To celebrate World Oceans Day 2022, we invited students from K–12 to submit artwork with the theme, Revitalization: collective action for our oceans.
We encouraged students to be creative and to share their story about what revitalization means to them within Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound’s precious watershed.
Here’s a selection of the amazing artwork submitted to the 2022 Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound Art Challenge.
Launch Slideshow Overall
Our oceans are beautiful
Lira Ilyasova Whistler secondary school Grade: 9
Winner
The ocean can’t speak for itself
Jack Westwood Garabaldi Highlands Elementary Grade: 5
Runner Up
Grade K
Everyone can do their part
Elodie Smith Whistler Waldorf School
Winner
The Ocean
Kaija Carpenter Bremner Brackendale
Runner Up
Sea clean up!
Freya Shearer Ring creek art
Honourable Mention
Ocean animals in Howe sound
Tylah Perkins Ring creek art
Bringing back colour to the rivers & oceans
Finnley Smith Whistler Waldorf School
Pacific octopus
Charlie Melvin Ring creek art
Artificial Reef
Valentina Hsu ecole Gabrielle Roy
Ocean Steward
Billy Youwe Brackendale Elementary
Orca in the sunset
Valerie King Glenayre Elementary
Narwhal and its ocean friends
Olivia Gu Caulfeild Elementary
Starfish
Valerie King Glenayre Elementary
Grade 1
My sea friends
Heather Watson Brooksbank Elementary
Winner
Everybody's Ocean
Léo Desjardins École Les Aiglons
Runner Up
Happy Jellyfish
Emma Wang Irwin Park Elementary School
Honourable Mention
Revitalization of howe sound
Isla Leuchte Brackendale
Honourable Mention
Under the Sea
Senna Wilburn Mamquam Elementary
Revitalization of howe sound
Kendra Collins Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Carys Drenka Brackendale
Twilight
Kolfinna Róbertsdóttir Mamquam elementary
Orca
Emma Wang Irwin Park Elementary school
Ocean creatures
Armaan Madahar Mamquam elementary school
Revitalization of howe sound
Caitlyn Bessey Brackendale
Howe Sound Sea Creatures
Soly Bernier Mamquam Elementary
Little seahorse
Natalie Ketch Ring creek art
Sea friends
Joanee Shemko Ring creek art
Revitalization of howe sound
Kane Lewis Brackendale
The ocean
Roslyn Scharf Mamquam elementary
Revitalization of howe sound
Effie Palmer Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Atlas Quarry Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Ruby Michals Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Alex Lowenberger Brackendale
Howe sound friends
Scotia Swansborough Ring creek art
Cleaning the Ocean
Dor Nitsan Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Revitalization of howe sound
Gracey Helliwell Brackendale
The Dream of Turtles
Julia Dzanic Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Howe sound revitalization
Reo Stebinicki Brackendale
Sea-Shell Coast
Julia Dzanic Eagle Harbour Montessori School
The Clear Ocean
Dor Nitsan Eagle Harbour Montessori School
The Clean Jellyfish
Amirali Azhinehfar Eagle Harbour Montessori School
The Beautiful Ocean and Animals
Amirali Azhinehfar Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Revitalization of howe sound
Reo Stebnicki Brackendale
The Ocean
Declan Lagasse Mamquam elementary
Grade 2
The Vital Link…Salmon
Ms. Lock’s Class- Grade 2-3 Lock Mamquam
Winner
Jellyfish
Lucas King Glenayre Elementary
Runner Up
Who Is the Real Predator?
Ivy Gordon Caulfield Elementary
Honourable Mention
Bianca's masterpiece aka 'The cleanup canoe'
Bianca Baxter École La Passerelle
Honourable Mention
Spider Crab
Aayden McConachie Mamquam Elementary
Honourable Mention
The Wild Call
Amitisse Jalili Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Don't be Mean to the Ocean
Lucy Robinson Gibsons Elementary
Crab clean up !
