Two Newfoundlanders are participating in the Speaker’s Idol final today to discuss human rights and creating positive change.
Jaeda White, a grade 8 student at Crescent Collegiate in Blaketown, and Johnna Pike, a grade 12 student at Carbonear Collegiate, are among twelve finalists competing in the public-speaking competition hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies.
The two-round competition, being held virtually, will be assessed by a panel of judges who will determine the best speech from each round.
The finalists were chosen from a total of 254 students from across Canada.
The theme of this year’s speeches is Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal’s quote “Information is resistance.”
The online event begins this afternoon at 2:30 Newfoundland time.