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Greater Victoria Students Win Top Awards at Provincial French Public Speaking Competition |
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Greater Victoria Students Win Top Awards at Provincial French Public Speaking CompetitionVancouver -- 10,000 students from across British Columbia competed, 260 made the provincial finals, and 18 students from Greater Victoria took home top awards in this year's pan-provincial French public speaking competition, Concours d'art oratoire. "In addition to the cultural and language benefits, Concours d'art oratoire helps students develop their creative and public speaking abilities, as well as self-confidence," said Patti Holm, President of Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon. "It's an incredible feat to make it to the Provincial finals -- taking home a medal is a real achievement. We congratulate everyone who participated; they are all winners. Félicitations!" added Concours d'art oratoire chief judge, Dr. Renée Hamilton-Clark. This year marked the 33rd anniversary of the Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon sponsored Concours d'art oratoire. The provincial finals were hosted Saturday, May 7th at SFU Surrey. We thank all the local volunteers and teachers, as well as the BC Ministry of Education, Canadian Heritage, and le Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique for their financial support. 2016 Provincial finalists from Victoria: Gogo Wen – Grade 11 Core French – “Le Harcèlement sexuelle” – Glenlyon Norfolk School |
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Provincial Winners from Greater Victoria: |
Andrew Wale 3rd Place |
Vienna Wakefield 2nd Place CPF BC-YK President |
Alex Muller-Clemm Grade 7 Francophone “Devrait-on interdire la pêche commerciale?” Glenlyon Norfolk School 1st Place BC MLA Jodie Wickens (left) |
Sophia Ji 2nd Place CPF BC-YK President |
Larry Yu 1st Place BC MLA Jodie Wickens (left) |
Nicole Gonin 2nd Place CPF BC-YK President |
Arianna Loy |
Laura Schulz |
Cole Ashley 2nd Place CPF BC-YK Youth Director |
Nolan Smith CPF BC-YK Youth Director |
Leila Hoube 2nd Place CPF BC-YK Youth Director |
Pascale Halliday Chief Judge Dr. Renée Hamilton-Clark (left) |
Stefan Shandro 2nd Place CPF BC-YK President |
Fiona Brady 2nd Place |
Qaeeza Ramji 1st Place CPF BC-YK President |
Emilie Gosselin 2nd Place CPF BC-YK President |
Kate Hansen 3rd Place |
Rhea Matter |
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- 30 - Images are shared with permission. Click here for the list of all provincial winners and click here for a short video from a previous year's provincial competition. For more information please contact: Glyn Lewis Background *Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon is a parent-lead registered non-profit dedicated to creating quality and accessible French second language opportunities for all youth. *Concours d'art oratoire is a pan-Canadian French public speaking competition -- an estimated 85,000 students participate annually across Canada. *Student participants choose, develop, and present a 3 - 5 minute speech, en français. Students are free to select a subject/theme that interests them. *The provincial competition is open to all students, grades 6 through 12, who are learning French through programs such as: French Immersion, Core French, and the native Francophone School Board (SD93). For each grade there are the three categories. *The competition typically progresses through the following stages: 1) Students participate in their local classroom 2) Top students move on to the school district competition 3) Top students move on to the provincial competition 4) Top students in grade 12 move on to the national competition. *Concours is judged by French speaking volunteers, i.e. University/College professors, teachers, native Francophones, and French immersion graduates. For the official rules of Concours d'art oratoire click here. *French immersion enrolment in British Columbia has increased every year for the past 16 years. As of 2013/2014 there were over 51,000 students, or 8.0% of the entire study body, in French immersion. *There are 180,000 students in BC in the Core French program. There are over 5,000 in the native Francophone school board. For the latest French student enrolment trends in BC & YK click here.
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