2024 Red River Heritage Fair Award Winner

Every year, the Manitoba Genealogical Society, Inc. sponsors an award–the Family History Award– at the Red River Heritage Fair (RRHF).  The Red River Heritage Fair program encourages students to explore the history of our country in a dynamic and hands-on environment.  Students from grades 4 t0 9 use the medium of their choice to recount the stories of the people, events and key moments from Canadian history.

This year’s RRHF took place on May 2, 2024, and MGS Volunteer Janice Butcher attended to review the student projects and choose a winner for the MGS sponsored Family History Award.

Janice said, “The Grade 4 student, Ariana Vandette, had information on 5 generations of her family, on both mother’s and father’s sides. It was an excellent project.  I was very pleased to award her the MGS prize.”

Here is the list of winners at the 2024 Red River Heritage Award.

Students	Project	Award	Grade	School
Angelica Gata and Andre Bardelas	Flowers and Herbs	CTV	11	Sisler
Julia Gaile Quijano	Indigenous Sustainable Farming Practices	KGS Group Consulting Engineers	11	Sisler
Nevaeh Mallari	Shoal Lake Aquaduct	KGS Group Consulting Engineers	7	Sargent Park School
Yousef Afaneh and Bashiq Bashir	Famous Floods of Manitoba	KGS Group Consulting Engineers	6	Bison Run
Julia Gaile Quijano	Indigenous Sustainable Farming Practices	Manitoba Museum	11	Sisler
Evelyn Hannah	My Metis Heritage	Manitoba Living History	4	Assiniboine
Alexa van den Hoven	Relations Between the French and English Colonizers and the Indigenous	Manitoba Living History	7	Immanuel Christian
Malaki Kennedy	Reclaiming Indigenous Culture	MSSTA Marie Zorniak Memorial Award	11	Sisler
Noura Helewa	Winnie the Pooh: The True Story	Veterans Award	6	Balmoral Hall
Elizabeth Tighe	The Halifax Explosion	Veterans Award	6	Balmoral Hall
Kyla Maula and Sandra Serviento	Romeo Dallaire The Rwandan Genocide	Veterans Award	9	Sargent Park School
Alero Grey and Kiana Rivera	L’Ontario	Le prix du musée de Saint Boniface Museum	4	Sacré-Coeur
Angela Dandan and Bella Santos	Jacques Cartier	Le prix du musée de Saint Boniface Museum	5	Sacré-Coeur
Ava Balat	HBC	Le prix du musée de Saint Boniface Museum	5	Sargent Park School
Margaret Whitehead	La bataille de Seven Oaks	Manitoba Historical Society	4	Robert H.Smith
Therese Panes and Lana Santos	Tommy Prince	Manitoba Historical Society	9	Sargent Park School
Kaylee Bercier and Jada Hartog-Chippeway	Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women	Manitoba Historical Society	9	Sargent Park School
Elijah Bickle-Tapper and Hudson Page	Le soccer canadien	Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame	4	Sacré-Coeur
Thea Fabillan and Daisha Mendoza	Every Child Matters	Residential School History	9	Sargent Park School
Ariana Vandette	Ariana’s Family Tree	Family History Award	4	Assiniboine
Anastasiia Turkevych	Continuity and Change: Ukrainian Immigration to Canada	Art Award	11	Sisler
Vaheek Saggu and Aishveer Sohal	Sikh History in Canada	Impact of Faith (CMU)	11	Sisler
Annabelle Mutch and Maya Bickle-Tapper	Rosella Bjornson	Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada	6	Sacré-Coeur
Ivy Douborough	Maintien de Paix	Honourable Mention	4	Robert H.Smith
Jasmine Dawson	Remarkable Women in Canadian History	Honourable Mention	5	Sargent Park School
Candace Mercado and Johnson Nguyen	Being a Voyageur	Honourable Mention	6	Robertson School
Eliana Jonker	Winnipeg’s Oldest Building	Heritage Winnipeg Award	9	Immanuel Christian
Ava Balat	HBC	Heritage Winnipeg Award	5	Sargent Park School
Ivan Senyk	Stony Mountain Institution	Heritage Winnipeg Award	5	Assiniboine
Talia Mostert	Ernie Coombs – The Amazing Mr.Dress-Up	Award of Excellence	5	Immanuel Christian
Loureen Gomez	Fashion in the Fur Trade	Award of Excellence	5	Sargent Park School
Jana Haresha and Elizabeth Tighe	The Halifax Explosion	Award of Excellence	6	Balmoral Hall
Jadzima Kethogtsong Smith	Interior Salish Peoples	Marie Zorniak Heritage of the Heart Award	5	Gladstone School