Essay Contest Winners Announced!

**ESSAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED**

Congratulations to All Participants in the Lived Writes Essay Contest!
We received many inspiring essays from across the country. Our grand prize winners will be coming to Ottawa to participate in the Forum on Women's Activism in Constitutional and Democratic Reform, a 2 day conference hosted on Parliament Hill.

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We would like to recognize our grand prize winners, as well as some of our other outstanding participants:

Grand Prize Winners
Emily Bunnett-Jones
Anita Gyemi
Kalindi Patel

Semi-Finalists
Leah Blekkenhorst
Alexandra Cool-Fergus
Krupa Kotecha
Derek Hambly
Miranda Thorne
Leah Waldes
Robyn Zajac

Honourable Mentions
Bakhtawar Awan
Megan Benjamin
Olivia Best
Shruti Chakravarthy
Brianna DaSilva
Kimberly Dowell
Pauline Saunders
Fletch Shaw
Michelle Tedesco

Sponsors
Sincere thanks to our generous sponsors:

• The Law Commission of Canada
• Elisabeth Sachs Law Offices
• Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP
• Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
• Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP

Special Thanks To the Essay Contest Committee:

• Nadine Blum (Chair)
• Jacquie Hawken
• Cathy Lace
• Cynthia Petersen
• Marilyn Roycroft
• Elisabeth Sachs