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Anti-Racism Student Video Competition

The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) is excited to announce our Anti-Racism Student Video Competition for students in grades 6-12.

The theme for 2023 is “Be the Voice of Challenge and Change: What is Your Message for Standing Up for Injustice?”.

What's your message for standing up to injustice? Students are invited to submit their video reflections about race, offering a proposition/solution/action on how to combat racism.

• Video Competition Consent Form

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Anti-Racism Video Competition!

• First Prize for Secondary Schools: Dante Alighieri Academy Catholic Secondary School

• First Prize for Elementary Schools: St. Jude Catholic School

• Honourable Mentions: St. Mary Catholic Academy, St. Henry Catholic School and St. Basil-the-Great College School

• 2-2.5 minute video clip (individual or group submission) about the theme, “Be the Voice of Challenge and Change: What is Your Message for Standing Up for Injustice?”.

• Video Expression can be via variety of forms (i.e., poem, spoken word, cartoon, song, skit, monologue, drama, and others).

  • For inspiration, watch our TCDSB Anti-Racism Video Contest Winners Compilation.

• Video entries should be recorded in Landscape Format by video in MP4 or MOV formats (phone, camera, iPad, Computer, Photo Booth , etc).

• Production quality (sound, video recording and length) will be considered.

All participants must submit the full submission package, which includes:

• Completed Media Release and Permission Form: Video Competition Consent Form.

• Video submission.

• Bio(s) of each participant (name, grade) and description of video.

• Label each upload with Contestant(s) Full Name. (e.g. JAY SMITH).

The submission package should be submitted via Google Form.

If you have questions or concerns, contact Jody Huang at jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org.