​Google is asking Canadian students to submit a design for the banner atop the search engine home page to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday. Students from kindergarten to Grade 12 have until May 2 to submit a Google doodle based on the theme "What I see for Canada's future is..."The winning student's doodle — to be judged on "artistic merit, creativity and originality" — will be displayed on the Google.ca homepage for a day. Google says students can submit a doodle made from almost any medium, including computer code. The winning doodle will be selected by Google employees and a panel of guest judges which includes federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan. The company first introduced its Doodle 4 Google Canada contest for students in October 2013, with Toronto-area student Cindy Tang named the inaugural winner in Feb. 2014.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2017 17:03 UTC