Welcome to the Dominion Institute's 5th annual Great Questions Essay Competition!

Built around the spirited analysis of twelve of the country's leading commentators, the Great Questions Essay Competition encourages high school and university students to weigh-in on six key debates about Canadian history and culture.

Last year, Thomas Mathew from Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School in Sault St. Marie, Ontario won the $2,000 cash prize for his essay on the Great Questions topic "Identity Revolution". For the 2003-2004 academic year the Dominion Institute is offering another $2,000 cash prize for the best student essay on one of the six Great Questions topics.

For information on entry rules for the essay competition, click here.

To use the Great Questions as a teaching tool, click here.

Preparing your essay and looking for dates, facts and figures? Visit Historica's Canadian Encyclopedia.

The Dominion wishes to thank an outstanding group of corporate, philanthropic and government sponsors for their on-going support of the Great Questions Essay Competition.

The Great Canadian Questions is sponsored by: