Contest builds on contest conducted in Manitoba last year
Manitoba and the federal government have teamed up for a national video contest that builds on Manitoba's SAFE Schools Grant program to help educate students about the importance of workplace safety and health.
The national social media contest, called It's Your Job!, is intended to challenge 18- to 24-year-olds to create videos demonstrating the importance of workplace safety and rights, said Manitoba’s Family Services and Labour Minister Jennifer Howard.
"Our young people have seen their ideas for safer work places shared with other students, employers and labour officials,” Howard said, adding there has been success in reducing workplace injuries in Manitoba, but young workers remain among the most vulnerable to get hurt at work.
“It is very gratifying to see that other students across the country will soon have this opportunity as well," Howard said.
The winning projects will be entered in an international film festival in Germany, she added.
This is the second year for the SAFE Schools Grant program in Manitoba. Ten grants of $2,000 each are available to 10 high schools that submit applications for projects that raise awareness of safety and health among youth. Last year, submissions included videos, board games and calendars.
Schools are invited to submit project ideas or completed projects by Oct. 31.
