Contest Instructions

Get ready to turn your imagination loose and develop a creative message to answer the WHERE Challenge: What on Earth is in your stuff and WHERE on Earth does it come from? You may submit an individual entry or enter with a group, youth organization (scouts, guides, 4H, etc) or classroom.

Here's how to get started:

1. Select an everyday object at home or school;

2. Identify one or more non-renewable Earth resources needed to make that object (such as copper, iron, plastic or silicon);

3. Tell us WHERE on Earth those resources were discovered and produced.

Now you're ready to create a story to explain why Earth resources are so important in our lives. Your story can be told through an essay, a poem, a song or a play, a painting or a poster, an audio, video or multimedia presentation or anything else you can dream up! Remember, your entry may be used as a promotional tool to demonstrate how Earth resources are essential to our everyday lives.

All essays or poems must be less than 800 words.

A painting or poster must be 11" x 17" or smaller and submitted at a resolution not less than 150 dpi.

A song or audio presentation must be two minutes or less.

To submit a video to the WHERE Challenge, simply access YouTube, find the WHERE Challenge Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8TYe9Zctgs) and 'post a video response'. You will be prompted to either create a YouTube account or login if you already have one and upload your video. Finally, head over to the Entry Form and make sure you post the link to your YouTube video when you fill out a form.

Please note a video or multimedia presentation must be two minutes or less.

Please note that all entries MUST be submitted in digital format.

Rules & Regulations

The following are the rules and conditions applicable to this WHERE Challenge Contest (the "Contest Rules").

ELIGIBILITY

1. To be eligible for the WHERE Challenge contest (the "Contest"), a participant must be a legal resident of Canada between the ages of 10 and 14 years during the Contest submission period of October 17, 2008 - February 28, 2009 ("Contest Period").
2. For the purpose of these Contest Rules, "Immediate Family" means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son and daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household.
3. An Immediate Family member of any advertising and promotional agencies or judges associated with the Contest is not eligible to participate in the Contest.
4. Either EnCana or Teck may at any time require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof within a reasonable period of time may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to Sponsors, as hereinafter defined, for the purpose of this Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. "Sponsors" shall mean EnCana and Teck collectively.
5. Either EnCana or Teck may disqualify any entry or entrant in its sole discretion, should any entry or entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

6. All entries must be submitted in a digital format.
7. All entries must be submitted between 6:00 a.m. MST/MDT October 17, 2008 and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) MST/MDT February 28, 2009. Late entries will not be considered.
8. Entries will be declared invalid if they illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled or mechanically or electronically reproduced.

OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES

9. All entries submitted become the sole property of EnCana or Teck and none will be returned for any reason.

PRIZES

10. The odds of being selected as a potential winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received. Before being declared a winner, potential winners shall be required to comply with these Contest Rules.

CONTEST AWARD

11. On April 15, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta, all regional and national grand prize winners will be selected by the judges from all eligible entries received. The judges, at their absolute discretion, shall select the Winners based upon which entries best meet the contest criteria. All decisions of the judges will be final and binding and may not be challenged in any way.
12. The selected potential winners will be notified by telephone no later than April 15, 2009 and must respond within two (2) business days of notification. Upon notification, the selected potential winners must respond by telephone to the contact number provided in the notification, and the selected potential winners' response must be received within two (2) business days of such notification. If the selected potential winners do not respond in accordance with these Contest Rules, he/she will be disqualified and will not receive a prize and another potential winner will be selected. If after three such attempts Sponsors have not identified a winner, Sponsors reserve the right to award the prize (or its cash equivalent) to a charity of their choice. Sponsors are not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected potential winner to receive notification or for Sponsors to receive a selected potential winner's response.

RELEASE AND INDEMNITY

13. By entering the Contest, the entrant releases and holds Releasees, as defined in paragraph 19 (a) below, harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant, Releasees or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in this Contest, any breach of these Contest Rules, or in any prize-related activity. The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.
14. Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for lost, late, misdirected or incomplete entries, notifications, responses, replies or any release. Entrant assumes liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any prize. Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the control of the Sponsors, such as infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest.
15. By entering this Contest, entrant agrees to be bound by these Contest Rules, which will be posted on the WHERE Challenge website (www.earthsciencescanada.com) throughout the Contest Period. Entrant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges and Sponsors, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant found to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; (c) violating the rules and regulations, conditions or use and/or general rules or guidelines of any canada.com property or service; and/or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST WEBSITE OR ANY RELATED WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
16. Entrant grants Sponsors the right to: (a) use his or her personal information for the purpose of administering the Contest; (b) use his or her name, photograph, likeness, voice, prize information and/or biographical information for publicity and promotional purposes without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and (c) use his or her name and his or her respective city and province of residence in connection with the Contest Website, other related websites and/or any other media now known or hereafter devised. Personal information will not be provided to any third party other than as provided for in these Contest Rules. Sponsors and any third party agents of the Sponsors will use personal information only for purposes related to this Contest and will be required to protect all personal information.
17. Each winner will be required to execute a legal agreement and release ("Release") that:
    1. confirms that winner's (i) eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of the prize as offered; (iii) release of each of the Sponsors, their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliated and related operations and their respective employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, sponsors and administrators (collectively, the "Releasees") from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation in this Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize, including without limitation costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising therefrom; and
    2. grants to Sponsors of the unrestricted right, in the Sponsors' collective or individual discretion, to publish without any further compensation the name, picture, portrait, likeness, audio and/or video recording, interview and voice and any website dissemination or broadcast thereof of that entrant for advertising and promotional purposes. The executed Release must be returned within two (2) business days of the verification as a Winner or the selected potential winner will be disqualified and the prize forfeited.
18. All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, logos, slogans and representations are owned by EnCana, Teck and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.
19. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, amend, modify or terminate all or any portion of this Contest at any time for any reason without prior notice.
20. These are official Contest Rules. This Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. These Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial or municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the Sponsors.