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The 24th
Ontario
Japanese
Speech Contest was held at University of Toronto
on March 11,
Saturday. Despite the fierce competitions among the 49 participants
from
various institutions, all the York students (10) presented excellent
speeches,
and I am absolutely ecstatic to report to you that York won the top
prizes in
all four categories (Beginners', Intermediate, Advanced and Open), one
2nd prize and two special prizes.
This
result is even better than the one of last year (three top prize
winners). The
following are the prize winners this year.
Mr. Enrico Bianco
(AS/JP3000) Grand Prize [Intermediate]
Mr. John Baig (AS/JP1000) Grand Prize
Honorable
Mention [Beginners']
Ms. Chung Min Lee (AS/JP3000) 1st Prize [Advanced]
Mr. Shinichi Kitano (AS/JP4010, AS/JP4120) 1st Prize [Open]
Mr. Terry Park (AS/JP3000) 2nd Prize [Intermediate]
Ms. Angela Heung (AS/JP2000) Consul General's Prize [Intermediate]
Mr. Jayson Young (AS/JP1000) Canon Humor
Prize [Beginners']
Winners of the 24th OJSC
The above four
top prize winners are qualified to participate in the
17th National Japanese Speech Contest (Canada) to represent Ontario,
which will be held at York University on April 2.
Professor Noriko Yabuki-Soh acted as the
Chair of the
Organizing
Committee, and Professor Gergana Ivanova
as an MC. I would like to thank
both of them and Professor Kiyoko Toratani
for
coaching students with me
to lead York
to
this historic Quadruple Crown victory.
I would like to thank many York
students who volunteered to help the
proceedings of the Contest, including JISA members.
Please join me to congratulate the winners on their excellent
performances and superb achievements.
--
Norio Ota <nota@yorku.ca>
Coordinator
Japanese Studies, Korean & Computing (Languages)
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
York University, Toronto, Canada
Office: Rm 532 Ross South
Phone: (416)736-2100 ext. 88750
Fax: (416)736-5483
Web: http://buna.arts.yorku.ca/
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