Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
November 26, 2010
Media Advisory: Minister to Speak at Youth
Competition
The Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister of
Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, will speak at the awards
ceremony for two youth skills competitions tomorrow (Saturday, November
27) at Mount Pearl Intermediate High School. The ceremony begins at 4:30
p.m.
The awards ceremony culminates the day-long
Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador's 8th Annual
Intermediate Skills Canada Challenge and the First Lego League's 8th
Annual Provincial Tournament.
The intermediate skills competition is a
technology and employability competition for students in grades 7-9.
There are several categories such as web page design, graphic design,
television video production, and computer animation. The First Lego
League is an international competition and challenges students to build
robots out of legos and put them through various performance exercises.
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Media contact:
Scott Barfoot
Director of Communications
Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
709-729-4570, 690-6290
scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca
2010 11 26
12:30 p.m.
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