Canadian Parents for French is pleased to announce the 15 winners of the 2021 national finals of Concours d’art oratoire and to share their winning videos with you.
This year, as the lockdown restrictions varied greatly between provinces and territories, competitions took place at the school level, and substituting in person presentations with original video speech submissions at the provincial / territorial level. From these, videos with the top 3 placements in their home province or territory were registered to qualify for judging at the national finals which took place virtually between June 1st-10th. We received a total of 45 videos which met the national competition eligibility criteria in one of five categories.
We are delighted to hold the Concours d’art oratoire national finals once again after a pause last year, even if it’s virtually. We are pleased to give the students a chance to showcase their French-speaking abilities once again. We congratulate these students on their success and we hope they inspire others and continue to champion the benefits of learning and using their second official language throughout their life.
Level 1: Core French
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Title: La maturité vient avec l’expérience
Name: Sameen Saeed
Province: New Brunswick
Title: Le racisme
Name: Rhea Gupta
Province: Manitoba
Title: La vie comme une chanson
Name: Angela Zhang
Province: Ontario
Level 2: Core Extended/Enriched/Advanced
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Title: Les scientifiques sont-ils tous des athées?
Name: Rachel Lin
Province: Ontario
Title: L’isolation dans la vie moderne
Name: Bavan Pushpaling
Province: Ontario
Title: Pourquoi nous devons garder l’éducation d’arts en vie?
Name: Seanne Buenafe
Province: Manitoba
Level 3: Late Immersion
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Title: Comment les intérêts personnels inspirent l’apprentissage?
Name: Salma Khattab
Province: Nova Scotia
Title: La mode éphémère
Name: Keira Jordan
Province: Manitoba
Title: La diversité et l’inclusion
Name: Julia Keefe
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Level 4: Early Immersion
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Title: La planète rouge
Name: Ozayr Raazi
Province: Saskatchewan
Title: La clé pour mieux Gérer le temps
Name: Terry Su
Province: Ontario
Title: D’où je viens?
Name: Jourmae Abengoza
Province: Manitoba
Level 5: Francophone
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Title: La malbouffe
Name: Alicia Régnier
Province: Manitoba
Title: Le naturisme: un exposé qui expose tout
Name: Lashyn Ahmad
Province: Alberta
Title: La réussite
Name: Noura Coulibaly
Province: Saskatchewan
All competitors are receiving a CPF swag gift bag and certificate of participation in the mail. Winners are receiving cash prizes from CPF and scholarship prizes will be confirmed in coordination with our partner post-secondary institutions.
For more information about CPF Concours eligibility and category information CLICK HERE.
Sponsored in part by:
Association des collèges
et universités de la francophonie canadienne – ACUFC
Le bilinguisme : c’est enrichissant! / It’s rewarding to be bilingual!