Jemma Banks Ring Creek art
Queen Jellyfish
Ana Colotla Zapian Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Sea Otter in a Jellyfish
Pavlina Hladik Eagle Harbour Montessori
Sunset on the Sea
Rachel Higgins Mamquam Elementary
Future Ocean
Graham Yates Mamquam
Watery Sun
Sinclaire Point Gibsons Elementary
Ocean wildlife action
Finley Gilmour Upper Lynn Elementary
Wave of the Green Sea Turtle
Elliott Eade Mamquam Elementary
Howe sound revitalization
Calder Fofonoff Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Emmi S Brackendale
Sam The Salmon
Alexandria Dela Cerna Mamquam Elementary School
Otterson
Tuulikki Birch Mamquam
Eagle over the shiny Ocean
Brianna Cavallini Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Seahorse
Everleigh Hodges Ring Creek Art
The Kind Jellyfish
Amitisse Jalili Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Seahorse in ocean
Avery Wilson Ring Creek Art
Revitalization of howe sound
Calder Folfnoff Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Tova Macrae Brackendale
Great big Orca
Penny Staples Ring creek art
Ocean
Dhyan Anto Gibsons Elementary
Noodles, the baby turtle
Alex Ippolito Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Turtle and His Friends
Jordan St. Jacques Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Revitalization of howe sound
Eli Addis Brackendale
Revitalization of howe sound
Addy McLeod Brackendale
Mountains Ahoy!
Sadie Merriam Mamquam Elementary
Sea animals
Violet Pahl Ring creek art
I love orcas
Abigail Middleton Mamquam
Eagle over the shiny Ocean
Brianna Cavallini Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Star fish by the sea
Paityn Jordan Mamquam elementary
The home of the dolphin and the mermaid
Doris Chen Walton elementary
The Seagull Sky
Jaxon Bonthron Mamquam Elementry
Orca swimming beside a mountain under a sunset
Lucas King Glenayre Elementary
Revival of the Ocean
Jowan Law Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Jellyfish in seafoam
Sydney Samson Mamquam Elementary
Oliver The Otter Is Sad Because Of Pollution
Cedric Stewart Mamquam
Bear and Friends
Jordan St. Jacques Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Kelp
Julian Lapenotiere Squamish Nature Learners
Sprimg
Emmi Carpenter Bremner Brackendale
The Sea of Adventures
Archer Rosin Gibsons Elementary
Home for the Animals
Jowan Law Eagle Harbour Montessori School
The Mountain City
Alex Ippolito Eagle Harbour Montessori School
The Water and the Sky
Ana Colotla Zapian Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Grade 3
Restoration is the key to Revitalization [mixed media on canvas]
Nevé Boden Squamish Elementary
Winner
OVERHEARD AT THE REEF
Archie Hardy Lions Bay Elementary
Runner Up
Animal Protest
Aarav Chawla Squamish Waldorf School
Honourable Mention
Restoring the Ocean
Arshia Purohit Singh Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Honourable Mention
Dolphin @ Sunset
Magnolia Lee-Flynn Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Virtual Diving
Charlize Hsu ecole Gabrielle Roy
Turtle and Sea Creatures
Noah Banal Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Orca Sunset
Bradley Campbell Mamquam Elementary School
The Awesome Ocean
Dominiq Gazdik Squamish Waldorf School
Jumpy Orca
Isabelle Costa-Ward Mamquam Elementary
The Life of the Ocean
Raghav Mohan Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Why I Otter
Wyatt Green Mamquam Elementary
Ocean
Dustin Bursey Gibsons Elementary
First Nations' Home
Magnolia Lee-Flynn Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Colour
Sóldís Róbertsdóttir Mamquam elementary
killer whale at sunset
David Cappa Mamquam elementary
The colours of Howe Sound
Spencer Bickerton Mamquam
Eagle over the shiny Ocean
Benjamin Croes Eagle Harbour Montessori School
A Seagull in The Sunrise
Bruce Massey Mamquam Elementary
The legend of oceans
Amraj Bains Mamquam Elementary School
Save the sea creatures
Frankie Kendall Ring creek art
River by the Ocean
Julian Fuller Gibsons Elementary
Delicate Jellyfish
Sage Bachusz Mamquam Elamentry
Big orca in Howe sound
Quinn McCartney Ring creek art
Doolfin the Dolphin
Lillian Li Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Welcome to my home
Sophia Moore Mamquam Elementary
The Shining Sunset
Lillian Li Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Fliers at Ground
Benjamin Croes Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Salmon, Wolf and Owl
Noah Banal Eagle Harbour Montessori School
Grade 4
Let Us Revitalize Howe Sound!
