Congratulations! Richmond ambassadors at BC Provincial Heritage Fair 2016

Congratulations to these three students who will represent Richmond at the BC Provincial Heritage Fair from July 4-8 at UBC in Vancouver.

Liam Rendell, Grade 5, Gilmore Elementary School






















Max Ellison, Grade 4, Byng Elementary School






















Graeme Geib, Grade 5, Whiteside Elementary School

Special Award Recipients

National Awards

1. Canada's History Award 

Recipient receives a certificate and a medal.

Project #59 - Canadian Pacific Railways
Sage Laing
Gilmore Elementary School

2. United Empire Loyalists Award 

Recipient receives a certificate and a special pin from United Empire Loyalists.

Project #60 - The Hudson's Bay Company
Jaelyn Wong
Gilmore Elementary School

3. Young Citizens 

Each recipients receive certificate and a welcome package.

Project #9 - La Mine Britannia 
Justin Bayers
Whiteside Elementary School

Project #48 - Arthur Laing: The Man Behind the Arthur Laing Bridge
Bronwyn Arkesteijn
Westwind Elementary School

 

Project #62 - Komagata Maru
Jasmine Dulay
Gilmore Elementary School

Project #95 - Les Diamants Canadiens
Kamyar Mohammad
Whiteside Elementary School

Provincial Awards

4. BC Hydro Power Pioneer Award 

Recipient receives a certificate and a cash prize.

Project #53 - L'Horloge De Vapeur A Gastown
Sydney Xiong
Anderson Elementary School

5. Historic Places Award 

Recipient receives a certificate and National Historic Sites pass.

Project #72 - East Meets West: Chinatown 
Alison Xia 
Cornerstone Christian Academy

6. Lieutenant-Governor's Historical Literacy Award 

Recipient receives a certificate and personal letter written by the Lieutenant-Governor.

Project #27 - Henry Hudson 
Alison Yu and Caris Cheuk
Cornerstone Christian Academy

7. BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award

Recipients receive certificate.

Project #37 - Historical Significance?.. War of 1812
Max Ellison
Byng Elementary School

 

Project #63 - Ring Ring!! Canada Calling: How has Alexander Graham Bell's Invention of the Telephone Changed Canadian Lives?
Liam Rendell
Gilmore Elementary School

 

Project #91 - Klondike Gold Rush 
Graeme Geib
Whiteside Elementary School

Regional Awards

8. Aboriginal Award

Recipient receives a one-year family membership to the Museum of Anthropology.

Project #92 - Les Peuples Musqueam 
Camille Ting 
Whiteside Elementary School

9. Significant Canadian Award

Recipient receives two admission tickets to the Vancouver Police Museum.

Project #34 - Harry Jerome's "Black Magic"
Malia Bulat
Byng Elementary School

10. National Significance Award 

Recipient receives a book and family admission to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.

Project #3 - The Great Halifax Explosion 
Jason Zhang
Wowk Elementary School

11. Industry Award

Recipient receives a one-year family membership to the Britannia Mine Museum.

Project #44 - The Britannia Mine Museum 
Brock Billings
Westwind Elementary School

12. Sport Award

Recipient receives four tickets to a Vancouver Canadians Baseball game.

Project #4 - Joannie Rochette: One of the Most Amazing Figure Skaters in Canada 
Emily Song
Wowk Elementary School

13. Canada and the World Award

Recipient receives a family pass to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Project #22 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Colin Yeung
Cornerstone Christian Academy

14. Artistic Merit Award 

Recipient receives a one-year student membership to the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Project #7 - True Lover of Canada - Emily Carr
Vera Go
Wowk Elementary School

15. Local Historian for Richmond Award

Recipient receives a Canada-Opoly Board Game.

Project #45 - Minoru Cenotaph
Daymon Wijayakoon
Westwind Elementary School

16. Honourable Mentions 

Recipients receive a family pass to the Vancouver Police Museum.

Project #10 - Le Hockey
Lucas Chan 
Whiteside Elementary School

Project #69 - Syrian Refugee Crisis: To Help or Not to Help?
Charine Cheung and Natalie Wong
Cornerstone Christian Academy

17. Best of Grade 3

Recipient receives a White Spot Coupon for a free Burger Platter.

Project #32 - Pushed into the Shadows
Max Shin and Joshua Wall
Byng Elementary School

18. Best of Grade 4

Recipient receives a White Spot Coupon for a free Burger Platter.

Project #85 - Nellie McClung
Mira Mahli
Whiteside Elementary School

19. Best of Grade 5 

Recipient receives a White Spot Coupon for a free Burger Platter.

