking Quebec roots.
Starting January 2012, students between 13-18 years of age can upload their 2-3 minute videos to www.cbc.ca/montreal. The top 10 videos will be selected by the public via CBC’s website. The finalists will be judged by a panel including a CBC journalist, a filmmaker member of the English-Language Arts Network and an historian from the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network.
• First Prize – an IPAD 2 16 GB
• Second Prize – an IPOD 8GB
• Third Prize – a $50 gift certificate to the CBC Shop.
The winners will also be profiled online on the websites of CBC Montreal and QCGN.
The videos, which must be the original work of the contestant, will be judged for overall impact, creativity and originality, content, and technical skills.
To be valid, all entry forms and videos must be received by Monday, April 30, 2012.
Full contest rules are available at www.cbc.ca/montreal and www.qcgn.ca/myquebecroots.
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