More writing first, then the rest of the showcase.
A short story about a young man named Hawthorne and the quiet, life-saving framework the Canadian energy sector provides.
An essay on how Canadian energy drives the economy, upholds strict environmental standards, and underpins prosperity at home and abroad.
A poem that places a billion-dollar industry inside a single human life, and gives thanks to little lights.
A poem likening the energy debate to oil and water: two sides that will not blend until they choose to.
A poem likening a slowing heartbeat to fossil fuel's fading light, tracing Canada's energy story from oil sands to Ottawa's first hydro lantern.
An essay arguing Canada's path forward lies not in choosing between fossil fuels and renewables, but in combining the strengths of both.
A personal essay on three generations of a Calgary family shaped by the oil and gas industry, from an engineer father to a grandfather's farm turned prosperous by an oil discovery.
A short story following a student who feels the gap between what she's taught about climate change and her small town's resistance to it.
An essay on decentralizing the Canadian energy sector to better serve local communities, national interest, and the environment.
★ Winner ’24 An animated short film on how the Canadian energy sector powers the medium of animation itself.
★ Winner ’24 Hand-built replicas of Canada’s energy systems, staged on interchangeable landscapes to show employment, choice, and reliability.
★ Winner ’24 A short film tracing the energy sector through one ordinary day for an 18 year old in Canada.
★ Winner ’24 An interactive oil painting installation about the threads tying energy to jobs, healthcare, and a brighter Canadian future.
★ Winner ’24 A short animated film about two duelists, an isolated training club, and the energy that makes the everyday possible.
A rhyming children’s book introducing Canada’s energy mix through hydropower, solar, wind, nuclear, and fossil fuels.
A dance concept video where seven dancers, each carrying a different energy source, weave together into the shape of the Canadian flag.
An electronic sculpture that uses energy self-referentially to illustrate the tension in Canada’s energy conversation.
A kinetic Stirling-engine sculpture whose unmarked clock spins faster with every degree of heat: how much time do we have left?
A LEGO build that walks through how Canadian energy raises the standard of living at home and around the world.
A rock song paying tribute to the workers and the innovation behind Canada’s oil and fossil fuel industry.
A monochrome drawing of a polar bear with an ECG line running through it, tracing the pulse of Canada’s energy and its ecosystems.
A song tracing one Metro Vancouver upbringing from taking clean hydro power for granted to appreciating Canada’s full energy mix.
A cinematic musical piece on the oilfield’s human cost, Canada’s wild beauty, and a stewardship ethic drawn from John Locke.
A warm, “edutainment” comic about a small family-run sunflower farm and how the Canadian energy sector keeps it running.
A short film about two characters on opposite sides of the energy debate, and the middle ground between them.
A danced short film with an original narrated poem, shot across Canadian locations shaped by energy.
A watercolour on balancing renewables, fossil fuels, jobs, and ecosystems: “the choice,” not “a choice.”
An acrylic sunset landscape spanning Canada’s energy mix: pumpjacks, wind turbines, solar panels, and a hydro dam side by side.
A nighttime painting of a family gathered in a lit farmhouse window, with an energy facility glowing on the hillside beyond.
A short film told entirely through a text-message thread, working up to a question about why someone can't visit.
A short film shot on location across Alberta, the creator speaking straight to camera against the province's own landscape and industry.
An original song performed and recorded at home, captioned lyrics carrying its message about wanting less and getting more.
A vertical, TikTok-style short tallying the small daily habits, like a water-bottle refill counter, that add up to conservation.
A feminist energy narrative told through a fashion line, each garment a chapter on women's place in the energy story.
A formline-style illustration piece on Canada's energy story, drawing on Northwest Coast Indigenous design traditions.
A large-scale charcoal drawing performed and recorded outdoors, built up in sweeping strokes across stretched fabric.
A video essay arguing Canada's energy sector needs to push further, faster, framed against the Toronto skyline.
A video connecting the energy sector to something as basic as clean water, framed through a researcher examining a sample under lab conditions.
A day-in-the-life documentary following energy use from the kitchen stove to the wind turbines and power lines running past a rural property.
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