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Draw me a logo CONTEST- CQFB LOGO

On December 13, 2004 in Rouyn-Noranda, the jury of the contest composed of Jean-François Gravel, Sam Etapp, Jean-Pierre Gauthier from the CQFB as well as Rouyn-Noranda artist Marilyse Goulet, set out to judge 31 drawings received for this contest. Note that a Cree artist was scheduled to participate but could not be present due to last minute commitments.

Received drawings came from the following communities :

First, the committee made a pre-selection of 12 drawings, then, the three contest finalists were unanimously identified. A fourth drawing received special attention from the jury. Note that while choosing the drawings, jury members had no information about the participants' identity.

The jury awarded prizes to the following participants:

1st prize  (300 $) : Carrie Weistche, 14 years old, Wiinibekuu School, Waskaganish Specific components used to inspire the creation of the Board' s logo. • Graphic design used to represent the forest • Representation of tee-pee, caribou • Skin stretched inside a frame
2nd prize (200 $) : Cheryl Moar, 15 years old, Wiinibekuu School, Waskaganish Cheryl Moar, 15 years old, Wiinibekuu school, Waskaganish • Sun in the background
3rd prize (100 $): Mélanie Georgekish, 14 years old, Wiinibekuu School, Waskaganish Specific component used to inspire the creation of the Board' s logo. • Illustration of the province of Québec, including illustration of the Native aspect in the Northern part
Josephine Diamond, 14 years old, Wiinibekuu School, Waskaganish Specific components used to inspire the creation of the Board' s logo. • Illustration of the logo' s round shape and lacing of the skin

Symbolic meaning of the Cree-Québec Forestry Board' s logo

The Cree-Québec Forestry Board’s logo illustrate the will to unify traditional and modern knowledge of forestry for sustainable development. Components belonging to Cree culture, such as a skin stretched inside a round frame, are superimposed over the province of Québec. This is why the tee-pee and caribou are presented in a natural environment, among pine trees and near water. The celestial body above them, representing both the sun and the moon, illustrates the cycle of life, the ever-regenerating forest.

In a full-scale detailed drawing, of which clearly shaped borders remind of typical Native art, the choice of colours is also representative of the logo' s symbolic meaning. Green represents the forest, brown the earth and blue represents the province of Québec.

To the right of the logo, the organisation' s identification, in both languages, is directed toward the future.

The logo was inspired by children' s drawings that were submitted during a contest, launched in the fall of 2004 on the territory of the Agreement concerning a new relationship between le gouvernement du Québec and the Crees of Québec.