tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post191038791999604607..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: OGS Student Essay CompetitionsJDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-10714654863306465672014-12-12T10:57:50.927-05:002014-12-12T10:57:50.927-05:00I guess we need to decide if the point of the essa...I guess we need to decide if the point of the essay contests is to generate articles for Families, or to stimulate interest in family history in young people. I hope it is the latter, in which case we have to make the contests both relevant and appealing. If publishing in Families precludes writing about living people (and I'm not sure it needs to) then maybe that part if the "prize"Jane E MacNamarahttp://wherethestorytakesme.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-9134326211683616712014-12-11T11:05:13.691-05:002014-12-11T11:05:13.691-05:00I guess we have a Prime Minister but we can't ...I guess we have a Prime Minister but we can't mention his name! WDYTYA would be a pretty dull program if this was enforced. Better look at the law again.JDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-63807994152353417982014-12-11T10:56:39.997-05:002014-12-11T10:56:39.997-05:00It may be onerous to avoid discussing living peopl...It may be onerous to avoid discussing living people but that seems to be what our current privacy laws require.Mike Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667387951383193059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-8181101439638415202014-12-10T11:25:09.789-05:002014-12-10T11:25:09.789-05:00The OGS Awards Committee can be reached at awards@...The OGS Awards Committee can be reached at awards@ogs.on.ca and I am sure would appreciate any help to improve the awards.Mike Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667387951383193059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-14716358681902846712014-12-10T09:46:12.367-05:002014-12-10T09:46:12.367-05:00Both these competitions require that the writer di...Both these competitions require that the writer discuss at least three generations of a family, yet stipulate that no living people can be mentioned. So for these young people, whose parents, grandparents, and possibly great grandparents may be living, this seems particularly onerous. (I couldn't have identified three earier generations at that age!) <br /><br />For high school and universityJane E MacNamarahttp://wherethestorytakesme.canoreply@blogger.com