Executive Council
November 20, 2006
Women�s History Month Writing Contest Winner
Selected
Sabrina Muise, from Stephenville Middle
School in Stephenville, has been selected as the winner of the
Department of Education and Women�s Policy Office�s Women�s History
Month Writing Contest.
�I would like to congratulate Sabrina on her success in the writing
contest and thank all the students across Newfoundland and Labrador who
participated� said the Honourable Joan Burke, Minister of Education and
Minister Responsible for the Status of Women. �It is wonderful to see
students become active in opportunities to be creative and learn about
Aboriginal cultures in our province.�
The Women�s Policy Office received over 40 stories from students from
across Newfoundland and Labrador. Officials from the Women�s Policy
Office narrowed the submissions to five then Minister Burke selected the
winner of the contest.
The objective of the Women�s History Month Writing Contest was to
encourage elementary/intermediate aged children across the province to
learn about the significant contribution of Aboriginal women to
Newfoundland and Labrador.
This was the 14th year since the Government of Canada established
October as Women�s History Month. The theme of this year�s celebration
was Aboriginal Women: the Journey Forward.
Minister Burke will be presenting Sabrina with her $100 cash prize
during the Aboriginal Women�s conference, The Path to the Good Life:
Moving Forward, Building Strength, that is being held in Stephenville
from November 23 to 26. This conference is a follow up to the first ever
province-wide Aboriginal women�s conference held in March 2006 titled
The Path to the Good Life.
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Media contact:
Michelle Hynes
Communications and Policy Research Analyst
Women�s Policy Office
709-729-6225, 693-2125
michellehynes@gov.nl.ca
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