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This classroom activity was developed in support of Ontario’s Grade 9 geography curriculum and learning expectations.
625 posters were submitted by 735 Ontario students
the posters represented each of Canada’s 41 national parks and 2 national marine parks.
As one activity within our outreach education program, the annual poster contest for all Ontario Grade 9 students was launched in the Fall 2003 at the O.A.G.E.E.* Teachers Conference (*Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Educators) and in the O.A.G.E.E. teacher’s journal entitled, The Monograph .
The contest focussed on creating a poster using the concept of Ecological Integrity to reflect an existing national park in Canada. The poster must represent the features and processes that naturally occur within the ecozone where the park is located.

Completed on April 14, 2004 by a panel of educators and Parks Canada representatives.
Judging was based upon specific criteria to assess each poster. For example, the poster had to demonstrate that the student(s) had fully researched the specific national park and accurately communicated its ecological features and processes, and human interactions. Also taken into consideration was the artistic quality of the poster and the degree of effort and creativity.