MHS Resources: Young Historians Awards

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Category	Place	Student	Subject	School	Teacher
2012
Research Paper	1	Ella Thomson	The Doukhobor Settlers of Swan River Valley	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
Multimedia	1	Marissa Woods	Bison, Horses, and Guns	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
Historical Fiction	1	Kady Evanyshyn	Red River Cadenza	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
2011
Research Papers	1	Stephanie Enns	Manitoba Historical Society	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
	2	Kennedy Meier	I Must Not Tell Lies: The Corrupt Fulfillment of the Numbered Treaties	St. Mary’s Academy	Mrs. J. Beauchamp
	3	Victoria Davies	The Effects of Residential Schools in Canada	Grant Park	Marijus Timmerman
Multimedia	1	Austin MacKay	Minnedosa	Grant Park	Marijus Timmerman
	2	Astrid Cox	Winnipeg Free Press	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
Historical Fiction	1	Hailey Hooke	Shoal Lake Creamery	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
	2	Sehar Nurpuri	The Sellers of the Unsold Land	St. Mary’s Academy	Mrs. J. Beauchamp
	3	Jasmin Geling	Streets of Aspiration	St. Mary’s Academy	Mrs. J. Beauchamp
2010
Research Papers	1	Hélène Morakis	He Ho: The Significance of the Festival du Voyageur	Grant Park	?
	2	Carmen Provinciano	From Furs to Fortune	Balmoral Hall	?
	3	Cynthia Xu	The Red River Floodway	Grant Park	?
Historical Fiction	1	Emily Wilson	That Gold Rush	St. Mary’s Academy	?
	2	Victoria Weir	A Memo on a Scandal	St. Mary’s Academy	?
	3	Isabelle Anderson Gregoire	Nellie McClung	Balmoral Hall	?
2009
Research Papers	1 (tie)	Alanna Scammell	The Feminization of Povery in Manitoba	St. Mary’s Academy	Deborah Nickel
	1 (tie)	Murphy Berzish	The Motivation of the Establishment in Quashing the Winnipeg General Strike	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Jeffrey Hull
	2	Kelsey Watchman	Recognition Long Overdue: Canadian Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War	Balmoral Hall	Sarah Allentuck Secter
	3	Adrienne Yeung	The Winnipeg Free Press: Connecting Manitobans Through the Ages	Grant Park	Marijus Timmerman
Historical Fiction	1	Alisha Sharma	Letter from the Trench from Oscar Goodman	Balmoral Hall	Sarah Allentuck Secter
	2	Dylan Waterman, Nathaniel Burdeny, Valerie Magsajo, Christina Miladinovic	The Milk of Vivacious Victors	Sisler High School	Orysya Petryshyn
2008
Research Papers	1	Nicole Askin	A History of Libraries in Manitoba	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Ms. Wendy Owen
	2	Chelsea Chimilar	One Bead at a Time	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	3	Starry Peng	The Creation of New Iceland and its Cultural Impact on Canada	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Mr. Jeffrey Hull
Historical Fiction	1 (tie)	Erica Siddall	One Amazing Woman	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	1 (tie)	Breanna Mulhall	One Bead at a Time	St. Mary’s Academy	Mr. Dale Swirsky
	2	Jessica Enns	Death at Dugald	St. Mary’s Academy	Ms. Joy Beauchamp
	3	Jennifer Burgess	Caged Bird	St. Mary’s Academy	Mr. Dale Swirsky
2007
Research Paper	1	Amirah Sequeira	Life and Work of Rev. Harry Lehotsky	Grant Park	Marijus Timmerman
	2 (tie)	Olivia Zaporzan	Under the Little Red Roof	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
	2 (tie)	Clarey Funk	Mennonite Immigration to Manitoba	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Dr. Allan Levine
	3 (tie)	Natasha Zloty	Serving Readers for more than a Century - The History of the Winnipeg Free Press	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
	3 (tie)	Joel Christopher Penner	The Suffering and Faith of the Selkirk Settlers	Gordon Bell High School	Ms. Prema Bursa
Historical Fiction	1 (tie)	Priya Sharma	A Spirited Romance [Hotel Ft Garry]	St. Mary’s Academy	B. Lucas
	1 (tie)	Krupa Kotecha	Diary of a Second World War Bride	Balmoral Hall	Lois McGill-Horn
	2	Nellie Minsull	Diary of John Kotter [RNWMP]	Balmoral Hall	Lois McGill-Horn
	3	Nicole Evans	Vaudeville	St. Mary’s Academy	Joy Beauchamp
2006 - Level C (Grades 10-12)
Research Papers	1	Stephanie Harland	Why did so many Poles immigrate to Manitoba 1945 - 1960?	Silver Heights Collegiate	Mr. Ivano Buccini
