2009 Contest Winners

The following entrants were the winners of the 2009 Get Outside Your World contest. Congrats to all of them for their fantastic ideas and visions for a better world! The 2009 Contest question was "What kind of world do YOU want to live in? And what will it take to get there?" - and these people did a brilliant job of answering the question. Click the links below to read or watch the winning entries, and be sure to join this year's contest!

Senior Category: Grade 12 / CEGEP

Grand Prize: Tia Culley

Tia wrote an inspirational essay titled "Individuals Inspiring Change for Tomorrow" outlining the challenges we face today and we can each do to push forward development and create positive change.

Runners-Up

Corinne Havard - Sors De Ton Monde
Ashley Gyarmati - A letter from the future utopia

Intermediate Category: Grades 9, 10 & 11

Grand Prize: Areeba Afreen
Video - The World We Live In

Runners-Up

Saba Mohammed - Photo essay - Welcome to my World
Margaret Peters - Photo essay

Junior Category: Grades 6, 7 & 8

Grand Prize: Kendall Spencer, Daniel Chiang, Venessa Li
Video - The Importance of Fair Trade

Runners-Up

Lucie Zhu - Photo collage - Memories of a Future Planet
Laura Welch - Video - Water

2009 Early Bird Contest Winner

Tiffany Vass - Working for a Better World Together - One Action at a Time