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Learn more about how to enter your grade 8 class to win this all-expenses paid trip! Canada’s Coolest School Trip Contest

Nature Canada is proud to announce the start of this year’s Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest. Any grade 8/secondary 2 class can enter to win the grand prize which includes a four-day all-expenses-paid trip to La Mauricie National Park and to historic sites of Québec City, including Lévis Forts, the Fortifications, Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux, Montmorency Park, the Québec Garrison Club and Artillery Park Heritage Site. The lucky grand-prize winners will canoe and hike through the breathtaking wilderness of La Mauricie National Park and glimpse the life of a soldier as they travel back in time at Lévis Forts National Historic Site. To finish things off, they will dine at the exclusive Québec Garrison Club National Historic Site and explore the rich history of the… read more →

OTTAWA (April 3, 2014) – Nature Canada is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest. For their fantastic (and catchy!) video, the grand-prize goes to the talented students from École Antoine-Roy in Gaspé, Quebec. Not only did they produce an amazing video about Forillon National Park and a series of ‘making of’ videos‘, they also succeeded in engaging their entire community in the contest. They garnered the support of a car dealership, a radio station and many other groups in their community. The award-winning video:   “This is really a fantastic story. How often do you see kids get this engaged in Canada’s history and natural spaces,” asked Nature Canada’s Paul Jorgenson. “The winning class didn’t… read more →

A grade 8 class from Saskatchewan has won Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest of the My Parks Pass program. The lucky class will be travelling to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to visit Parks Canada’s Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site and Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Congratulations to Mrs. Pylatuk’s grade 8 class from Caronport Elementary School. The class is thrilled and excited about their June 3-7 trip to Cape Breton; a special place that will create lifelong memories and a lasting connection between the students and this region of Canada known for its scenery and culture. To enter the contest, classes were invited to submit a video, audio or print advertisement encouraging Canadians to explore the Fortress of Louisbourg… read more →

This year, as part of the My Parks Pass program, Canada’s Coolest School Trip is going to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Fortress of Louisbourg. Your entire class could win this all-expenses-paid trip. The grand prize winning class will go to beautiful Nova Scotia for Canada’s Coolest School Trip from June 3 to 7, 2013. The class will celebrate the 300th anniversary of Louisbourg, explore the beauty of Cape Breton Highlands National Park and make memories to last a life time. The approximate retail value of this trip is $52,250. There will be one Grand Prize awarded to the winning class, with a maximum number of 30 students and six adult chaperones from the single winning… read more →