Students Experience the Francophone Working World through Community-Based Experiential Learning (FREN 346)
Students share about their experiences in a community-based experiential learning course that enables students to work with partner organizations within the francophone community. French 346: French at Work is a language course taught by Dr. Sylvia Bascou-Vallarino that gives students the linguistic skills to interact in a French-speaking workplace—from learning the appropriate etiquette to interact […]
Brand New Courses at UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Explore a variety of brand new courses in French, Spanish, Italian, and Romance Studies at UBC.
UBC’s French Program Introduces New Major, Minors and Honours
As of June 2021, UBC’s French program is replacing the former Major, Minor and Honours in French with two new streams of specialization: French Language, Literatures and Cultures: Available as a Minor, Major, or Honours program Designed for students with intermediate or advanced proficiency in French (CEFR B1 level or higher) Ideal for students who are interested […]
Romance Philology Students Translate and Encode Arthurian Literature
Students in our Romance Philology seminar (FREN 578) translated extracts from completely unedited Arthurian literature of the 15th Century and learned how to encode text in XML-TEI as part of the digital humanities aspect of this project.
“My Thesis in 180 Seconds” Winners: Joel Akinwumi and Magali Blanc
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies is pleased to announced that two of its PhD students, Joel Akinwumi and Magali Blanc, are winners at the Western Final of «Ma thèse en 180 secondes» (“My Thesis in 180 Seconds”) competition. Joel Akinwumi: Doctorate Award Winner Joel will go on to compete at the […]
Three PhD Students of French Will Be Participating in the Western Final of “My Thesis in 180 Seconds”
Three PhD Students of French Studies—Joel Akinwumi, Magali Blanc, and Andisheh Ghaderi—will be participating in the Western Final of “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” (Ma thèse en 180 secondes). During this competition, participants will publicly present their research in 180 seconds, in French, in front of a jury. Nearly $2,500 in scholarships will be distributed among […]
Francophonie Month
March is Francophonie Month! UBC’s Center de la Francophonie invites you to celebrate the French language and Francophone cultures with events organized across the country.