Japanese Language Speech Contest
To promote Japanese-language learning and encourage Japanese-language students in their studies, Japanese-language speech contests are held every spring in regions across Canada. The winners of the regional contests advance to a national competition, held in a chosen host city. The Japan Foundation supports the speech contests through its Japanese Speech Contest Support Program.
In 2010, regional speech contests will be held in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Ottawa and Toronto regions, Quebec and Nova Scotia (see dates below). The first prize winners of the four categories in the regional speech contests are eligible to participate in National Japanese
Speech Contest (NJSC) in Toronto.
The 21st National Japanese Language Speech Contest (Canada)
Sunday, March 28, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
York University, Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.buna.arts.yorku.ca/njsc/
Regional Contests
British Columbia:
Japanese Language Speech Contest of B.C. District
Saturday, March 6, 2010 time TBA
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Campus
http://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/en/culture/culture_speech.htm
Alberta:
Japanese Language Speech Contest of Alberta
Sunday, March 7, 2010, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
University of Alberta
Contact: Xiao Zhang (ptjc@ualberta.ca)
Manitoba:
Manitoba Japanese Speech Contest
Friday, March 5, 2010, time TBA
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Contact: Dr. William Lee, Director, Asian Studies Centre (leewj@ms.umanitoba.ca)
Ontario:
Japanese Language Speech Contest of Ontario
Saturday, March 13, 2010, Time TBA
University of Toronto
http://buna.yorku.ca/ojsc
Ottawa Region:
Japanese Language Speech Contest in Ottawa
Saturday, March 6, 2010, time TBA
Embassy of Japan
Contact: Prof. Yoko Azuma Prikryl (yoko_azuma-prikryl@carleton.ca)
Tel: (613) 241-8541
Quebec:
Japanese Language Speech Contest of Quebec
March 6, 2010, time TBA
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Contact: Hirai Misa (hirai.misa@uqam.ca)
Atlantic Provinces:
Atlantic Canada Japanese Language Speech Contest
March 13, time TBA
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Contact: Miyako Oe (moe@mta.ca)
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