During autumn quarter 2022, Hedwige Meyer, teaching professor of French, brought Michel Jean, author of the award-winning novel, Kukum, to her FRENCH 301: Language in the Francophone World course via Zoom. The students read Kukum prior to the visit by the author. The 90-minute meeting allowed the students to deepen their understanding of the book and

In May 2022, the Center partnered with UW in the High School to provide professional development training for French teachers on Québec topics. UW in the High School includes almost 20 educators who teach UW French language courses to high school students across the state. This year the Center sponsored Sarah Hurlburt, professor of French

Teaching professor Hedwige Meyer and associate teaching professor Lorenzo Giachetti adapted an introductory textbook from Éditions Maison des Langues. Défi Francophone 1 (2021) a French-language textbook from Éditions Maison des Langues is currently being taught in UW’s first year French language courses. The pedagogy is deeply rooted in task-based language learning. And, francophone culture(s) are at the

Michelle Browne, a first-generation American, has a deep commitment to immigrant communities and the laws that guide them. — As a first-generation American, I believe strongly in a fair and welcoming immigration system that recognizes the contribution immigrants make to their adopted countries. Immigrants grow our economies and infuse our communities with diversity and innovative

Director of Canadian Studies Rich Watts and colleagues Michael Biggins, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Heekyoung Cho, Asian Languages and Literatures, were awarded a 2020-21 grant to continue developing programs and activities on new research in translation studies, including program building at the graduate level and the creation of alternative professional pathways for graduate students. The UW

Hélène Vilavella-Collins, Senior Lecturer, French and Italian Studies, was awarded a Business Language Grant to great a new course featuring Québec businesses. This summer quarter Hélène Vilavella-Collins a Senior Lecturer in the Department of French and Italian Studies revised her course FRENCH 313 to focus on business in France and Québec. French 313: French for

The Canadian Studies Center recently supported its first virtual study abroad student through the new program with l’Université Laval in Québec City. This summer the program had its first student, Terry Price, ​a post-baccalaureate French major (who is also a UW staff member), take advantage of the Center’s new direct exchange agreement with l’Université Laval. In

Twenty French educators from across the state enjoyed an all-day workshop on Québec, in French, from l’Université Laval’s director of language programs. The Canadian Studies Center, in partnership with UW’s Department of French and Italian Studies, Language Learning Center, UW in the High School and the Government of Québec, provided the all-day workshop “Le Québec,

As a result of site visits made to l’Université Laval by Rich Watts, faculty director, Canadian Studies Center, and Hedwige Meyer, affiliated faculty of the Center, UW students can now participate in a direct exchange to Laval for French study. One of Rich Watts’ first initiatives as director of Canadian Studies was to visit l’Université

Professor Fritz Wagner, a faculty member in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, gave a talk called “Urban Planning and the Politics of Decision Making: Insights into New Orleans and Aspects of Resilience” on January 26, 2019, to 14 graduate students of the Graduate School of Land Management and Regional Planning at Université Laval