HISTORY WINNERS
Eden Nzeyimana, a student at Port Coquitlam's Riverside secondary school, and Jeffrey Tso, a student at Burnaby North secondary, both scored top marks and are the recipients of the 2011 Begbie Canadian History Contest. Tso and Nzeyimana will receive their award from Governor General David Johnston on Monday morning at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The announcement and presentation of the 2011 Begbie Contest are included as part of the new Governor General's History Awards. Both students will receive $1,000 each from the Begbie Society and an all-expense-paid trip to Ottawa as well as a medal from Canada's History Society. This national high school competition provides students with the opportunity to test their skills in history against those of students from schools across Canada. The contest is two hours long and is normally written in the candidate's school on a Saturday under the supervision of a teacher. It consists of 25 multiple choice questions, many of which require students to assess or interpret source documents, one paragraph response questions and one essay, which requires students to develop a thesis regarding an issue in Canadian history based on their interpretation of a variety of source documents presenting different points of view on the issue. For more information, visit www.canadashistory.ca/ggawards.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Lucas Noel-Cawkwell of Coquitlam who has won a scholarship to BCIT from the Irving K. Barber Scholarship Society. The society administers the program in partnership with the Victoria Foundation. Awards of $1,000 to $3,500 are available to support Aboriginal people in getting post-secondary education by reducing financial barriers.
GUARDS HONOURED
Three officers from the North Fraser Pre-trial Centre in Port Coquitlam have been recognized in the Solicitor General's annual awards. The officers - June Birch, Giuseppe (Pino) Cuscito and Phillip McArthur - were among 28 adult and youth corrections and probation officers from around the province honoured at the Corrections Exemplary Service Medals ceremony. The awards are presented to corrections staff who have reached milestones for outstanding service, beginning at 20 years for the exemplary service medal and 30 years for the exemplary service bar. In a press release, Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA Douglas Horne said the three PoCo officers have extremely demanding jobs and "richly deserve this recognition of their decades of service - and our thanks for helping keep our communities safe."
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