Student art featured in calendars

Several northwestern Ontario youth lent their artistic talents to the 2011 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation calendar.
The students provided artwork to go along with CMHC’s maintenance tips for the 2011 First Nations Home Maintenance Calendar.
The calendars provide seasonal tips such as: prevent drafts and save energy by upgrading weather-stripping and caulking around doors and windows and clean windows, screens and hardware to prevent mould from growing.
The students were asked to contribute art depicting what a healthy home means to them. Fifteen entries were selected to be showcased in the 2011 calendar to help promote the concept of healthy housing.  
The 2011 First Nations calendar will be distributed to participating schools as well as to tribal councils and at the Northern Housing Conference.
Students from J.R. Nakogee Elementary School in Attawapiskat, Neskantaga Education Centre, Peetabeck Academy School in Fort Albany and Pegamigaabo School in Big Grassy participated.
Winning entries came from Elma Hookimaw, Sabrina Mattinas, Roseanne Sutherland and Christian Metat from Attwapiskat, Payton Horton from Big Grassy, Thomas Moonias from Neskantaga and Kevilene Stephens from Fort Albany.