Project #50: Harrison Hot Springs: Naturellement rafraichie
Fifi Zhao
Anderson Elementary School

20. Best of Grade 6

Recipient receives a White Spot Coupon for a free Burger Platter.

Project #77 - Dieppe: 9 Hours of Horror
Evan Chen
Cornerstone Christian Academy

21. Best of Grade 7

Recipient receives a White Spot Coupon for a free Burger Platter.

Project #70 - The Heartbeat of British Columbia
Ritisha Jhamb
Cornerstone Christian Academy

Class Registration has CLOSED

Class registration is now closed. Thank you to all schools for registering! 

There are 12 classes registered for the Richmond Regional Heritage Fair this year, including three new classes from Whiteside Elementary School and Gilmore Elementary School. Welcome to Heritage Fair!

Class Registration Now Open!

Class registration is now open. Please follow this link to register your class:

http://goo.gl/forms/2x51T0hNx9

Tips from a Heritage Fair Alumnus

By: Jolie Leung, Heritage Fair 2013 Alumnus

The air in schools is beginning to hum alive as students bring their Heritage Fair projects to life! Each year we see mixes of tri-fold posters, suitcases, costumes, and models, among others. But not every project starts out looking as amazing as the ones we see at Regional Fair—so what can you do to improve yours?

During your research, try to get to the library often and you’ll find that book resources are much more reliable than what you can read on Wikipedia and other websites. Scholarly articles are also useful: try searching on Google Scholar, which works just like Google but only shows scholarly articles. For websites, make sure you cross-check your references—that means checking between various sites to make sure the information is the same and accurate. And of course, make sure you cite these resources in your bibliography!

When making your display board, try to aim for an eye-catching colour scheme that is appropriate to your project, but make sure to avoid overloading your audience with rainbows or overpowering your text with a noisy background! Keep in mind that for more solemn events in history you may want to stick to a darker colour palette. For other project types, experiment with your placement of objects—sometimes you’ll be surprised by what looks good!

Last of all, when presenting to a judge, be confident in what you’re saying! It’s all too easy to second-guess yourself, but remember all of the research that you did. Practice saying some of your content out loud, or if your project has a timeline, such as a war, familiarize yourself with how one event in time led to another. Be sure to speak at a good, slightly loud volume to ensure that the judge can hear you, but not so loud as to disturb other students and judges’ conversations.

If you still feel like your project isn’t as good as it could be, don’t worry! You still have time to improve it, and besides, many schools take part in Heritage Fair every year, so you likely will have another chance to try again next year armed with new experience!

Good luck doing your projects, and most importantly, have fun!

Introducing Heritage Fair Special Event Intern

Happy Lunar New Year!

My name is Nazliza Cahyani and I am writing to introduce myself as the Heritage Fair Special Event Assistant for the Richmond Heritage Fair. I’m a fourth-year student at UBC and thrilled beyond words to be working together with Emily and Sarah, our lovely fair coordinators, who work so hard to make sure this year's Heritage Fair to be another success!

As an international student, having been living in this beautiful country for almost 4 years now make me realize that I know very little about Canadian history and heritage, and that makes me think what have I been doing with my life for the past 4 years here. With very specific goals in mind, by learn together with young students to broaden my knowledge about Canadian history and heritage, I applied to this internship position as Heritage Fair special event assistant, and got accepted.

There are no words to describe how excited I am to be able to participate in this exciting journey down the Canadian history and heritage together with students from all over Richmond.

Time to start planning for Heritage Fair!

By: Jolie Leung, Heritage Fair 2013 Alumnus

Yonatan Marom. Heritage Fair 2015.

With the second term then the winter holidays fast approaching, it’s time to begin considering Heritage Fair as a part of this school year! Heritage Fair opens up a new side of history and heritage to both elementary and high school students, allowing them to look beyond textbooks and essays.

Heritage Fair allows students to exercise creativity, creating a project board related to Canada’s history and heritage. In a journey from beginning research to proudly displaying their work, students dive deep into the past and how it led to our present, forming our lives today. Heritage Fair gives students a chance to expand their knowledge of Canadian heritage, as well as having the experience of participating in school fairs, and possibly Regional and Provincial fairs.

Heritage Fair ties in easily to social studies, as a project allowing the student to study what they are passionate about. Every year at Heritage Fair, we see a multitude of unique projects—on Canadian sports, inventions, and politics, among other topics. The projects promote historical analysis, as well as deeper thinking about how past events affect our lives today, both positively and negatively.  

Have you had a good experience in Heritage Fair? Tell us about it in the comments, or head over to the BC Heritage Fairs Alumni blog!