Celebrate Francophonie Month by attending several events hosted by UBC’s Centre de la Francophonie!
Atelier de poésie : Créer entre deux chaises
- Date: Thursday, March 17
- Time: 3:30-4:30 PM
- Location: Buchanan Tower, Room 726
- Language: French
- Description: Join our guest, poet Ariane Audet, for a restorative poetry workshop. No prior writing experience necessary!
Conférence : ‘Un cheval, des chevals’ : comment l’écriture du français nous apprend son histoire
- Date: Thursday, March 17
- Time: 5:00-6:00 PM
- Location: Zoom
- Language: French
- Description: Dive into the medieval manuscripts of copyists who had to imagine a writing system for French—a language that was in the process of being invented. Presented by Dr. Anne Salamon.
Club de lecture : La légèreté de Catherine Meurisse
- Date: Saturday, March 19
- Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
- Location: Zoom
- Language: French
- Description: Join a moderated discussion about a book titled La légèreté by cartoonist, illustrator, and comic strip author Catherine Meurisse, which is her attempt to search for the opposite of chaos: beauty. Moderated by Dr. Caroline Lebrec.
Intimités francophones d’eux : Projection du documentaire suivie d’une discussion
- Date: Thursday, March 24
- Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
- Location: Buchanan – Room A103
- Language: French, with English subtitles
- Description: Attend a documentary screening of Intimités francophones d’eux followed by a panel discussion with the directors! This documentary aims to raise awareness about the issues and identities of Francophones in the Americas.
Questions? Contact the Centre de la Francophonie at centre.francophonie@ubc.ca.