Jayden Jiang Collingwood Elementary School
Winner
Our community can do anything, we just have to believe in it.
Selina Zhou Collingwood
Runner Up
Sick Ocean
Shirley Bao caulfeild Elementary School
Honourable Mention
Eagle and orca harmony
Tyah Winstanley Ring creek art
Honourable Mention
Our Oceans
selina zhou collingwood
the planet
Winnie Li Collingwood
Protect The Earth and Sea Animals
Jacky wei Collingwood Wentworth
ART Ocean PNG GOOD 3 am
Allen Gan CollingWood
2050
Ms. Eckert & Mme. Hryhirchuk Art Class Grade 4/5 Squamish Elementary
Stop litering
Criss wang Collingwood
Whale art
Kaylin Chen Collingwood
Ocean Sunrise
Sarah Wang Collingwood school
'Protecting'
Westin Baxter École La Passerelle
Ocean Pollution
Beau Mclean Collingwood
Save the Ocean
Kitty Xu Collingwood School
Tragedy of the sea
Jenny Guo Collingwood school
Murky waters
Mia Song Collingwood School, Wentworth Campus
save the ocean
samer mansour collingwood
Now vs our Future
Kaitlin Mcinnis Collingwood
Under The Ocean
benjamin fenton collingwood
Save The Ocean
George Kitahara Collingwood
The Ocean In A Bottle
Jayden Jiang Collingwood Elementary School
The deep sea
Mattea Wilburn Mamquam
Fresh Morning
Owen Pollock Myrtle Philip Community School
Aquanaut doing research
Leah Hsu ecole Gabrielle Roy
The polluted sea
charlotte zhang collingwood wentworth campus
Fishing Oil
Aiden Lee Collingwood
Past & Future
Jocylin Ying Collingwood school
treasure the ocean
Lyle Zhao collingwood school
Walrus
SIerra Amisola Gibsons Elementary
Riptide
Matilda Simmons Roberts Creek Elementary
Lunch Time
Natalie Wagner Brackendale
Person on the beach
Jonah Frimer Gibsons Elementary
Seaweed Nursery- Relief Print
Caylee Diggins Casey Davis Bay Elementary
ocean wildlife.
Max Ling collingwood
the turtle
Audrey Sander Collingwood
Jellyfish
Jack Merriam Mamquam Elementary
Ocean night
Zixing Wu Collingwood School
Driftwood Whale
Piper Wild Mamquam Elementary School
save the animals
Kelly Lu Collingwood school
Garbage Wave
Sierra Amisola Gibsons Elementary
squid
norah zhao collingwood
Colourful jellyfish
Maja Brondel Mamquam Elementary
Moon n sun
Piper Wild Mamquam elementary school
Save the whales
Vivienne Lorenz Ring creek art
Jellyfish
Elynn Babuin Mamquam elementary school
Samlon are Life- Relief print
Xavier Pierre Davis Bay Elementary
Sea Birds Return- relief print
Olive McLaughlin Davis Bay Elementary
Sunset
Dilan Majid Mamquam elementary school
Save the Ocean
Violet TEACHER Roberts Creek Elementary
Salmon Alevin- relief print
Macy Smith Davis Bay Elementary
Sea bed of Howe Sound
Lucy Staples Ring creek art
Sailing the water
Maja Brondel Mamquam Elementary
Ocean
Lucas Bourget Mamquam Elementary
Save The Ocean's
Jason Xu collingwood school
Grade 5
Howe Sound Cleaning
Julia Samec Brackendale Elementary School
Winner
Sun Over the Chief
Oliver Hodgetts Mamquam Elementary
Runner Up
Shattered Ocean
Isabella Fu Collingwood School (Wentworth Campus)
Honourable Mention
Orcas in Howe Sound
Jackson Hodgetts Mamquam Elementary
Honourable Mention
New Season’s Young
Bridget Dai Collingwood School
Honourable Mention
Two Ocean Views
Isabella Fu Collingwood School (Wentworth Campus)
The ocean can’t speak for itself
Jack Westwood Garabaldi Highlands Elementary
Let's Keep it That Way
Daniel Jiang Collingwood School
Let’s protect their home
Emily Chen Walton Elementary
Our Ocean
Ms. Eckert & Mr. Parker's Art Class Grade 4, 5, 6 Squamish Elementary
Eagle cleaning up the ocean
Layke Glazier Ring creek art
O.C.E.A.N
Brook Earland Hollyburn
Re-using olds stuff.
