Mississauga, May 7, 2021 – Grade 11 and 12 students participated in the province-wide French public speaking competition, le Concours d’art oratoire, organized by the Ontario Branch of Canadian Parents for French (CPF).

From February 17h to April 15h, Canadian Parents for French (Ontario) received video submissions from students from 5 school boards and 1 independent school across Ontario. This year’s competition involved video submissions. Students recorded themselves presenting an original speech on a topic of their choice. Impartial judges evaluated the videos. The following is the list of winners from Ontario:

Place

Category

Name

Grade

School and Board
1st Core Angela Zhang 12 Bayview Secondary School, York Region DSB
2nd Core Olivia Giordanella 11 Tommy Douglas Secondary School, York Region DSB
3rd Core Elijah Liu 12 Bayview Secondary School, York Region DSB
1st Extended Rachel Lin 12 Bayview Secondary School, York Region DSB
2nd Extended Bavan Pushpalingam 11 SATEC @ W.A Porter Collegiate Institute, Toronto DSB
3rd Extended Nina Zhuang 11 Unionville High School, York Region DSB
1st Immersion Terry Su 11 Milliken Mills High School, York Region DSB
1st Francophone Max Haim 11 Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School, York Region DSB
2nd Francophone Agnes Akenou 11 Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School, Peel DSB

Students who won 1st place in their category will receive a $4,000 scholarship to York University Glendon Campus. The winners are invited to participate in the Canadian Parents for French National finals. Students may submit the same video or re-record a new video of the same speech.

We congratulate the winners and look forward to being together for next year’s provincial event at York University Glendon Campus in Toronto. For more information, please click here.

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Contact:

Betty Gormley, Executive Director
Canadian Parents for French (Ontario)
bgormley@on.cpf.ca

Canadian Parents for French is the national network of volunteers that values French as an integral part of Canada and is dedicated to the promotion and creation of French Second Language learning opportunities for young Canadians.