Presented in partnership by University of Toronto’s Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) and the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC), the inaugural Explain It Like I’m 6: A Vaccine Education Contest asked students at Canadian universities to get creative and explain an aspect of vaccine science that is crucial and/or often misunderstood in a way that a 6-year-old would be able to understand.  

We received more than 30 submissions from students across Canada. Submissions were judged on creativity, relevance, clarity, out-of-the-box thinking and above-all accuracy. The winners were determined by a panel of judges from the CVPD and EPIC while the Kids’ Choice Award winner was by selected by voting from seven classes of first graders. The winners were announced during National Immunization Awareness Week on April 26, 2024.

First place winner

Runner up

Kids’ Choice Award winner

Honourable mentions

Stories