Mason Thomas Langdale
Deep in the ocean
Manisha Bains Mamquam Elementary School
Salmon Run
Gwendolyn Spires Spring Creek Community School
Jellyfish
Anneli Simm Mamquam Elementary
Howe Family
Hanishka Suresh Hillcrest Elementary
The Orca Mountain
Rory MIlner Collingwood
Orca
Ara Warren Ring creek art
Breaching orca in Howe sound
Jack Westwood Ring Creek Art
The Little Trash Maid
India Gordon Caulfeild Elemtary
Sunset in Howe Sound
Peggy Gao Collingwood School
The Beauty of Our Ocean
Isabella Fu Collingwood School (Wentworth Campus)
Eagle at Sunset
Gwendolyn Spires Spring Creek Community School
The Ocean Clam
Tiffany Deng Collingwood
Rising Colors
Amu Mei Collingwood
Under the sea
Riley Puttonen Mamquam elementary school
Ocean Nightlife
Jackson McClelland Myrtle Philip Community School
Ocean and Earth
Tiffany Deng Collingwood School
Octopus
Oliver Hodgetts Mamquam Elementary
Orca at sunset
Ben McKim Ring creek art
Jellyfish in our sea
nina hakimzadeh Collingwood
Under the water at Howe sound
Athena Signorello Collingwood
Whale drawing
Gillian Liu Collingwood
sun set
Ryan Young collingwood
a cloudy sunset
nina hakimzadeh Collingwood
Turtle's Adventure
Peggy Gao Collingwood School
The Breach
Bayan Hafezi Collingwood
Under The Sea
Deven Mundi Collingwood Wentworth
Intertidal - Relief print
Grace Bachand Davis Bay Elementary
Under the Sea
Jessica Lo Collingwood School
Glass reef and Rock Fish - Relief print
Deklin Compston Davis Bay Elementary
Sunset
nina hakimzadeh Collingwood
Life below the seas
Edwin Liu Collingwood
Ocean is our homeland
Emily Chen Walton Elementary
Crab from Howe Sound by Julian
Julian Steed Mamquam Elementary
World On a Whale's Back- relief print
David Petrescu Davis Bay Elementary
Axolotl
Journey METCALF Mamquam
over the rainbow
nina hakimzadeh Collingwood
Grade 6
Promises to Howe Sound
Ms. Eckert & Mme. Paquette's Art Class Grade 5,6 Squamish Elementary
Winner
No title provided
Arleigh Kemp Signal Hill Elementary
Runner Up
Take Action - Cleaning the Ocean
Yuhan Selina Qi Irwin Park Elementary school
Honourable Mention
No title provided
Julia Leigh Signal Hill Elementary
Honourable Mention
Dramatic Waterway
Ivy Tomlinson Roberta Bondar
HAROLD THE TURTLE
Sammy Newcombe Mamquam
No title provided
Abby Black Signal Hill Elementary
No title provided
Norah Glavas Signal Hill Elementary
No title provided
Kate Grimshaw Signal Hill Elementary
Howe sound Orca
Takehiro Ishida Mamquam Elementary School
Protect Howe Sound
Nyla Babuin Mamquam Elementary
It’s just a normal day in the ocean
Bekam Campbell Mamqaum elementary
Turtle in the Ocean
Isabelle Manapat Mamquam Elementary School
The next generation..............
