Best 30-Sec Commercial
Mining - What does it do for us?
Jerry Li - grade 12

Prize Amount:
$1,500 for Student
& $500 for Halifax West High School

As selected by our panel of judges

Best Jr High Video
Thank You for Snowboarding
Nicholas Adams - grade 9
Team :William Adams

Prize Amount:
$1,500 for Student
& $500 for Five Bridges Junior High School
As selected by our panel of judges

BEST HIGH SCHOOL VIDEO
More Than Picking A Rock
Levi Marshall - grade 11

Prize Amount:
$1,500 for Student
& $500 for Sackville High School
As selected by our panel of judges

CIM Foundation People's Choice
Mining - What does it do for us?
Jerry Li - grade 12

Prize Amount:
$1,500 for Student
& $500 for Halifax West High School

As voted by the public. This video received 141 of the 1121 votes cast.


Thank you to our panel of judges:

  • Zach Churchill, Minister of Natural Resources
  • Membertou Chief Terry Paul
  • Cecil Clarke, Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality
  • Anne Loi, Senior Vice President, DHX Media
  • Stephen Cooke, Chronicle Herald arts reporter
  • Jeff Parker, Viewfinders Manager, Atlantic Film Festival
  • Michael Amo, Screenwriter and creator of CTV’s “The Listener”
  • Stephen Melanson, Instructor, Radio and Television Arts Department, NSCC
  • Pat Mills, Mining Association Past President

Other prizes/donations:

  • Early Bird Draw: Grace Naugler and Raegyn Judge from Hebbville Academy. Naugler and Judge shared a $500 prize.
  • $1000 donation to Lunenburg County YMCA for the first entry in the contest which was submitted by grade 11 student Blake Holland.
  • $1000 donation to Hebbville Academy for the second and third entries in the contest, which were both submitted by Grace Naugler and Raegyn Judge.
  • $500 donation to Sackville High School for the school draw.


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