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:''Not to be confused with the Postmedia Canspell National Spelling Bee, or the Scripps National Spelling Bee.'' The Spelling Bee of Canada is a charitable, educational spelling bee organization founded by Julie Spence in the Greater Toronto Area in 1987.〔〕 As of 2012 over 46,000 children have participated in the competition. The SBOC holds an annual spelling competition for children 6–14 years of age. Participants are divided into three age categories: primary, 6–8; junior, 9–11; and intermediate, 12–14.〔 15+ students will become mentors to participants in their region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕 Though SBOC operates primarily in Ontario, contestants from other provinces are allowed to register and have competed in the past.〔 The 2014 SBOC finals took place on 11 May 2014 at a downtown Toronto hotel. The regional competition in April 2014 had 3,000 participants, 84 of whom went on to the finals. The championship title comes with over $10,000 in cash prizes.〔 Julie Spence founded SBOC in order to engage parents and children. Spelling bees were popular in Jamaica where she grew up, and she recalls realizing during the competitions "how much () brought people together". She is happy with the growth of SBOC but disappointed by the extremely low number of black participants, and she has encountered many black parents who do not want their children to compete. Veronica Taylor, a Barbadian-born mental health counsellor and the president of SBOC's Hamilton chapter, is also concerned about the lack of black participation, saying that black parents are not encouraging their children but letting them decide if they want to compete. Laurel Broten, Ontario's Minister of Education, praised the SBOC for helping children in the primary, junior and intermediate age ranges improve their vocabulary and public speaking. "As Minister of Education, I understand the importance of the work you do to help youth across Ontario enrich their learning and build self-confidence," she said.〔 ==List of provincial winners== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spelling Bee of Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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