Newcomers/Refugee Settlement Initiatives
Newcomer Video Competition 2025
The 2025 TCDSB Newcomer Video Competition is now open to newcomer students in Grades 6-12. Newcomers are permanent residents, international students or refugees who arrived in Canada from 2021 to 2025.
To enter the competition, students have to submit a video of 2 to 2.5 minutes (maximum) in length about the theme: I Am A Newcomer: What I Wish My Teachers and Classmates Knew About Me.
Highlight a specific experience, challenges as a newcomer, as well as value, trait or practice in your culture that you are proud to share with your classmates and teachers in order for them to understand you. How does your experience as a newcomer and/or your culture uplift you or other people or shape you to become a better person?
Create a group or individual 2-2.5 minute (maximum) video submission. Submission examples include poem, songs, artwork, spoken word, song, skit, or monologue.
The deadline for entries is on October 2, 2025 (Thursday) at 5:00 PM.
Prizes include: Cash prizes, certificates and winning videos to be featured on the TCDSB website.