Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize
The International Stockholm Junior Water Prize contest, which is held during the World Water Week in Stockholm each August, aims to encourage young people's interest in issues concerning water and the environment. The award is given annually for an outstanding water project by a young person or a small group of young people. With this, the competition seeks to inspire young people to a continued engagement for water and the environment.
The Canadian participant for the contest is selected through the Canada Wide Science Fair by a panel of judges supplied by the Canadian Water Environment Federation Member Associations. The winner of the Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize contest competes at the International Contest.
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (www.wef.org) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work towards the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in over 30 countries. Canadian MAs include the British Columbia Water & Waste Association, the Western Canada Water Environment Association, the Water Environment Association of Ontario, Reseau Environnment Inc., and the Atlantic Canada Water Works Association.
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