Carleton Students Prizewinners in Japanese Language Speech Contest

On March 7th, local students studying Japanese language gathered at the Embassy of Japan for the 26^th Japanese Language Speech Contest in Ottawa. Twelve Carleton students were competing in three categories: beginners, intermediate, and advanced.

Here is the list of winners:

1. Amieke Walker (JAPA 3021) as a first prize winner will be representing Carleton and Ottawa in the Advanced Category on March 28^th in Calgary. Her speech was titled: The charm of the handmade.
2. Michelle Poon (JAPA 3020) won the second prize in the Intermediate Category for her speech Happiness.

Special prizes were awarded to:

1. Rufino Ansara (JAPA 3021) for his speech The world beyond the door
2. Weiyi Pei (JAPA 4020) for her speech titled: The meaning of authenticity.

Congratulations!