FREDERICTON (GNB) – Twenty students from across the province are attending the Provincial Heritage Showcase, which started today and runs until Sunday, June 26 at Metepenagiag Heritage Park in Red Bank.

During Heritage Week in February and French Pride Week in March, 12 regional heritage fairs were held across the province. Students presented hands-on, multimedia presentations on Canadian people, legends, milestones and achievements.

The program is an initiative of the heritage branch of the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.

“This program is a great example of how we can encourage students to connect with our country’s rich heritage,” said Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister John Ames. “Through these events, we have a chance to reconnect with our past, remember our history and understand how our beautiful province was built and grew to be the New Brunswick we enjoy today.”

A total of 148 schools participated in the fairs, which are organized at the provincial and district level by elementary, middle and high schools.

“The schools and students that participate in these fairs are introducing our heritage into the classroom,” said Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Brian Kenny. “It is important for the next generation to understand the people and events that shaped our country’s history.”

The provincial showcase takes place every year, welcoming students from each school district to a host community, where they are recognized as contributors to the preservation of New Brunswick’s past.

This year’s participants are:

  • Yvon Durelle – Laura Belliveau and Julien Bérubé, Carrefour Beausoleil, Miramichi;
  • Briggs Theatre – Emily Briggs, Tobique Valley High School, Plaster Rock;
  • Sir Sanford Fleming – Mathieu Collet, George Street Middle School, Fredericton;
  • L’histoire des écoles francophones au Nouveau-Brunswick – Kacey Cormier, École Grande-Rivière, Saint-Léonard;
  • The Canadians’ Role in the Battle of Vimy Ridge – Cameron Craik, Valley Christian Academy, Rothesay;
  • John Peters Humphrey – Benjamin d’Entremont, Quispamsis Middle School, Quispamsis;
  • Thomas Francis Collins – Alyssa Foster, Riverview East School, Riverview;
  • Les mines du Nouveau-Brunswick – Samantha Hallett, Carrefour Étudiant, Beresford;
  • Burnsville – Maude Landry and Sarah Pelletier, École Terre des Jeunes, Paquetville;
  • Man’s Best Friend – K9 – Josh O’Neill, Harkins Middle School, Miramichi;
  • Garde Pinet – Justin Paulin, École Terre des Jeunes, Paquetville;
  • Lumberjacks – Reghan Pye, Ridgeview Middle School, Oromocto;
  • St. Andrews Historical Architectural Styles – Brooke Reid, Sir James Dunn Academy, Saint Andrews;
  • Catching Fire – Katherine Rogers, Superior Middle School, Bathurst;
  • Airborne 1st Canadian – Brycen Schofield, River Valley Middle School, Grand Bay-Westfield; and
  • John Peters Humphrey – Ophélie Bossé-Simard and Katherine Justason, École Sainte-Anne, Fredericton.

Lt.-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau is the honorary patron of heritage fairs in New Brunswick.

 

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