Professor Roxaneh Naghshi co-presented the films Nous, les LEROY and Ici et là-bas on November 3 and 9, 2024, respectively, at Cinéfranco, an annual international Francophone film festival in Toronto. Passionate about French culture, she regularly incorporates French literature and cinema into her innovative teaching approaches to create a dynamic and inclusive learning experience. On […]
On February 6, Professor Dominique Scheffel-Dunand delivered in French a lecture at the annual Franco-Ontarian forum of eCampus Ontario, titled “The AI Revolution: Adapting to and Adopting It Ethically and Responsibly to Transform French Learning in a Minority Context”. This conference aimed to explore how the postsecondary French language teaching sector—both in and of French—can […]
Professor Janusz Przychodzen, from the Department of French Studies at the Keele Campus, delivered in French a lecture titled “The Colors of Migration: A Phenomenological Perspective on a Classic of Quebec Literature”. This lecture took place on November 21, 2024, as part of the activities of the Research Center on Language and Culture Contact at […]
Professor and poet Lélia Young (lyoung@yorku.ca) is organizing a free poetry evening as part of the Francophonie Week on the theme of the Earth. Writers from Toronto such as Soufiane Chakkouche, Rajendra Gopal, Didier Leclair, A.M. Matte, Gabriel Osson, Paul Savoie, and Lélia Young will be present. The event will take place on Tuesday, March […]
The Francophone and Francophile Student Association at York University is more active than ever! They're organizing an event called "Chemins bilingues. What Can I Do With My French Degree?" which will be held in the Second Student Center on March 29, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This event will be conducted in English, and […]
DFS is now accepting registrations for its Summer School program, which includes a range of French courses such as Basic French, Intermediate French, French for Specialists, Linguistics, and Literature. There will be two sections available for Basic French AP/FR 1020, while Intermediate French AP/FR 1030 and French for Specialists AP/FR 1080 will have one section […]
Les « Oscars » du DÉF. Nombreux étudiant-e-s se sont mérité les prix décernés annuellement par le DÉF. Nous tenons à féliciter Brandon Bova, Natasha Latina, Raven Lovering et Shephali Gupta (Prix du consulat général de France), Maria Grisolia et Inass El Kaissy (Bourse David. M. Walker), Naomi Rose Catanus, Rachel Hazel Nazareth, Sabrina Anne […]
Le Département d’études françaises accueille en décembre, à l’invitation de notre collègue Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Stéphanie Mailles Viard Metz, professeure des universités de Sciences de l’Éducation et de la Formation à Aix Marseille Université en France. The Department of French Studies welcomes in December, at the invitation of our colleague Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Stéphanie Mailles Viard Metz, […]
Le Département d’études françaises à LA&PS est ravi d’annoncer que Sarah Bome est la récipiendaire du Prix Hédi Bouraoui 2020-2021 pour la dissertation Aventureux ou Aventurier ? écrite dans le cadre du cours AP/FR 4377 dirigé par Professeur J. Przychodzen. Le Prix Hédi Bouraoui est décerné annuellement à un/e étudiant/e de 3e ou 4e année […]
L’Observatoire de la langue française recueille et analyse des données sur la situation du français par pays, par secteur d’activité et dans les organisations internationales afin de pouvoir disposer de statistiques fiables sur la place et les usages de cette langue dans le monde. Avec ses partenaires privilégiés, l’Observatoire est au cœur de la réflexion […]