We are delighted to announce the names of the Online Semifinalists who are invited to compete at the 2014 Poetry In Voice National Finals.
ENGLISH STREAM |
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| Student | School / Teacher | City |
| Luke Steeves |
Bernice Macnaughton High School Colleen Dunnet |
Moncton, NB |
| Phoenix Sandrock |
Canterbury High School Deborah James |
Ottawa, ON |
| Jocelyn Hoevenaars* |
Catholic Central High School Mary McNeil, Lisa Mendonca |
London, ON |
| Simran Cheema |
Crofton House School Kathy MacRae |
Vancouver, BC |
| Nicole Hemphill |
Dr. Charles Best Secondary School Diane Silzer |
Coquitlam, BC |
| Yomna Mohamed |
Edmonton Islamic Academy Amal Saleh |
Edmonton, AB |
| Ian Hogeboom-Burr |
Etobicoke School of the Arts Enid Wray, Roseanne Lidstone |
Toronto, ON |
| Tiffany Toussaint |
Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Vincent Valeri |
Toronto, ON |
| Sarah Nyenhuis |
Middleton Regional High School David Stewart |
Middleton, NS |
| Breanna Ching |
Montague Regional High School Trisha Burrows |
Montague, PE |
| David Macintyre |
Philemon Wright High School Geneviève Forget |
Gatineau, QC |
| Daniel Milton |
Prince of Wales Secondary School Michael Choi |
Vancouver, BC |
| Leo Chang |
St. George’s School Sheena Matthews |
Vancouver, BC |
| Olivia Perry |
St. James All-Grade School Bonita Wheeler |
Lark Harbour, NL |
| Bartek Mozdzen |
St. John’s-Kilmarnock School David Newman |
Breslau, ON |
| Peirce Dickson |
St. John’s-Ravenscourt School Mark Duncan |
Winnipeg, MB |
| Sai Kolla |
The Woodlands School Ayanna Toney-West, Benjamin Bombier |
Mississauga, ON |
| Roan Shankaruk |
Vancouver Technical Secondary School Denise Clark |
Vancouver, BC |
| Tyra Anne Forde |
Virtual Learning Centre Shannon Kuypers |
Lindsay, ON |
BILINGUAL STREAM |
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| Student | School / Teacher | City |
| Marissa Tailleur |
Alberta Distance Learning Centre Patrick Fountain |
Barrhead, AB |
| Madina Sutton |
Citadel High School Chris Sutton |
Halifax, NS |
| Ivan Fonseca* |
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Rosalie Lessard |
Montréal, QC |
| Marianne Verville |
Cégep du Vieux Montréal Nathaly Ledoux, Richard Lachance |
Montréal, QC |
| Kelsi James |
Dr. Charles Best Secondary School Diane Silzer |
Coquitlam, BC |
| Marie Foolchand |
École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé Tania Gismondi, Diana Petrovski |
Toronto, ON |
| Ian Del Rio Wheatley* |
École secondaire Jules-Verne Meridith Vance-Gatien, Pierre Wingender |
Vancouver, BC |
| Vicky Yi Qing Liu |
Fraser Heights Secondary School Julia MacRae |
Surrey, BC |
| Laura Moberg |
Gladstone Secondary School Pierre Dubé |
Vancouver, BC |
| Isabel Sarty |
Gorsebrook Junior High School Andrea Bryson, Basil Rose |
Halifax, NS |
| Andrea Rodriguez-Marin |
Lycée Français de Toronto Richard Sanger |
Toronto, ON |
| Abbey Zirnhelt |
Mary, Mother of God School Patricia Egan |
Toronto, ON |
| Stephanie Fennell |
St. John’s-Ravenscourt School Mark Duncan |
Winnipeg, MB |
| Valérie Taillefer |
Villa Sainte-Marcelline Françoise Assaad, Vilia Bulota |
Westmount, QC |
FRENCH STREAM |
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| Student | School / Teacher | City |
| Shanie Martin |
Cité Des Jeunes A.-M.-Sormany Valérie Hachey |
Edmundston, NB |
| Félix Bouchard Langlois |
Collège De Lévis Sophie Gamache |
Lévis, QC |
| Chantelle Schwartz |
Crofton House School Kathy MacRae |
Vancouver, BC |
| Mattis Savard-Verhoeven |
Cégep du Vieux Montréal Nathaly Ledoux, Richard Lachance, Denise Ally |
Montréal, QC |
| Ophélie Proulx-Giraldeau |
École internationale de Montréal Marlène Sohier, Marie-Claude Breton |
Westmount, QC |
| Florence Blais-Boilard |
École secondaire Beaurivage Nathalie Lebeau |
St-Agapit, QC |
| Nicolas Desnoyers |
École Secondaire St-Joseph Michèle Lemelin |
St-Hyacinthe, QC |
| Khalil Mair |
Toronto French School Caryl A. Grimsley |
Toronto, ON |
| Mathilde Murphy |
Villa Sainte-Marcelline Françoise Assaad, Vilia Bulota |
Westmount, QC |
*Unable to attend
Students from across Canada submitted videos of their recitations, and our panel of 10 poet judges weighed each performance and selected the top students.
Finalists will travel to Vancouver and compete for $25,000 in awards and school stipends on May 8 & 9 2014.