	2	Emilie Cook	Manitoba’s ‘Iron Age’	St. Mary’s Academy	Mr. Dale Swirsky
	3	Joe Wasylycia-Leis	Stand Together: The Winnipeg General Strike	Gordon Bell High School	Ms. Prema Bursa
Family History	1	Kate Langrell	My Family and the German Russian Immigration to Manitoba	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Lois McGill Horn
	2	Julie Klein	From Poland to Manitoba	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
	3	Amy Pasternak	We’re All Here Because I Lost an Eye	West Kildonan Collegiate	Tom Schmidt
Historical Fiction	1	Robin Jacuzzi	Les Soeurs de Miséricorde	Balmoral Hall	Lois McGill Horn
	2	Kelsey Vossen	Journey to the Forks	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen
Projects	1	Nicole McLeod	Prairie Monuments [Oakville]	Portage Collegiate Institute	James Kostuchuk
	2	Adrien Guenette	Winnipeg Downtown: Interactive Game	St. Paul’s High School	Mr. Boulet
2006 - Level B (Grades 7-9)
Family History	1	Tyler Peterson	In Memory of Bethlehem Memorial Garden	John Taylor Collegiate	Elsebeth Hansen-Kriening
Projects	1	Tyler Peterson	In Memory of Bethlehem Memorial Garden	John Taylor Collegiate	Elsebeth Hansen-Kriening
2006 - Level A (Grades 4-6)
Research Papers	1	Kaitlin Robinson	The Boundary Trail	Balmoral Hall	Heather Naughten
	2	Leanne King	The Manitoba Legislative Building	Balmoral Hall	Heather Naughten
	3	Paige Nuttall	The 1950 Winnipeg Flood	Balmoral Hall	Heather Naughten
	Hon. men.	John Buksowicz	Louis Riel – Hero or Criminal	Holy Ghost School	Laura Gentile
Family History	1	Ashley Saulog	My Family History	Holy Ghost School	Laura Gentile
Historical Fiction	1	Natalie Wright	Eternal Youth	Kirkaldy Heights School	Mrs. B. Miller
2005 - Level C (Grades S1-S2)
Research Papers	1	Santina Lee	To what extent did Nellie McClung further the rights of women in Manitoba?	Silver Heights Collegiate	Mr. Ivano Buccini
	2	Thor Richardson	New Iceland: A transition from Iceland Canada	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Dr. Allan Levine
	3	Anna Pauls	From perspective to prosperity: A history of Mennonites in Manitoba	Gordon Bell High School	Ms. Prema Bursa
Family History	1	Derrick Ross	Derrick Ross’s family tree	John Taylor Collegiate	Ms. Elsebeth Hansen-Kriening
	2	Christine Siddall	Contributions made to Canada by my ancestors	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	3	Meagan Einarson	Growing up in Flin Flon	West Kildonan	Mr. Tom Schmidt
Historical Fiction	1	Mylene Gamache	Lost letters from Marie-Anne Lagimodière, a woman of vision	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
2005 - Level B (Grades 8-10)
Research Papers	1	Nora Christianson Fien	Prairie grain	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Teresa Friesen
	2	Stefany Morrison	The flood	St. Mary’s Academy	Ms. Maria Marasco
	3 (tie)	Mackenzie Falk	The St. James Anglican church	St. Mary’s Academy	Mrs. Bernice Lucas
	3 (tie)	Christine Zakaluk	John Macdougall – The first Sergeant-at-Arms of the Manitoba legislature	St. Mary’s Academy	Mr. Jordan Burg
Family History	1	Tyler Hampton	My bloodlines thorough the fur trade	Lincoln Middle School	Ms. Cherie Stroppa
	2	Natalie Copps	Jean Baptiste Lagimodière and his journey into Manitoba history	St. Mary’s Academy	Ms. Maria Marasco
	3	Kayla Ezekiel	My great great grandparents: Francis and Martha Morgan, Carman pioneers	Lincoln Middle School	Ms. Cherie Stroppa
Historical Fiction	1	Krupa Kotecha	Diary of a Ukrainian immigrant	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Teresa Friesen
	2	Grace Boyd	Guess Who’s journal	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	3	Diana Chung	Selkirk Settlement of 1812 - Diary from Lord Selkirk’s daughter’s point of view	St. Mary’s Academy	Mrs. Bernice Lucas
Paintings & Posters	1	Shawna Olson	Pow Wow dance styles	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	2	Stephanie Lawson	Life story of Winnie	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	3	Natasha Zloty	The Spanish flu of 1918	Balmoral Hall	Mrs. Teresa Friesen
Projects	1	Adrien Guenette	Main Street	St. Paul’s High School	Mr. John Pundyk
	2	Shanleigh Thomson	River Heights	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
	3	Alex Campbell	Eaton’s building history	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Donna Alexander
