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VICTORIA
– The city of Victoria will host the
2008 National Historica Fair next year as part of BC2008 – the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of the founding of the colony of British
Columbia, announced Tourism, Sport and the Arts Minister Stan Hagen today.
“This is only the second time B.C. has been chosen to
host the National Historica Fair and they couldn’t have picked a better year,”
said Hagen. “BC2008 will be an opportunity to reflect on our past and celebrate
our future, and we are excited that students from across Canada will be able to
share their history, diversity and achievements with us while we commemorate
ours with them.”
Historica
heritage fairs are held across Canada to help students connect with provincial
and national history. Students from grades 4 to 9 use the medium of their
choice to bring history to life. Public exhibitions of the projects take place
during regional, provincial and national fairs.
“We’re tremendously excited to bring the National
Historica Fair to Victoria during BC2008 celebrations,” said 2008 National
Historica Fair chair Kris Andersen. “Victoria will be celebrating many
anniversaries – the 150th anniversaries of Victoria’s Chinatown and
the Sisters of St. Ann, and of course the founding of the Colony. It’s a great
time to be visiting the Capital.”
This year, 15 B.C. Regional Historica Fair students made
the trip to the National Historica Fair in Lethbridge, Alberta, where they
showed off their winning entries and immersed themselves in the history of
others. Next year will be B.C.’s turn to make history.
The
delegates were selected from more than 32,000 students from 137 schools who
participated in regional and local Historica Fairs last May. Winners were
selected by a panel of volunteer judges, representing a range of fields
including education, history, media, business and local government.
The
Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts’ BC2008 secretariat and heritage branch
and the Provincial Capital Commission are among the sponsors of the 2008
National Historica Fair.
To
learn more about the National Historica Fair, please visit www.histori.ca/fairs/. For more
information on BC2008, please visit www.bc2008.gov.bc.ca.
For information on the ministry’s heritage branch, visit www.tsa.gov.bc.ca/heritage/.
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