Contest
Theme of the contest
Climate change has effects on the daily life of all Quebeckers but also on the lifestyle of Aboriginal communities. Certain traditional activities become difficult to practice and it is our duty to preserve them.
How does climate change impact your daily life? How can you try to set up actions to reduce the impact of climate change?
Inspired by the actions presented on this Web site, you can produce a video or videos and show your whole community how you help preserve Mother Earth on a daily basis. You can decide to compost your garbage, organize a clean-up of your community's streets or put recycling bins for used paper in your classroom; all these actions contribute to the creation of a healthier, more radiant future for you and your community.
Dates of the contest
You can submit your videos as of January 1st, 2012 by downloading them onto our web site dedicated to the contest. The deadline for submissions is April 30th. As of May 4th, 2012, Internet users can vote for their favorite videos until May, 23rd. The winners will be revealed May, 30th, 2012.
Videos: how to do it
You just have to use your smart phone or your camera (check with your Band Council, it could possibly lend you the material) and film the actions you set up in your community or at home to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions. The videos must be accompanied by a short text or poem (maximum 150 words) to explain or complete your video. Each video must be between 2 and 6 minutes in length. You can even download a video for each action you take! Be inventive and creative, we encourage you to produce original and unconventional videos.
Lights, camera … action !
To participate
- You have to be less than 35 years to enter the video contest.
- Produce your video
- Once your video is produced, click on the dedicated bottom button and follow the instructions in order to upload your video and text.
- It will be online on May 4th, 2012. From there, it's up to you to play and talk about it in order to collect the maximum number of votes and win the grand prize of the contest.
Prizes to win
Three prizes will be awarded in our contest
- A HD camcorder will be given to the producer of the video having received the most votes online.
- A HD digital camera will be given to the producer of the video selected by our jury (made up of the Institute team). The jury will retain different criteria to make its choice: relevance of the video to our proposed theme, location of the video (in your community or at home), the quality and esthetics of the video and finally its originality.
- An iPod will be drawn for an Internet user voting in the contest.