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10/17/2012
Youth speak out for wind energy:
2012 Power of Wind Blog Contest winners announced
Toronto, ONTARIO - October 17, 2012 – The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) last night announced the four winners in the first annual Power of Wind Blog Contest during the association's Annual Conference Banquet and Awards Ceremony in Toronto.
CanWEA launched the Power of Wind Blog Contest in celebration of this year's Global Wind Day and the growing contribution of wind energy to Canada's electricity grid. Students entering post-secondary education were invited to submit a 300 word blog on the subject of wind energy. CanWEA received close to 300 entries on what wind means to these students, what they think of wind energy and why it should play a growing role as part of our energy mix.
"We were so impressed with the enthusiasm, the intelligence, and the creativity of the submissions that we named two grand prize winners instead of one," said Chris Forrest, CanWEA Vice-President of Communications and Public Affairs. "Reading these inspiring words and thoughts from young people was encouraging because they see we must take real action in order to make change – we can't sit back and wait for someone else to do the heavy lifting."
The two first-prize winners that will each receive a $2,000 bursary are:
Madison McDonald, McMaster University (Ontario)
Leïla Côté, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec)
The second-prize winner that will receive a $500 bursary is:
Gabrielle Lamoureux, Concordia University (Québec)
The third-prize winner that will receive a $250 is:
Chris Brenner, British Columbia Institute of Technology (British Columbia)
Honourable mention:
Gillian Ramos, George Brown College (Ontario)
The blogs can be found online at: www.friendsofwind.ca
About CanWEA: CanWEA is the voice of Canada's wind energy industry, actively promoting the responsible and sustainable growth of wind energy on behalf of its more than 400 members. A national non-profit association, CanWEA serves as Canada's leading source of credible information about wind energy and its social, economic and environmental benefits. To join other global leaders in the wind energy industry, CanWEA believes Canada can and must reach its target of producing 20 per cent or more of the country's electricity from wind by 2025. The document Wind Vision 2025 – Powering Canada's Future is available at www.canwea.ca.
Ulrike Kucera, Media Relations Officer
Canadian Wind Energy Association
(Mobile) (613) 867-4433
ulrikekucera@canwea.ca
Lejla Latifovic, Communications Officer
Canadian Wind Energy Association
(Mobile) (613) 608-8226
lejlalatifovic@canwea.ca
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