The Effective Speaking Competition aims to:
1. To provide an opportunity for Air Cadets to increase their self-confidence; and increase their ability to reason, organize and express ideas;
2. To promote the citizenship component of local squadron training;
3. To provide a focus at the Local, Regional/Wing, Provincial/Territorial, and National levels, to promote and encourage Air Cadets to participate in an optional activity that will provide them with
an opportunity to acquire effective speaking skills through instruction and practice in a structured and competitive environment;
4. To increase public awareness regarding the citizenship and leadership aspects of the Air Cadet program at the national, provincial and local levels
2024 Competition
PEI Effective Speaking Competition will be held on April 13, 2024. Face-to-face style to be held at Holland College in Charlottetown.
90 Confederation Air Cadet Squadron are the hosts.
The ACC54 Cadet Application Form for the 2024 Effective Speaking Competition and the topics have been updated on on the National Website. Every cadet must complete an ACC54 to enter the Squadron level competition.
The ACC54 and topics can be found under EFFECTIVE SPEAKING RESOURCES at the following link: https://aircadetleague.com/effective-speaking-program/
The form is now completed directly on the website. Please make sure that cadets contact their CO and SSC Chair to confirm the reception of their request, once completed. (The automatic pdf file that will be generated could be sitting in the CO and SSC Chair’ spam emails)
Click HERE for all the rules and regulations
Click HERE for the CAF Program.
Effective Speaking Historical Information
The 2023 Effective Speaking Competition was hosted by 327 Southern Kings Air Cadets , results can be found HERE.
The 2022 Effective Speaking Competition, hosted by 641 West Prince Squadron, can be found HERE
The 2021 PEI Effective Speaking Competition, hosted by 53 Squadron, can be found HERE.
The 2019 competition was hosted by 60 Squadron. 2019 Competition Information
Check out this link, Andrew Haliday, current member of the ACL PEI was a past winner in 2000! andrew haliday