We are pleased to announce the winners of the Fraser Institute’s 2009 Student Video Contest which explored the topic “What is the appropriate role of government in the economy?”
All of the 2009 video entries can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/fraserinstitute.
Sponsored by The Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation.
Post-secondary category winners:
1st place winner ($2,000)
"My Friend Sarah"
Mark Meranta, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Terra Strong, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2nd place winner ($1,500)
Letting Be
Brendan Conway-Smith, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
3rd place winner ($750)
Laissez Faire
Ty Mills, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Kasper Woiceshyn, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Robert Wensley, Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
Marc LeClair, Westmount Charter School, Calgary, AB
Runner-up (hand-held camcorder)
Let it be
Tori Finlayson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Viewer's Choice Award ($750)
"My Friend Sarah"
Mark Meranta, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Terra Strong, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
High school category winners:
1st place ($1,500)
Governments' Practical & Moral Role
Lance Knight, Peripatos Academy, Pittsboro, NC
2nd place ($1,000)
Public Option, Post Office - Are you PO'd yet?
Travis Knight, Peripatos Academy, Pittsboro, NC
3rd place ($750)
My Crazy Dad and the role of the Government
Jason Killion, Reynolds Secondary School, Victoria, BC
Runner-up (hand-held camcorder)
Capitalist Rap
Aiden Wilks, St. Mary's Senior High School, Calgary, AB
Paula Turcotte, St. Mary's Senior High School, Calgary, AB
Matthew Tiberio, St. Mary's Senior High School, Calgary, AB
Viewer's Choice Award ($750)
A Tale of Two Citrus - A Canadian Allegory
Lucas McEachern, Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Thunder Bay, ON
Craig Draeger, Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Thunder Bay, ON
Our panel of judges determined the award winners based on originality, clear expression of ideas, production values (including lighting, focus, sound, graphics), quality of story, and understanding of the topic. Videos were also assessed on their fulfillment of the concept paper. A special Viewer’s Choice Award was also awarded in each category to the videos with the highest rating on YouTube.
Our 2009 judges were Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, directors and producers of the film Not Evil Just Wrong; Stephen Easton, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute; Leah Costello, Director of Special Projects, Fraser Institute; Ross Harvey, Multimedia Specialist, Fraser Institute; Charles Lammam, Policy Analyst, Fraser Institute; Mark Rovere, Senior Policy Analyst Bio-Pharma and Health Policy, Fraser Institute; and Alex Gainer, Research Economist, Fraser Institute.
View the winners of the 2008 Student Video Contest, "Incentives Matter: Fixing Health Care in Canada."
View the winning videos here.
For more information call: 1-800-665-3558 Ext. 533 or email courtenay.vermeulen@fraserinstitute.org.
