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Unique Design

Innisfail student wins national Every Child Matters t-shirt logo contest

Jun 11, 2025 | 8:00 AM

Innisfail Middle School student Sloane C. has been named the winner of the 2025 national Every Child Matters t-shirt logo contest put on by the Orange Shirt Society.

Her design will be printed on shirts and allocated by the society.

“My librarian at school handed out the information about the contest and I thought it would be fun to do,” said Sloane, in a media release. “I didn’t think I was going to win because this competition is across Canada and that’s a lot of people. I was at home when I found out. My mom said I should come listen to a message on our answering machine. They were congratulating me for winning, and I was really happy.”

Sloane worked on her design at home and incorporated important elements including a tree with heart shaped branches twisted around the words, ‘Every Child Matters.’

“The heart shape says to children that they are all loved. The tree is to help them feel rooted to the earth and rooted in knowing they are important,” she said. “There are two children – a boy and a girl – who have no expression on their faces because they can represent any child.”

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As a result of winning the contest, Sloane will receive $200 and will go to Manitoba on Orange Shirt Day in September. While there, she will have an in-person visit with Phyllis Webstad, whose story inspired Orange Shirt Day.

Sloane said she’s excited and nervous to meet Webstad.

“Orange shirt day is important,” Sloane said. “It’s important to think about how what we did in the past wasn’t okay and then move on, learn, and make a better future.”