Creative Art/Map Competition for Nova Scotian Students
The Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) have announced that they are hosting a Creative Map Competition for Nova Scotian Students for International Map Year.
The creative mapping GANS contest is open to students of all grades including post secondary students and is intended to help encourage young people to participate in creative cartographic activities while learning more about the geography, heritage and history of Nova Scotia.
Creative Map Competition for Nova Scotian Students
Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place entries in 7 different categories thanks to several generous sponsors including Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS), Esri Canada, Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) and Canadian Geographic.
Nova Scotian teachers/students may submit maps, on the theme “Nova Scotia – A Province Rich in Heritage”.
Categories of competition: 
- Primary – Grade 2 – Creative Maps
- Grade 3 – Grade 6 – Creative Maps
- Grade 7 – Grade 9 – Creative Maps
- Grade 10 – Grade 12 – Creative Maps
- Grade 10 – Grade 12 – GIS Story Maps
- Post-secondary – Creative Maps
- Post-secondary – GIS Story Maps
Contest rules, guidelines and more details are available from the GANS website: http://gans.ca/map-competition.html
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