Mois de la Francophonie

Thursday, March 3

IMELDA Round Table: The Plurality of Heritage Discourses in Western Canada

3 p.m.—4:30 p.m. | Virtual event

Friday, March 4

Micro-training: Doing grammar from children's books: theory and activities for the class

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m. | Virtual Event

Joël Thibeault - Université of Ottawa

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Wednesday, March 9

« La Poésie, c’est dans la peau » French poetry reading

12 p.m.—12:30 p.m. | In-person in the auditorium or the student lounge

Bernard Salva and a few surprise guests offer readings of texts; poetry-theater-cinema-storytelling. Sharing the love of words.

Thursday, March 10

Friday, March 11

Micro-training: Identity building is everyone’s business!

12 p.m.—2p.m. | Virtual event

Chantal Desgagné — Conseil scolaire FrancoSud

Tuesday, March 15

Patrice Lumumba in transnational French-speaking culture

4 p.m. | Virtual event

IMELDA in collaboration with the Department of Drama of the Faculty of Arts (University of Alberta) is pleased to welcome Dr. Julien Bobineau (Universität Würzburg). Dr. Bobineau will present: Patrice Lumumba in Transnational Francophone Culture.

Dr. Bobineau is an Assistant Professor in French and French Literature at the Institute of Modern Languages ​​at the University of Würzburg. In 2017, he completed his doctorate on postcolonial theory and colonial discourses in Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Bobineau is interested in the history, literature, politics and arts of the African Francophonie as well as colonial memory, racism and anti-colonialist movements in Europe and Africa.

Wednesday, March 16

« La Poésie, c’est dans la peau » French poetry reading

Noon-12:30 p.m. | In-person in the auditorium or the student lounge

Bernard Salva and a few surprise guests offer readings of texts; poetry-theater-cinema-storytelling. Sharing the love of words.

Thursday, March 17

Friday, March 18

A Critical Look at Alberta's New Curriculum

12 p.m.— 2 p.m. | Virtual Event

Round table with Natalie Boisvert, Laurent Cammarata, Martine Cavanagh, Élissa Corsi, Hélène Flamand, Eva Lemaire, Dominic Manuel, Pierre Rousseau - Faculté Saint-Jean

Thursday, March 24

« Slam m’amuse! » Slam poetry presentation in French

7 p.m. | In-person event

AUFSJ and Théâtre à l'Ouest present the first Campus Saint-Jean Slam event, with the ADRAM-FRANC 249 class at the mic! With the participation of Josée Thibeault (slam) and Daniel Akira (percussion and sound effects).

Teacher and slam director: Bernard Salva

With the support of Farm Credit Canada

Friday, March 25

Cabaret Champagne et Citron

8 p.m. | In-person event

Théâtre à l'Ouest , Campus Saint-Jean's theatre group, presents a cabaret adventure. With texts by Karl Valentin.

Jason Kodie on the accordion.

Lighting and scenography: Witold Kurpinski.

Costumes: Isabelle Rousseau.

Design and staging: Bernard Salva

Saturday, March 26

The Bilingual Revolution: a Fabrice Jaumont conference

3 p.m. | In-person event

Alliance Française of Edmonton and Campus Saint-Jean are proud to welcome Fabrice Jaumont, specialist in education, as part of the Mois de la Francophonie events.

Fabrice Jaumont will explore the following points: Why we need a bilingual revolution, The benefits of bilingualism, Action plan to create bilingual or immersion programs in public schools, What success of a bilingual education looks like. The conference will be followed by an exchange between the participants and Fabrice Jaumont, then by a signing session.

Fabrice Jaumont is a French-born author and educator known for his advocacy of bilingual education around the world. He is the author of several books translated into different languages, such as this eponymous book from the conference "The Bilingual Revolution, the future of education is written in two languages" (2017), as well as "The Gift of Languages : Paradigm Shift in Foreign Language Education (2019).

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