Winners of our student essay contest

Congratulations to the winners of the Fraser Institute’s 2007 Student Essay Contest, sponsored by the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. This year’s topic was Eliminating world poverty: What is the best approach?

Details of the 2008 contest will be announced in the fall.

The winners are:

1st Place
$1,000
An Ignoble Myth: The Dangerous Dogma of Foreign Aid
by Joel Fleming, St. Catharines, Ontario
Wilfred Laurier University, Political Science, 2008

2nd Place
$500
Why Bono Should Keep His Day Job: The Fallacy of Foreign Aid
by Gareth Lewis, Calgary, Alberta
University of British Columbia, International Relations, 2007

1st Place
High School Category
$250
Foreign Aid Fails the Developing World: Economic Freedom is the Solution
by Amanda Javorsky, Burnaby, BC
Burnaby Mountain Secondary School, Grade 11

Honorable Mention, High School Category
Ending Poverty through Economic Development
David Hu, Andover, Massuchusetts
Andover High School, Grade 10

Honorable Mention
This Is Not About Them: The Munchausen Economics of the West and its Developing-World Proxies
Patrick Sean O’Sullivan, London, Ontario,
Fanshawe College, Business

The winning essays will be published in the Canadian Student Review.
Read the Media Release about the winning entries.