High School Students Invited to Discover Their Way to the G7
Halifax, April 10, 1995 -- High school students from the Metro
Halifax/Dartmouth area are invited to Discover Their Way to the G-7
by entering an essay writing contest starting Monday, April 10. The
winner will be accredited to tour the G-7 Media Centre on the morning
of Saturday, June 17 to witness first hand the more than 2,000
national and international journalists at work.
"We're very pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to help enhance
the student's education on the G-7 economic summit," explained Len
Edwards, executive director of the Halifax Summit Office. "A teacher
will accompany the winning student so the invaluable experience can
be brought back to the classroom. The student and the teacher will
be among the very few people accredited to the G-7 Media Centre
who are not directly involved in the Summit. It is truly a once in a
lifetime opportunity." The winning student's parents, or legal
guardian, will also be invited on the tour.
The Halifax Summit Office (HSO), in cooperation with, the City of
Halifax, the Halifax, Dartmouth and Halifax County-Bedford District
School Boards and The Daily News, is asking students to submit an
essay answering, "How can the G-7 economic summit show
leadership in preparing for the global village?" The contest deadline is
Monday, May 1. The judging panel determining which student will be
chosen to tour the G-7 Media Centre is comprised of representatives
from the federal, provincial and municipal governments and all three
school boards, as well as, a journalist from The Daily News. Students
interested in participating are asked to contact their principal's office
for more details.
The G-7 Summit is a gathering of leaders from the seven largest
industrialized nations as well as representatives of the European Union
and the Russian Federation. The annual event will be held in Halifax
from June 15-17, 1995.
For more information contact:
Sue McKeage
Halifax Summit Media Relations
(902)473-7083
Approval Sign-off:
Marie-Helene Fox
Jonathan Goldbloom
Len Edwards