Winner - Best High School Video
Winner, Best High School Video

Meagan Brown, Charles P Allen High School
Video: Why Should I Care?

Prize Amount: $1,000
As selected by our panel of judges


Runner-Up - Best High School
Runner-Up, Best High School Video
John Colin Macintosh, North Nova Education Centre
Video: Where Would We Be?

Prize Amount: $500
As selected by our panel of judges

Winner - Best Jr High School Video
Winner, Best Jr High School Video

Jasmine Metzler, Sackville Heights Junior High School
Video: More Than Just Rocks

Prize Amount: $1,000
As selected by our panel of judges


Runner-Up - Best Jr High School
Runner-Up, Best Jr High School Video
Raegyn Judge, Hebbville Academy
Video: Baking With Mining Minerals

Prize Amount: $500
As selected by our panel of judges

Winner - Best Comedy
Winner, Best Comedy

Levi Marshall, Sackville High School
Video: Back In My Day

Prize Amount: $1,000
As selected by our panel of judges


Runner-Up (Tie) - Best Comedy
Runner-Up (Tie), Best Comedy
Noah Dixon, Hebbville Academy
Video: Man on the Floor

Prize Amount: $250
As selected by our panel of judges

Runner-Up (Tie) - Best Comedy
Runner-Up (Tie), Best Comedy
Colin Macintosh, North Nova Education Centre
Video: Mining Information for the Uninformed Nation

Prize Amount: $250
As selected by our panel of judges

Winner (Tie) - Best Commercial
Winner (Tie), Best Commercial

William Adams, Five Bridges Junior High School
Video: My Electric Drums

Prize Amount: $500
As selected by our panel of judges


Winner (Tie) - Best Commercial
Winner (Tie), Best Commercial
Colin Macintosh, North Nova Education Centre
Video: Everything: Brought to you by the Global Mining Industry

Prize Amount: $500
As selected by our panel of judges

Runner-Up - Best Commercial
Runner-Up, Best Commercial
Levi Marshall, Sackville High School
Video: Does Mining Matter to You?

Prize Amount: $500
As selected by our panel of judges

Winner - People's Choice Award
Winner, People's Choice
Bryah Boutilier, Glace Bay High School
Video: Mining For Our Future

Prize Amount: $1,000
As selected by the public

Runner-Up - People's Choice Award
Runner-Up, People's Choice
Jonah Larsen, Citadel High School
Video: Does Mining Matter to You?

Prize Amount: $500
As selected by the public

Thank you to our panel of judges:

· Hon. Lloyd Hines, Minister of Natural Resources
· Membertou Chief Terry Paul
· Don Downe, Mayor, Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
· Vernon Pitts, Warden, Municipality of the District of Guysborough
· Michael Amo, Screenwriter and creator of CTV’s “The Listener”
· Stephen Melanson, Instructor, Radio and Television Arts Department, NSCC
· Rhonda Ann MacDonald, Manager, Eastlink TV Community Programming, Halifax
· Martha Cooley, Executive Director, Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative
· John Demont, Senior Writer, The Chronicle Herald; Author of Coal Black Heart
· Peter Moreira, Founder of Entrevestor
· Gavin Isenor, Past President, Mining Association of Nova Scotia
· Sheldon MacLeod, Host, News 95.7


Other prizes/donations:

  • Early Bird Draw: Bryah Boutilier from Glace Bay High School. A $500 prize.


THANK YOU to all the students who sent in a video entry. They're all fantastic!