Recognizing 150 years since Confederation (2017) included logo contest

University student wins competition to design symbol for Canada's 150th birthday party

By Mark Schadenberg
In 1867 Canada officially became a country with John A Macdonald as its first prime minister.
Now, Canadians will soon be preparing to mark 150 years as a nation in 2017.
Historically, Ontario was Upper Canada (Canada West), and in 1867 the country initially consisted of just four provinces -- Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. By 1870, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories joined the party, and soon there after British Columbia. The landscape has evolved often with Newfoundland signing on in 1949 and Nunavut created in 1999. With only four provinces part of Canada since day one, I wonder if there will be less celebrating elsewhere in Canada in 2017 as each province and/or territory may want to recognize its own specific history.
I'm not going to write about hockey and toques, I have done that in the past, but I'm a very proud Canadian.
I do like the winning logo (emblem) in the contest to create a symbol for Canada's 150th anniversary. The logo is bright and it's obviously a Maple Leaf.
It is interesting to note that the winning design was a student from the University of Waterloo. A link to the Waterloo Region Record story recognizing 19-year-old Ariana Cuvin is below. Her prize is $5,000. Cuvin was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada in 2002, according to the contest's website links.

The Record newspaper story notes that the government had previous entries, but a focus group in 2013 did not like the ideas, so a contest was created.
According to Statistics Canada from 2012, our population is now 33.5 million.
I certainly hope each individual municipality creates a committee to plan a large celebration for 2017.
Promotions and an advertising campaign by the federal government began last year as a reminder of the importance of 1864 and historic conferences in Charlottetown and Quebec.

LINK:
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5587593-uw-student-logo-wins-design-contest-for-canada-150th/
http://canada150.gc.ca/eng/1424800348193
http://canada150.gc.ca/eng/1429720490607/1429720526328
http://www.canada150.gc.ca/eng/1384875326868/1384875357599
http://canada150.gc.ca/eng/1408122550222/1408364702611
2014 Story:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/15/harper_government_starts_ad_campaign_years_early_for_canadas_150th_birthday.html

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