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Newsletter - Fall 2022

FALL 2022

Discover the news of the Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs (OFFA) at 間眅埶AV (間眅埶AV) as well as everything else that is happening in French at 間眅埶AV! Happy reading and a great school year to all!

What's new at OFFA?

The Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs at 間眅埶AV is pleased to welcome 3 new employees to complete and enrich its dynamic team!

Monica Tang as Coordinator - French L2 Identity Framework. In this position, Monica Tang will provide identity support to students, student-teachers and French teachers (FSL, Immersion and CSF) as well as professional development on identity issues related to learning and teaching French in a minority setting.

Tia Mortimer as Administrative Assistant (temporarily replacing Katrina Cl矇ment on maternity leave). Tia is a graduate of the French Cohort Program and in this position, she will provide administrative, budgetary and office management support to OFFA.

Aliyah Datoo as Recruitment and Student Life Assistant. Aliyah is also a graduate of the French Cohort Program and a Master's student in Political Science at 間眅埶AV. She will be assisting the team with student recruitment and student life programming.

Welcome to the team!

From left to right: Shauna, Fara, Christine, R矇mi, Anne Marie, Caroline, Isabelle, Gino. Bottom row: Sandie, Rachelle, Tia, Laurence, Aliyah & Monica

Meet the OFFA team

PHOTO RECAP: 嚜濁ACK-TO-SCHOOL FRENCH FTE

A FESTIVE BACK-TO-SCHOOL CELEBRATION AS WE LIKE IT

Raclette feast, DJ, musical performance by Missy D... More than 150 of you took part in the Back-to-school French F礙te on Friday, September 9th on the Burnaby campus!

We thank you for your participation and look forward to seeing you at our future events. We would also like to thank Radio-Canada Colombie-Britannique as well as our other partners and collaborators who made this event festive and memorable.

Another special thanks to Ga禱tan Nerinxc for the great pictures that we share with you here ! 

間眅埶AV POLITICAL SCIENCE CONGRATULATES TIMOTHY VAN DEN BRINK ON HIS SSHRC DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

When Ph.D. student Timothy van den Brink learned that he had been awarded an SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship of $20,000 per year for four years, he knew he could now focus full-time on his academic research. With Supervisor Professor R矇mi L矇ger, van den Brink is examining language politics in Canada.

Our first project is investigating the road maps and action plans used by the current and past federal governments to shape the discussion of language governance and set the tone for future policy, he says.

Read the complete article

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MATERIAL WORLD IN OUR IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION

Magali Forte, a student in the , was interviewed by Radio-Canada to talk about her thesis entitled Agencements sociomat矇riels et relations dans diverses 矇cologies d'enseignement et d'apprentissage en contexte de r矇conciliation.

 (only available in French).

Congratulations, Magali, on this great accomplishment! 

PROGRAMS IN ADMISSION

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - FRENCH MODULE (PDP)

  • Applications open from: October 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023
  • Next start date: September 2023

PROFESSIONAL LINK PROGRAM (PLP)

  • Applications open from October 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023
  • Next start date: January 2024

FRENCH COHORT PROGRAM IN PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS(FCP)

  • Applications open from: October 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023
  • Next start date: September 2023

MASTER IN EDUCATION (MA, MED): 竄L'DUCATION EN 幛賊插捧插梆釦 EN CONTEXTES DE DIVERSIT罈 (間眅埶AV CAMPUS)

  • Applications open from: October 1, 2022 to March 15, 2023
  • Next start date: September 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Embassy of Belgium to Canada and OFFA invite you to a Belgian movie night and to the screening of the movie Une Vie d矇mente (in French with English subtitles) as part of the Ambassador's visit to Vancouver. It is free and there are still a few tickets available.

竄J'ENSEIGNE EN 幛賊插捧插梆釦罈 CONFERENCE | FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This professional development day is for all educators who see themselves in a "J'enseigne en fran癟ais" context in British Columbia! Save the date. Details of the program will be available online shortly.

PRINTEMPS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE | MARCH 2023

Le Printemps de la francophonie will be back in March 2023! With a rich program of cultural, academic and professional activities, the PDLF is also an opportunity to create and strengthen ties with the community. Community partners and members of the 間眅埶AV community, this is the time to discuss possible collaborations for hosting a speaker or organizing an activity. Write to Laurence Gagnon at offa_coor@sfu.ca