Tanner Schulz Mamquam Elementry
Sunset
Jersey Mckay Mamquam Elementary
No title provided
Anna Tiedeman Signal Hill Elementary
Clean up- Relief Print
Riley Isenor Davis Bay Elementary
Jellyfish plastic destroyer
Emily Yates Mamquam
Jellyfish ocean blue
Emily Yates Mamquam El
Fish eat fish
Isabella Guiron École Riverdale Elementary
Protected Giant Sea turtle in Maui
Rylee Livermore Signal Hill Elementary
Healthy Beaches- Relief Print
Vanessa Martinez Davis Bay Elementary
Water shed- Relief print
Aleah Marr Davis Bay Elementary
Humpie the Humpback-relief print
Avery Tymoschuk Davis Bay Elementary
Grade 7
No title provided
Marley Vertefeville Signal Hill Elementary
Winner
A helping hand
Roseaura Arkinstall Langdale elementary
Runner Up
Ocean Adventures
Lexi Nolan Langdale Elementary
Honourable Mention
Herring roe
Ruby Sollid Don Ross
Honourable Mention
Return of the wales
Ruby Sollid Don Ross
10 metre whale
Arman Cochrane-White Langdale Elementary
beauty and the trash at howe sound
Isla Gordon Kleos Open Learning
No title provided
Robin McNolty Signal Hill Elementary
No title provided
Sayah DesBrisay Signal Hill Elementary
Turtle made by beach pollution
Dahlia Lambrecht École de la vallée
No title provided
Annabel Gilman Signal Hill Elementary
Fading Into Optimism
Molly Ridd Langdale Elementary
No title provided
Cody Kelly Signal Hill Elementary
No title provided
Lilly Kolbe Signal Hill Elementary
Howe sound art
Nicholas Gilmore Signal hill elementary
It’s not too late
Thomas McDermott Signal Hill Elementary
No title provided
Sola Skeels Signal Hill Elementary
No title provided
Ashleigh Woodruff Signal Hill Elementary
Giving Birth
Grayden Holmes Langdale Elementary
No title provided
Liv Teitzel Signal Hill Elementary
Sunbeams below
Zia Scrimshaw Langdale Elementary School
Helping hand
Ruby Sollid Don Ross
Lunch
Rhys Sharkey Langdale Elementary
No title provided
Jessica Stratton Signal Hill Elementary
Sunset in Howe Sound
Bryce Green Langdale Elementary
A hope for redemption
Ruby Sollid Don Ross
Stars and Coins in Howe Sound
Isaac Kingston Langdale Elementary
An Ocean Renewed
Tristan Robino Signal Hill Elementary
Howe Sound Living
Kingston Kane Langdale Elementary
My Beautiful Backyard
Daniel Rietze Langdale Elementary
Sunset in Howe Sound
Milo Jacques Langdale Elementary School
Salmon Cycle
Caelan Hooper Don Ross Middle School
Ocean Sky
Fergus Scott Langdale Elementary
Soap Stone Seal
Topaz Tyler École la Valée
Grade 8
Collectively swimming toward a better future
Mieko Pateman Drms
Winner
The Collective Heartbeat of Howe Sound
Mina Derksen Drms
Runner Up
Future of Howe Sound
Lacey Dennis Don Ross middle school
Honourable Mention
Every Hand Helps
Afton Roy NavigateNIDES (online school)
A whales return
Aria Scott Drms
Hope on the Horizon
Grace Murphy Drms
It takes one move at a time, make your choice
Charlie Murphy Drms
Past to future
Onyx Vrabel Drms
Orqua ; the killing whale
Florence Moreau École La Vallée
The future sparkles
Zero Humphries Drms
A better future
Casey gilbank Drms
A cleaner future
Sarah Dancy Drms
Crystal waters, clear seas, are you able to see these?
Gracie voelker Drms
Single use past to collectively better future
Nina VanEerdt DRMS
Current - Future
Halle Price DRMS
Grade 9
Our oceans are beautiful
Lira Ilyasova Whistler secondary school
Winner
Save the turtle
Ana Lukashova Burnaby North
Runner Up
Mad Octopus
Ashley Bruce Sunshine Coast Alternative School - Project Spider
Grade 10
Garbage Buffee
Carys Griffin Whistler Secondary School
Winner
We Otter Be Together
Max Wild NIDES (Northern Island Distance Education School)
Runner Up
Stop Overfishing: save Coral and Glass Sponge Reefs
Cedar Pidgeon Howe Sound Secondary School
swimming in the sky
charlie craig whistler secondary school
Orcas
Max Wild NIDES (North Island Distance Education School)
Grade 11
New Bait
Mary Jey Bermudez Howesound Secondary School
Winner
A Full Moon In Howesound
Logan Clarke Whistler Secondary School
Runner Up
Grade 12
When Waters are Alike
Alana Norie St. Micheals University School
Winner
Burruan
Takaya Maynard WSS
Runner Up
Red Squid
Keanna Bishop Sunshine Coast Alternative School
Submerged in the Sound
Alana Norie St. Micheals University School