Virtual Fair
Award Winners

2025 Virtual Heritage Fair Winners

Top Score: Cardiovascular Disease (Swathi Suresh Kumar) (Gr. 7, Saskatoon)

Runner-up Score: Insulin (Payton Johnson) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)

Provincial Heritage Fair Finalists:

These projects have been selected to attend the 2025 Provincial Heritage Fair on June 4 at Government House in Regina. Heritage Saskatchewan will make arrangements with finalists through teachers and parents.

1. Cardiovascular Disease (Swathi Suresh Kumar) (Gr. 7, Saskatoon)
2. Insulin (Payton Johnson) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
3. Terry Fox (Ethan Andre) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
4. Patterns in Time: Indigenous Beading through the Years (Enakshi Dwivedi) (Gr. 7, Regina)
5. The Red Paper Clip (Harli Raiwet) (Gr. 4, Whitewood)
6. Gordie Howe (Mary Elash) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
7. Canadian Lynx (Evangeline Michel) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
8. The Arctic (Vienna Dietrich & Kaybree Kleemola) (Gr. 5, Regina)
9. Claude Morin (Alyanne Sirois) (Gr. 4, Regina)
10. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Brianne Bell) (Gr. 7, Regina) [tie for 10^th]
11. Canada’s Wonderland (Sydney Purse) (Gr. 8, Regina) [tie for 10^th]

The Top Projects will receive plaques and nameplates at the Provincial Fair. The Top Score and the Runner-Up Score will also receive an additional prize opportunity from Canada’s National History Society.

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Highest Scores:

Best Grade 4: The Red Paper Clip (Harli Raiwet) (Gr. 4, Whitewood)

Best Grade 5: Insulin (Payton Johnson) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)

Best Grade 6: Leo Major (Muhammad Muaz Yousuf) (Gr. 6, Moose Jaw)

Best Grade 7: Cardiovascular Disease (Swathi Suresh Kumar) (Gr. 7, Saskatoon)

Best Grade 8: Canada’s Wonderland (Sydney Purse) (Gr. 8, Regina)

Best French-language project: Claude Morin (Alyanne Sirois) (Gr. 4, Regina)

The High Scores will receive additional certificates.

Below are the winners of the same awards awarded at the Regional Heritage Fairs, and of awards that are unique to the Virtual Heritage Fair, listed separately. Each project was eligible to win a maximum of two awards per project.

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Virtual Heritage Fair Award Winners
Regional Heritage Fair Awards

As at the Regional Heritage Fairs, there is [usually] one winning project per category. Winners will receive certificates and gift cards.

Arts & Leisure Award: Winnie the Pooh (Everly Friesen & Sophie McCallum) (Gr. 5, Regina)
Sport Heritage Award: Connor McDavid (Owen Law & Carlos Vasquez) (Gr. 4, Regina)
Citizenship & Governance Award: Evolution of the Canadian Flag (Zane Louise Marasigan) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Society & Justice Award: Norman Bethune (Xinyan Guo) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Truth & Reconciliation Award: Rodger Ross (Elise Naylor) (Gr. 4, Regina)
Indigenous Heritage Award: Louis Riel (Chimkasinma Azuwike & Jimilie Ngalamulume) (Gr. 4, Regina)
Multicultural Heritage Award: Tatiana Lerebours (Grace Arisnabarreta) (Gr. 4, Regina)
Genealogy/Family History Award: Caroncrest Farms (Levi McLeod) (Gr. 5, Caronport)
Military Heritage Award: Saskatchewan in WW2 (Asher Westberg) (Gr. 4, Whitewood)
Natural Heritage Award: The Majestic Moose – Giant of the Canadian Wild (Abigail Huynh) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
                                                     The Great Horned Owl (Lilian Jordan & Brooklyn Labuik) (Gr. 5, Regina)
Environmental Stewardship Award: Jasper Fires (Bentley Verville & Jaxen Vollbrecht) (Gr. 8 & 9, Fillmore)
Science & Technology Award: Chernobyl (Evie Box & Geneva Farrell-Furkert) (Gr. 6, Regina)
Economy & Industry Award: Tim Hortons (Daniel Strand) (Gr. 6, Aberdeen)
Saskatchewan Heritage Award: The Red Paper Clip (Harli Raiwet) (Gr. 4, Whitewood)
Archives Award: Claude Morin (Alyanne Sirois) (Gr. 4, Regina)
Mixed Media Award: Leo Major (Muhammad Muaz Yousuf) (Gr. 6, Moose Jaw)
Historical Thinking Award: Patterns in Time: Indigenous Beading through the Years (Enakshi Dwivedi) (Gr. 7, Regina)
Innovation Award: The Skylight Caper (Annabel Nosa Idemudia) (Gr. 7, Saskatoon)

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Virtual Heritage Fair Prize Winners

These awards are unique to the Virtual Heritage Fair. Winners will receive certificates & gift cards.

Award Name
Best Display	The Arctic (Vienna Dietrich & Kaybree Kleemola) (Gr. 5, Regina)
Best Project Title	The Majestic Moose – Giant of the Canadian Wild (Abigail Huynh) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Best Handcrafted Model/Diorama	Canadian Vikings (Arya Varma-Robb) (Gr. 6, Regina)
Best Original Cartoon Drawings	Scotty the Dinosaur (Levi Ingils & Joshua Ross) (Gr. 5, Regina)
Best Original Visual Artwork	The History of Caron (Irvhen Reyes) (Gr. 6, Caronport)
Best Project About Animals	Canadian Lynx (Evangeline Michel) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Best Project About An Athlete/Team	Terry Fox (Ethan Andre) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Best Project About A Scientist	Insulin (Payton Johnson) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Most Creative Project	Patterns in Time: Indigenous Beading through the Years (Enakshi Dwivedi) (Gr. 7, Regina)
Best Video Host	The Skylight Caper (Annabel Nosa Idemudia) (Gr. 7, Saskatoon)
Best Video Production	Cardiovascular Disease (Swathi Suresh Kumar) (Gr. 7, Saskatoon)
Most Passionate & Compassionate About Topic	Norman Bethune (Xinyan Guo) (Gr. 5, Saskatoon)
Best Celebration of Living Heritage	Saskatchewan Curling (Asten Hayhurst) (Gr. 4, Whitewood)

 

 

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