2005 - Level A (Grades 5-7)
Research Papers	1 (tie)	Michelle Lobo	Andrew Mynarski	Lincoln Middle School	Ms. Cherie Stroppa
	1 (tie)	Stephanie Lobo	Marie-Anne Gaboury	Lincoln Middle School	Ms. Cherie Stroppa
	2	Jordan Goncalves	Sergeant Tommy Prince	Holy Ghost	Ms. Laura Gentile
	3	Kate Scarth	The Sioux Indians of North America	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Mrs. Sharon Ainley
Family History	1	Marielle Cayer	History of the Cayers	St. Francois Xavier	Mr. Joe Gillis
	2	Carmen Provinciano & Kelsey LaCombe	The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba	Balmoral Hall	Ms. Susan Sammons
	3	Jonah Picton	Father Pierre Picton	Ecole Lansdowne	Mme. Faria Sheikh
Historical Fiction	1	Navdeep Brar	A flash into history [Nellie McClung]	Holy Ghost	Ms. Laura Gentile
Posters	1	Kate Nowak	History of transportation in Manitoba	Holy Ghost	Ms. Laura Gentile
2004 - Level C
Research Papers	1	Kimmie Halwas	Life of Yosh Tashiro	Portage Collegiate Institute	James Kostychuk
	2	Grant Lucas	The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919	St. John’s Ravenscourt	Allan Levine
	3	Lauren Stone	Duff Roblin	Balmoral Hall	Donna Alexander
	Hon. men.	Lacey Jade Colling	The Forks: A History	Gordon Bell	Prema Bursa
Family History	1	Ken Marleau	My Family Migration Project	John Taylor	Elsebeth Hansen-Kriening
Historical Fiction	Hon. men.	Vanessa Mancini	Diary of Alice Spencer	Balmoral Hall	Donna Alexander
2004 - Level B
Research Papers	1 (tie)	Rheanne Marcoux	For the Love of the Language	St. Mary’s Academy	Bernice Lucas
	1 (tie)	Kathryn Marcynuk	Lake Winnipeg: Manitoba Great Lake School	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
	2	Lauren Danielle Hayhurst	Dr. Charlotte Whitehead Ross	St. Mary’s Academy	Marie Desaulniers
	3	Heather Olynik	Thomas George Prince, Canada’s Most Aboriginal War Hero	St. Mary’s Academy	Deb Nickel
	Hon. men.	Daniel Zettler	Manitoba Wheat Pool	Yellowquill	Rochelle Rands
Family History	1	Samara Preun	The Preun Bentler Family	St. Mary’s Academy	Marie Desaulniers
	2	K. K. Ho	A Family History	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
	3	Tom Morris	My Family Tree	John Taylor	Elsebeth Hansen-Kriening
	Hon. men.	Kara Nadeau	The Life of Claire Bernardin	St. Mary’s Academy	Bernice Lucas
Historical Fiction	1	Lauren Henderson	Living in 1919 Winnipeg During the General Strike	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
	2	Kelcey Vossen	Fighting the Flood: 1950 Flood Diary of Jacqueline St. Hilaire	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
	3	Breanna Armstrong	History of Assiniboine Park Zoo	St. Mary’s Academy	Marie Desaulniers
Posters & Paintings	1	Amy Boese	The March West	Roseau Valley	Richard Maslanka
	2	Sarah Knight	The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
	3	Natasha Zloty	Winnipeg General Strike of 1919	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
Project	1	Madelaine Stefanik	The Ukrainian Labour Temple	Balmoral Hall	Teresa Friesen / Donna Alexander
2004 - Level A
Research Papers	1	Adnan Makamel	The Mennonites in Manitoba	Robert H. Smith	Tina Hellmuth
	2	Victoria Taylor	The Grey Nuns and Marguerite d’Youville	Balmoral Hall	Marguerite Baker
	3 (tie)	Toria Rankin-Friesen	Mennonites in Canada	Balmoral Hall	Marguerite Baker
	3 (tie)	Stephanie Webster	Louis Riel	Balmoral Hall	Marguerite Baker
Family History	1	Krystal Nguyen-Hua	Canadian Immigration - My Dad’s Story	Balmoral Hall	Marguerite Baker
	2	Jennifer Friesen	The History of My Great Grandparents	St. Francois Xavier Community	Bill Grant
	3	Carl Hyde	The Tale of Two Grandpas	Shoal Lake	Sussan Moffatt
Historical Fiction	1	Meagan Bond	The Diary of Merlyn Cooper	General Byng	Bonnie McCann
	2	Katherine Dobosz	Polish Immigration in Manitoba After WW2	Holy Ghost	Laura Gentile
	3	Breanne Bourns	Diary of Henry Coleaux	St. Francois Xavier Community	Bill Grant
Posters	1	Marg-Jo Ramos	Louis Riel, Father of Manitoba	Holy Ghost	Laura Gentile
Projects	1	Connor Fry-Sykora	Louis Riel	Robert H. Smith	Tina Hellmuth
	2 (tie)	Christel Wilson & Amanda Kopp	History of the Schools of the Langruth Area	Langruth Elementary	Clint Cannon
	2 (tie)	Stacy Wilson & Stephanie Jackson	The Hungarian Church	Langruth Elementary	Clint Cannon

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