We are delighted to highlight the names of the Online Semifinalists who were invited to compete at the 2013 Poetry In Voice National Finals.
ENGLISH STREAM |
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| School / Teacher | Student | City |
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Canterbury High School Deborah James |
Alexandra McGowan | Ottawa |
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École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé Jeffrey Hughes |
Eleni Kolovos | Toronto |
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Father James Whelihan Tyler Perry |
Caitlin Botros | Calgary |
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Gorsebrook Junior High Andrea Klug-Bryson, Basil Rose |
Wanda Hannah Beck | Halifax |
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Heritage Woods Secondary School Tara Olchowy |
Colin Fehr | Port Moody |
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Little Flower Academy Mary Duffy |
Dede Akolo | Vancouver |
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London Central Secondary School Glenna Atkinson, Ola Nowosad |
Michelle Ha | London |
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Mary, Mother of God School Patricia Armstrong Egan |
Barbara Egan | Toronto |
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Michael Power/St. Joseph High School Anthony De Sa |
Pearl Zaki | Etobicoke |
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Port Moody Secondary School Wendy Hawkin |
Maxine Owers | Port Moody |
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St. Andrew’s Regional High School Michele Sanders |
Sarah Gibbs | Victoria |
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St. James All-Grade School Bonita Wheeler |
Monica Rotchford | Lark Harbour |
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St. John’s-Ravenscourt School Mark Duncan, Ray Grynol |
Peirce Dickson | Winnipeg |
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Tantramar Regional High School Joceline Young |
Victoria Sommerville-Kelso | Sackville |
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Toronto French School Caryl A. Grimsley |
Kathleen Chen | Toronto |
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Vancouver Technical Secondary School Denise Clark |
Kyla Kane | Vancouver |
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West Point Grey Academy Tracey Lee, Wendy McGee |
Samantha Starkey | Vancouver |
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Westmount High School Layla Khanji, Ryan Ruddick |
Alexandria Brault | Westmount |
BILINGUAL STREAM |
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| School / Teacher | Student | City |
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Canterbury High School Deborah James |
Sam Downs | Ottawa |
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Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Rosalie Lessard |
Ivan Fonseca | Montréal |
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Crofton House School Frankie Cena |
Arrthy Thayaparan | Vancouver |
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École internationale de Montréal Marie-Claude Breton, Marlène Sohier |
Victor Lewis | Montréal |
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École secondaire du Sommet Lucie Michaud |
Shannon Couillard | Halifax |
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Langley Christian High School Cynthia McCarthy |
Ben Budlong | Langley |
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Lycée Français de Toronto Richard Sanger, Florian Soletti |
Elisabeth Sohier-Poirier | Toronto |
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Lycée Louis Pasteur Céline Chevalier-Sirodot |
Maelys Beliazi* | Calgary |
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Mount Douglas Secondary School Ben Greene |
Nathan How* | Victoria |
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Port Moody Secondary School Wendy Hawkin |
Dena Tabyanian | Port Moody |
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Porter Creek Secondary School Marie Edith Daigle |
Surat Jalalov | Whitehorse |
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St. John’s-Ravenscourt School Mark Duncan, Ray Grynol |
Stephanie Fennell | Winnipeg |
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Toronto French School Caryl A. Grimsley |
Khalil Mair | Toronto |
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Westmount High School Layla Khanji, Ryan Ruddick |
Aisha Nafees | Westmount |
FRENCH STREAM |
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| School / Teacher | Student | City |
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Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert Christine Verville |
Juliette Lafrenière | Saint-Lambert |
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Collège Lionel-Groulx Agnès Grimaud |
Anne Leblanc | Sainte-Thérèse |
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Collège Saint-Hilaire Marie-Andrée Arsenault |
Léa Trudel | Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
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Crofton House School Frankie Cena |
Natasha Jadavji | Vancouver |
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Cégep du Vieux Montréal Nathaly Ledoux |
Emmanuelle Gauthier | Montréal |
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École internationale de Montréal Marie-Claude Breton, Marlène Sohier |
Cathy Guo | Montréal |
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Gorsebrook Junior High Andrea Klug-Bryson, Basil Rose |
Madina Sutton | Halifax |
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Lycée Français de Toronto Richard Sanger, Florian Soletti |
Tess Exshaw | Toronto |
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Villa Sainte-Marcelline Françoise Assaad |
Sarah Kordlouie | Westmount |
*Unable to attend
Students from across Canada submitted videos of their recitations, and our panel of 22 poet judges weighed each performance and selected the top students.
Finalists travelled to Toronto and competed for $25,000 in awards and school stipends on May 14 & 15 2013.
To find out more about how the competition unfolded, click here.