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 2011, 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 the National Japanese Speech Contest (NJSC) in Calgary.

2011 Japanese Language Speech Contest Schedule

The 22nd National Japanese Language Speech Contest (Canada)
Sunday, March 26, 2011, 2:30pm - 6:00pm
Craigie Hall, C119, University of Calgary
Contact: Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research
Tel: (780) 492-1569, E-mail: ptjc@ualberta.ca
http://www.ptjc.ualberta.ca/NationalJapaneseSpeechContest.cfm

Regional Contests
British Columbia:
The Annual British Columbia Japanese Speech Contest
Saturday, March 5, 2011,  10:00 am
the University of British Columbia, Asian Centre
http://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/en/culture/culture_speech.htm 

Alberta:
Alberta Japanese Language Speech Contest
Saturday March 5, 2011, 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
University of Calgary Craigie Hall C119
Contact: Professor X. Jie Yang, University of Calgary
xyang@ucalgary.ca       (403) 220-7218              http://gsea.ucalgary.ca/20th-contest

Manitoba:
Manitoba Japanese Speech Contest
Friday, March 4, 2011, 6 pm
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Contact: Dr. William Lee, Director, Asian Studies Centre (leewj@ms.umanitoba.ca)

Ontario:
Ontario Japanese Language Speech Contest
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
University of Toronto
Contact: Prof. Ikuko Komuro-Lee, University of Toronto      (ojsc2011@gmail.com)
URL: http://buna.yorku.ca/ojsc

Ottawa Region:
Japanese Language Speech Contest in Ottawa
Saturday, March 5, 2011, 1:30 pm
Embassy of Japan
Contact: Ms. Kazuko Kobayashi  japanforyou@hotmail.com
Ms. Satoko Trivers (satoko.trivers@embjapan.ca)  (613) 241-8541

Quebec:
Japanese Language Speech Contest of Quebec
Sunday, March 6, 2011, time TBA
Université de Montréal
Contact: Prof. Kanaya Takehiro (taki@videotron.ca)

Atlantic Provinces:
Atlantic Canada Japanese Language Speech Contest
Saturday, March 12, 2011 (TBA) @ St. Mary’s University
Contact: Prof. Alexandre Avdulov (alexandre.avdulov@gmail.com)