That’s a wrap!
Félicitations to all students that participated in Dites-le en vidéo this year! We learned a ton and we’re so proud of what you’ve all accomplished.
- Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon is a parent-lead registered non-profit dedicated to creating quality and accessible French second language opportunities for all youth.
- Dites-le en vidéo is a contest for students across Canada to showcase their French speaking and video making skills.
- This online competition was first piloted in spring 2020 to offer an alternative event during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many in-person opportunities were cancelled. While most in-person events have now returned, many students told us that they really enjoyed the more casual and accessible virtual format.
- Between October 16 and November 19, 2023, students from across Canada were invited to submit videos in French on anything from their favourite hobbies to their takes on current events.
- All Canadian students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 were welcome to participate. Submissions for Kindergarten to Grade 5 were not judged competitively. Submissions for Grades 6-12 were judged by volunteer judges from across Canada.
- Volunteer judges watched and evaluated students’ Dites-le en vidéo submissions, and selected the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place winners with their judging team according to the Evaluation Rubric.
- Evaluations were based on French language & video abilities, and judges did not take into account the subject matter. Opinions expressed in the videos are not necessarily those of Canadian Parents for French or its volunteer judges.
2023 Dites-le en vidéo winners
Core French
1st Place | Sabine Cuesta | Ontario
2nd Place | Audrey Fooks | British Columbia
3rd Place | Evelyn Wong | Ontario
1st Place | Erwin Mok | British Columbia
2nd Place | Maya Soles | British Columbia
3rd Place | David Donegan | British Columbia
French Immersion
1st Place | Munnat Minhas | British Columbia
2nd Place | Maria Baraban | Manitoba
3rd Place | Michael Caswell | New Brunswick
1st Place | Natasha Parmar | British Columbia
2nd Place | Gabe Marinova | British Columbia
3rd Place | Adora Chen | British Columbia
1st Place | Maya Piesik | British Columbia
2nd Place | Alex Ma | British Columbia
3rd Place | Anapartha Ajrekar | British Columbia
1st Place | Milla Laybourne | British Columbia
2nd Place | Reva Miller | British Columbia
3rd Place | Jillian Plotkin | British Columbia
1st Place | Rohaani Singh | Ontario
2nd Place | Amelia Lucas | British Columbia
3rd Place | Haoyun Zhao | Ontario
Francophone
1st Place | Sophie Jaxa Debicka | Manitoba
2nd Place | Alexia Jomphe | British Columbia
3rd Place | Millie Perreault | British Columbia
1st Place | Noah Assakkali | British Columbia
2nd Place | Melissa Zhao | British Columbia
3rd Place | Luc Saretsky | Saskatchewan
NOTE: The number of submissions we received varied considerably between different grades and programs. Consequently, some categories were combined or divided to balance the number of participants and therefore the level of competition in all groups. For split categories, participants were randomly divided into 2 equal groups, which were judged separately and a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner was chosen for each group.