Pink Day preaches respect, friendship
Annual Red Cross event connected students across Manitoba, Nunavut
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Students across Manitoba and Nunavut connected via the world wide web to celebrate Pink Day.
Maple Leaf School (251 McIvor Ave.) hosted the fourth annual Canadian Red Cross Pink Day Film Festival on Feb. 28. Over 200 schools across Manitoba and Nunavut logged into a live-streamed event that connected Maple Leaf School with schools in Flin Flon, Man., and Iqaluit and Arviat, Nunavut.
A dozen student made films on the theme of “every day heroes” were scheduled to be shown, but unfortunate technical difficulties curtailed the screenings. Concordia MLA Matt Wiebe and two RCMP officers dressed in their red serge also attended.
Logan and Callum Sorenson, twin brothers in Grade 5 students at Maple Leaf School, introduced their video.
“A superhero can be anyone,” Logan explained. “Just remember to be kind.”
A group of students from Seven Oaks Middle School (800 Salter St.) also presented an original video about respecting others.
“We want people to see (our movie) and spread the message,” Shyah Coss, one of the Grade 8 students from Seven Oaks, said.
It was the second year that the students from Seven Oaks had taken part in the Pink Day Film Festival.
“It was awesome,” Coss said. “You feel like you’re a part of something.”
Karissa Kirkup, a hockey player for the University of Manitoba Bisons women’s team, spoke at the event.
“It’s important to be kind and respectful, because you don’t know what someone else might be going through,” Kirkup, who started playing hockey as an eight-year-old in Portage La Prairie, the only girl on an all-boys team. “Some of the nicest people I’ve ever met never had the nicest sticks or equipment. But they just loved coming to the rink every day.”
The excitement around Maple Leaf School was palpable ahead of and following the event.
“It is amazing and heartwarming to see students dedicated to raising awareness for bullying prevention by creating videos with a strong message,” Rebecca Ulrich, provincial education manager for the Canadian Red Cross, said about the event.
Videos from the festival can be viewed on the Canadian Red Cross Manitoba YouTube channel at http://bit.ly/redcrossmbnufilmfest
Sheldon Birnie
Community Journalist
Sheldon Birnie is a reporter/photographer for the Free Press Community Review. The author of Missing Like Teeth: An Oral History of Winnipeg Underground Rock (1990-2001), his writing has appeared in journals and online platforms across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. A husband and father of two young children, Sheldon enjoys playing guitar and rec hockey when he can find the time. Email him at sheldon.birnie@freepress.mb.ca Call him at 204-697-7112
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Sheldon Birnie
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Sheldon Birnie is a reporter/photographer for the Free Press Community Review. The author of Missing Like Teeth: An Oral History of Winnipeg Underground Rock (1990-2001), his writing has appeared in journals and online platforms across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. A husband and father of two young children, Sheldon enjoys playing guitar and rec hockey when he can find the time. Email him at sheldon.birnie@freepress.mb.ca Call him at 204-697-7112
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