In the interest of the safety and well-being of Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture (CYSA) participants, family members, and CYSA volunteers, CYSA has canceled the 2020 public speaking competition due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus and potential challenges of inter-provincial travel. Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture is a national, bilingual competition that provides… Read More
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Public speaking. For you 4-H-ers out there, you’ve probably competed in an agricultural-based public speaking competition before, whether it was to your excitement, or you were doing it because it was mandatory in your district. Growing up outside of the 4-H sphere, and not living in a big centre, these were skills I didn’t really… Read More
The Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture (CYSA) competition is held each fall in conjunction with Toronto’s Royal Agriculture Fair, allowing youth to speak up on a topic near and dear to their hearts. The event will be held November 2, 2019. This year, competitors have the option of speaking about one of the seven topics… Read More
Public speaking is an essential skill that has major benefits in both your personal and working life. For some people, public speaking comes naturally and for others it is a life-long mission to just be comfortable in front of a crowd. Every year at the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture (CYSA) competition at the Royal Winter… Read More
Today’s show is very diverse! We have Jessika Guse back to discuss the top ag news stories of the day with RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney. The pair discuss everything from the brand new inductees in to the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame, to what’s going on in China this week surrounding the international import… Read More
The 33rd Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition took place this past weekend at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. 27 competitors, ranging in age from 11 to 24, shared speeches in the senior and junior categories. “This is another exciting year for the competition for two reasons: this is the first we’ve had… Read More
This past Saturday, November 8th, saw the 2014 Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition crown its winners at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. Noah Burnett from Cormack, Newfoundland, took first place in the Junior competition with his speech discussing why he will choose a career in agriculture. First runner-up was Jyllian Kaliciak from… Read More
This past week not only marked the running of the Royal, formerly the Royal Agriculture Winter Fair, but also the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition in Toronto, Ont. Each year, bright young minds in two categories, junior and senior, gather together to give a five to seven minute speech on a given topic. Just… Read More
Sometimes, people who understand agriculture – farmers, for example – are reluctant to enter into a public forum to talk about the profession they love. Other times, they’ll stand up and speak voluntarily, as leaders of their commodity organization or farm group. But on at least one occasion, others still will actually pay for the… Read More
The Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture held its annual speaking event last weekend in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, at Toronto, Ont. RealAgriculture.com was there to film the promising speakers — an amazing mix of passionate, well-spoken and wise-beyond-their-years individuals. This year’s junior and senior winners respectively, Dasha Metropolitansky and Lydia Harrison, both… Read More