Japanese Section
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
| Address: |
4700 Keele Street, Toronto,
Canada, M3J 1P3 |
| Phone: |
416-736-5016 |
Fax:
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416-736-5483 |
Main Office:
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Ross South 580 |
Counter Hours:
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8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(Monday - Friday)
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「日本語科
にようこそ」
Welcome to the Japanese Studies Program !
Highlight
- Nine students
participated in the 38th
Ontario Japanese Speech
Contest held on February 29,
2020. All of them presented
their speeches extremely well
and York has five prize
winners.
- Grand prize
(Beginners) Lily Feng
(jp1000)
- 3rd
prize (Beginners) Mohona
Meeftahul
(jp1000)
- 1st
prize (Intermediate) Anson
Wong (jp2000)
- Special
Effort prize
(Intermediate) Divine
Domingo
(jp2000)
- Subaru
Special prize (Open) Michael
Tracey
(jp3000)1st
- Y-File:
York students make their
mark at Ontario Japanese
Speech Contest link
- YouTube link
- The three participants of York
University won the top prizes at the 31st
National Japanese Speech Contest held on line on
March 29, 2020. Congratulations!
- 1st prize (Beginners) Lily
Feng
- 1st prize (intermediate) Anson
Wong
- 2nd prize (Open) Michael
Tracey
- YouTube link
- F-File link
- Seven students
participated in the 39th Ontario Japanese Speech
Contest held on line on March 7, 2021. All of
them presented their speeches extremely well and
York has six prize winners. Congratulations!
- Grand Prize: Peter Wenxiang Zang
(Intermediate)(jp2000)
- 1st prize (Beginners): Heshan Wadumasethrige (jp1000)
- 2nd prize (Beginners): Taek Oh (jp1000)
- 3rd prize (Beginners): Harmony Newcombe (jp1000)
- 1st prize (Open): Lilika Zhang (jp3000)
- Special Prize (advanced): name withheld by request (jp3000)
- Y-File link
- All three York participants won
the 1st prize in the National Contest. Congratulations!
- 1st prize (Beginners):
Heshan
Wadumasethrige
- 1st prize
(Intermediate): Peter Wenxiang
Zang
- 1st prize
(Open): Lilika Zhang
- Y-File
link
- Six students
participated in the 40th
Ontario Japanese Speech
Contest held on line on March
6, 2022. All of them won the
following top prizes. Congratulations!
- Grand Prize
(Advanced 1st): Hyokyoung
Han (jp3000)
- 1st prize
(Beginners): Elvin Yam
(jp1000)
- 2nd prize
(Beginners): Janel
Acheampong (jp1000)
- 2nd
prize (Advanced): Shirley
Ho (jp3000)
- Special
Prize (Beginners): Keying
Ren (jp1000)
- Special
Prize
(Intermediate): Harmony
Newcombe (jp2000)
- Y-File
link
- Japanese
Studies
professor, Norio
Ota, awarded
Order of Japan Y-File
link
Consulate
link
- Japanese
Studies
professor,
Norio Ota,
awarded the
Fumiko
Ikawa-Smith
Award for
life-time
service to the
Japan Studies
Association of
Canada (JSAC),
October 2022.
- Eight students participated in the
41st Ontario
Japanese held
on March 4,
2023. Six of
them won the
following
prizes.
Congratulations!
- Grand
Prize
(Advanced
1st): name
withheld by
request
(jp3200)
- 1st
prize
(Intermediate):
Ava-Karie
Hislop
(jp2000)
- 2nd
prize
(Intermediate):
Chengsi
Ma
(jp2000)
- 3rd
prize
(Intermediate):
Afia
Fobi (jp2000)
- 1st
prize
(Beginners): Ahmed Arman (jp1000)
- 2nd
prize
(Beginners): Maximos Yao (jp1000)
- Y-File
link
- York
students won big at the 34th National
Japanese Speech Contest of Canada held on
March 27, 2023. The prize winners are the
following. Congratulations!
- Grand
Prize
(Advanced): Name withheld by request
- 1st Prize (Intermediate): Ava-Karie Hislop
- 3rd Prize (Beginners): Ahmed Arman
- List of all the prize winners: link
- Y-File link
- York language students work with
Japanese
writing
buddies
Y-File link
- DLLL Student Awards
2022-2023@Founders
College,
October 20,
2023 photo
Congratulations!
- Best student in JP1000:
Justyn Chai (JP1000)
- Peter Sato Award 2023: name
withheld by
request
(JP2010)
- Peter Sato Award 2023: Ava-karie
Hislop
(JP2000)
- Peter Sato Award 2023: Arman
Ahmed
(JP1000)
- Volunteer: Arianna
Carrera
(JP3070)
- Two York
students were selected and invited to Japan
on the Kakehashi Project sponsored by the
Japanese government
- Ava-Karie
Hislop
(jp2000,
2022-23)
- Maximos Yao
(jp2000)
- York students did well at the 42nd
Ontario
Japanese
Speech Contest
held on March
3, 2024. 8
students
participated
in the contest
and all
presented
excellent
speeches. The
following are
the prize
winners. Congratulations!
- Grand
Prize
(Advanced): Hei Tung Chloe Shek (jp2010,
jp3070)
- 1st Prize (Open): Wonkyung
Lee (jp2000)
- 3rd Prize (Intermediate): Binying
Wan (jp2000)
- 2nd Prize (Beginners): Secret
Shields
(jp1000)
- Y-File
link
- York students won the top
prizes in the 35th National Japanese Speech
Contest held at the Embassy of Japan in
Ottawa on March 24, 2024. The prize winners
are the following. Congratulations!
- 1st
Prize
(Advanced)
& Mitsui
& Co.
Award:
Hei Tung Chloe
Shek
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