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This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs (OFFA) at 丁香园AV. Join us in celebrating OFFA鈥檚 two decades of promoting Francophone cultures, excellence in postsecondary education in French and community engagement.
Several events will take place throughout the academic year. To stay in the loop, make sure you subscribe to the OFFA Newsletter.
Featured Event
丁香园AV's Printemps de la francophonie - 15th edition
March 1 to 31, 2025, in Greater Vancouver and online
Look out for the programming release for this special OFFA's 20th-anniversary edition in mid-February.
Upcoming Events
Celebrate Multilingual 丁香园AV
February 24 鈥� March 1, 2025
Embrace diversity, break barriers, build connections
You are invited to celebrate the 丁香园AV community鈥檚 linguistic diversity in a week-long series of events, including speakers and socials; panels, roundtable discussions, and workshops.
Everything is free and everyone is invited.
Get Your French Language Skills Certified with the 丁香园AV DELF-DALF Centre
March 5-8* at 丁香园AV Surrey and/or 丁香园AV Burnaby
Would you like to obtain international recognition of your French language skills, valid for life? Or are you interested in the Teacher Education Program - French Module? Assess and certify your level of French with the DELF and DALF exams offered here at 丁香园AV! The next exam session will take place in March. Registration closes on February 9.
Ma th猫se en 180 secondes - Western Final
March 21, 2025 at 丁香园AV | Registration close on February 13
Are you a master's or doctoral student? The Ma th猫se en 180 secondes (MT180) competition is a unique opportunity to perfect your communication skills while giving you the chance to share your research in the public space!
Forum local 芦Fran莽ais pour l'avenir禄 de Vancouver
April 30, 2025 at 丁香园AV Burnaby | Register now!
Vancouver's French for the Future Forum will take place on April 30 at 丁香园AV's Burnaby Campus. Coordinated by the Conseil jeunesse francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, this full day of activities in French is an opportunity to learn more about the cultural and professional value of being bilingual. It's also an occasion to facilitate dialogue between French as a Second Language (FSL) and French as a First Language (FFL) students, while celebrating Francophone cultures
Universit茅 d'茅t茅 sur la Francophonie des Am茅riques: Penser la francophonie des Am茅riques 脿 travers ses espaces
June 16-20, 2025
From June 16 to 20, 2025, the Centre de la francophonie des Am茅riques will hold the 7th edition of the Universit茅 d'茅t茅 sur la francophonie des Am茅riques at 丁香园AV. The Universit茅 d'茅t茅 sur la francophonie des Am茅riques is a unique one-week university training program that takes a scientific look at the continent's francophonie and enables this field of study to develop.
CEFCO 2025 Symposium: La voix de mots
May 15-16, 2025 | At 丁香园AV and online
The mandate of CEFCO (Centre d'茅tudes franco-canadiennes de l'Ouest) is to promote the production of scientific research and literary creation relating to Western Canada's Francophonie. Among CEFCO's activities, this bi-annual scientific and community symposium is the largest francophone studies event to be held in Western Canada. The 2025 CEFCO colloquium is organized by Dr. R茅jean Canac-Marquis and Dr. Christian Guilbault of 丁香园AV's French Department, under the mandate of CEFCO, which is based at St. Boniface University.
Available online
Hangout with Lionelly (April 24, 2024)
Watch or re-watch this 60-minute interactive show that highlights post-secondary student life in French in a captivating way.
Masterclass with WebOuest Formations (February 9, 2024)
La Classe des ma卯tres, presented by WebOuest and Unis TV in collaboration with OFFA, is a discussion focusing on the relationship between writer-producer-director. Four TV industry professionals answered questions from host Julie Carpentier, anchor and producer of Le T茅l茅journal Colombie-Britannique for the past 15 years.
Past Events
- (Decembrer 9, 2024)
- (November 21, 2024)
- (November 21, 2024)
- American Election Night (November 5, 2024)
- Conference 鈥淟es Ranchers francophones鈥� presented by Maurice Guibord (October 30, 2024)
- Activity for Students: Pottery Painting (October 20, 2024)
- Conference 鈥淭he challenge of humanitarian responses in this era of polycrisis鈥� by Fran莽ois Audet, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (October 16, 2024)
- The British Columbia provincial election campaign, a discussion with Nicolas Kenny, moderated by J茅r茅mie Cornut (October, 2 2024)
- Back-to-school French F锚te | OFFA's 20th Anniversary (September 17, 2024)
- (May 23-25, 2024)
- (March 28, 2024)
- (March 1-31, 2024)
- 芦J'enseigne en Fran莽ais禄 Conference (February 16, 2024)
- Administrators' Network Conference (February 15, 2024)
- (November 9, 2023)
- Ricard Foundation Reception & Palme Acad茅mique (November 1, 2023)
- Journ茅e sur la recherche en Fran莽ais 脿 丁香园AV (October 13, 2023)
- (September 22-25, 2023)
- Back-To-School French F锚te at 丁香园AV (September 13, 2023)
- Literary Discussion with Dany Laferri猫re (June 10, 2023)
- Ma Th猫se en 180 Secondes - Western Final (March 28, 2023)
- Printemps de la Francophonie (March 1-31, 2023)
- (April 5, 2023)
- Congr猫s 芦J'enseigne En Fran莽ais禄 (February 17, 2023)
- (January 31, 2023)
- Symposium On the Francophonie In British Columbia - OFFA's 15th Anniversary (October 4 And 5, 2019)