Winners of the National Youth Remembrance Contests 2025
Each year, students across the country submit artwork, poetry, essays and videos to the National Youth Remembrance Contests, organized by the Legion National Foundation. This year, the Canadian War Museum is proud to exhibit the winning entries — eight posters, two literary pieces, and two videos.
The contests are held at the Senior (grades 10, 11 and 12), Intermediate (grades 7, 8 and 9), Junior (grades 4, 5 and 6), and Primary (kindergarten, grades 1, 2 and 3) levels.
2025 Winners
Senior
Colour Poster: Yuanxi Liu – Burnaby, British Columbia
Black and White Poster: Nancy Ge – Waterloo, Ontario
Essay: Brooklyn Stanford – Gull Lake, Saskatchewan
Poem: Preston Kane – Wembley, Alberta
Video: Micah Griffin – Olds, Alberta
Intermediate
Colour Poster: Annabella Manery – Campbellford, Ontario
Black and White Poster: Annabelle He – Waterloo, Ontario
Video: Olivia Craswell – Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Junior
Colour Poster: Elizabeth Bouchard – Chapleau, Ontario
Black and White Poster: Evonne Cheng – Richmond Hill, Ontario
Primary
Colour Poster: Ethan Chen – Kitchener, Ontario
Black and White Poster: Solomon Velji – Calgary, Alberta
Image: Black and white poster by Nancy Ge (Waterloo, Ontario)
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Detail of black and white poster by Nancy Ge (Waterloo, Ontario)
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