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2018 Heritage Fair Winners

 In 2008, the SCAA followed the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and began presenting a prize at each of the Regional Fairs to students. With the Saskatchewan Heritage Fairs Program having been reorganized in the last few of years, the SCAA prize and the PAS prize were combined into what is now the Archives Award, and is presented to the student or students who best use archival or primary sources in the creation of their project. Archival sources, or primary sources, demonstrate a first-hand account of a time period, place or event. Examples of such sources are: letters and diaries; government, church, and business records; oral histories; photographs, motion pictures, and videos; maps and land records; and blueprints.

In association with this, the SCAA produced Archives in Saskatchewan: A Guide for Heritage Fair Participants to increase awareness and understanding of archives among school age students in Saskatchewan

This year, 4446 students from grades 4 - 8  participated their school Heritage Fairs across the Province with the winners moving on to Regional Heritage Fairs in Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Regina, Saskatoon and a Fair organized by the Tribal Council, with the winners there moving on to Provincial Heritage Fair. The SCAA with our members judged for the Archives Award at the Regional Fairs as well as the Provincial Fair.
 
2018 Regional Fairs:
  • Moose Jaw Regional Heritage Fair - Thursday April 19 - Location: Western Development Museum - Moose Jaw. Congratulations to Eighth Grader Gavin from Davidson School on winning the Archives Award for his work on his project “The Canadian Pacific Railway”






  • Swift Current Regional Heritage Fair - Thursday April 26 - Location: Swift Current Museum. Congratulations Sixth Grader Sophie from All Saints Catholic School on winning the Archives Award for her work on her project “Family Tree”

 
  • Regina Regional Heritage Fair - Friday May 4 - Location: Campus Regina Public. Congratulations to Tennyson a Sixth Grader from George Lee School in Regina for winning the Archives Award at the Regina Regional Heritage Fair for his work on his project “Destination Canada”

  • Saskatoon Regional Heritage Fair - Thursday May 10 - Location: Western Development Museum - Saskatoon.  Congratulations to Kimberley, a grade 7 student from École Forest Grove School in Saskatoon on winning the Archives Award at the Saskatoon Regional Heritage Fair for the work on her project “Mes anćetres canadiennes et anglaises”


  • Saskatoon Tribal Council Regional Heritage Fair - Friday-Saturday May 11-12 - Location: Wanuskewin Heritage Park - Saskatoon. Congratulations to Michael, Savanna, & Samuel grade 5 students in Saskatoon on winning the Archives Award at the Saskatoon Tribal Council Regional Heritage Fair for their work on their project “Hide Tanning"


2018 Provincial Fair:
  • Provincial Heritage Fair at Government House in Regina on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Congratulations to Mya, 6th grader from All Saints Catholic School in Swift Current, on winning the Archives Award at the Provincial Heritage Fair for her work on her project the “Dieppe Raid”.




Heritage Saskatchewan would love to have Regional Heritage Fairs take place in the Prince Albert and Yorkton areas. Please contact their Education Coordinator, Katherine Gilks for more information on how to participate and the assistance available to start up a Regional Fair.


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