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July 8, 2013
Les enseignants de français ont besoin de plus d'outils
Article interviewing Paule Desgroseilliers, recipient of the Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal (2013) and graduate of the Doctorat in educational leadership (2012).
La Source
June 10, 2013
"Paule Desgroseilliers receives Dean's Convocation Medal"
SFU Dean of Graduate Studies
June 8, 2013 Ms Danielle Arcand to receive the Napoléon Gareau Award
Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)
May 8, 2103 Pas facile d'assurer les langues officielles
Article about research by SFU's Rémi Léger, Department of Political Science, and Joseph Virassamy, FCP student
Découvrir - Le magazine de l'Acfas, journalist Laurence Houde-Roy
March 28, 2013
L'autofiction expliquée par l'auteur Alain Beaulieu- Interview with Alain Beaulieu,
author and director of the creative writing program, University Laval
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriame Fehmiu
March 26, 2013 Quel passé pour l'avenir?- Interview with Jocelyn Létourneau, Department of History, University Laval
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, Radio-Canada, reported by Marie Villeneuve
March 26, 2013 L'identité et les racines de l'histoire- Interview with Jocelyn Létourneau, Department
of History, University Laval
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriame Fehmiu
March 21, 2013 Le ministre des Finances sera-t-il généreux avec Victoria?- Interview with Rémi Léger, Department of Political Science, SFU
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriame Fehmiu
March 20, 2013
Le français en C.-B. (28:22)- Forum sur La Francophonie
Guests: Rémi Léger, Anna Parkhomenka, Shadie Bourget, France-Emmanuelle Joly,
Fikir Mengistu , Martin Talbot, Valérie Lecomte
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
March 20, 2013L'identité francophone en évolution- Interview with Joseph Yvon Thériault, Department
of Sociology, UQAM
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriame Fehmiu
March 18, 2013 "La particularité francophone en Colombie-Britannique"
La Source, article par étudiants du FCP
March 18, 2013 "La francophonie vous tient-elle à coeur?"
La Source, article par étudiants du FCP
March 12, 2013 L'écrivain québécois Mahigan Lepage de passage à Vancouver- Interview
with author, Mahigan Lepage
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, Radio-Canada, reported by Marie Villeneuve
March 12, 2013 L'intimidation linguistique- Interview with Rémi Léger, Department of Political Science, SFU
Broadcasted on Midi Plus/Manitoba, Radio-Canada, reported by Aude Brassard-Hallé
March 12, 2013 Le voyage : source d'inspiration pour Mahigan Lepage- Interview with author,
Mahigan Lepage
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriame Fehmiu
March 7, 2013 L'heure du conte- Interview with Myriame Martineau (El Yamani)
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, Radio-Canada, reported by Marc Fournier
February 28, 2013 Le changement des politiques d'admission au Conseil scolaire francophone (3:55)
With comments by OFFA director, Claire Trépanier
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Benoît Ferradini
February 8, 2013 Plus d'indépendance pour la Communauté francophone de C.-B. ? - Interview with
Martin Normand, doctorate candidate and lecturer, Department of Political Science,
University of Montreal
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, Radio-Canada, reported by Marie Villeneuve
February 7, 2013 Le français en milieu minoritaire - Interview with Martin Normand, doctorate
candidate and lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriam Fehmiu
February 7, 2013 Table ronde. Les succès de l'immersion française - Interview with Luke Mayba and
Kai Nagata, French immersed graduates
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriam Fehmiu
January 31, 2013 Espaces urbains, compétences littératies multimodales, identités citoyennes en immersion française au Canada
Article by Cécile Sabatier, Danièle Moore and Diane Dagenais, Faculty of Education at SFU. Glottopol, 21, 138-161 (2013).
January 24, 2013 SFU : une université francophone ? - Interview with Claire Trépanier, director of
OFFA regarding SFU's membership to the Association des universités de la
francophonie canadienne (AUFC).
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, reported by Marie Villeneuve
Decemer 21, 2012
Le Tourisme patrimonial et culturel francophone en Colombie-Britannique -
Première partie - Deuxième partie
La SDECB
November 21, 2012 Plurilinguisme et immersion : l'expérience suisse- Interview with Aline
Gohard-Radenkovic and Josianne Veillette, Fribourg University, Switzerland
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, reported by Marie Villeneuve
November 19, 2012 (.mov) "Mise en scène de 'l'autre étranger’ dans des films de fiction : les situations de communication comme lieux de catégorisation et de (re)médiation du rapport à l'autre"
Conference by Aline Gohard-Radenkovic, professor of the Department of plurilingualism and foreign languages, Fribourg University, Switzerland, hosted by OFFA
November 16, 2012 (.mov) "Le système phonologique du français en lien avec la cohésion sociale"
Conference by Conrad Ouellon, linguist and former president of the Conseil supérieur de la langue française du Québec, hosted by OFFA
November 15, 2012 L'avenir du français, d'une côte à l'autre- Interview with Conrad Ouellon, linguist and
former president of the Conseil supérieur de la langue française du Québec
Broadcasted on Boulevard du Pacifique, reported by Marie Villeneuve
November 14, 2012 L'état de la langue française au Canada (Part 3: 1:44-7:13)- Interview with Conrad Ouellon, linguist and
former president of the Conseil supérieur de la langue française du Québec
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
October 24, 2012 French education on the rise in Vancouver despite nationwide decline
Interview with OFFA director, Claire Trépanier.
CBC Radio - On the Coast
October 24, 2012 Report on the Divers Dialects of Metro Vancouver (5:30)
Interview with OFFA director, Claire Trépanier and FCP Students.
CTV News
September 11, 2012 "Avec le BAFF, la rentrée de SFU se conjugue aussi en français"
La Source
September 4, 2012 Québec 2012 : Retour sur la campagne électorale québécoise- Interview with Nicolas Kenny, Department of History, SFU
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
August 7, 2012 Évaluation horizontale de la Feuille de route pour la dualité linguistique 2008-2013 : Agir pour l’avenir. Rapport technique : Étude de cas sur la vitalité des CLOSM- Surrey, C.-B.
Report submitted to the Department of Canadian Heritage
June 15, 2012 "Ghizlane Laghzaoui Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal"
SFU Dean of Graduate Studies
May 26, 2012 Report on the SFU Open House 2012 (7:35-9:26)
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Dominique Panebianco
April 24, 2012
Report on the Vancouver Local Forum- French for the Future 2012 (9:00)
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
April 23, 2012 Les avantages du bilinguisme- Interview about the French for the Future local forum
Broadcasted on Six pieds au-dessus de la mer, Radio-Canada, reported by
Pierre-Philippe Bibeau
April 14, 2012 Les élections en France- Interview with SFU visiting professor, Jean-Louis Thiébault
Broadcasted on Les samedis du monde, Radio-Canada Manitoba, reported by Suzanne Kennelly
April 11, 2012 Conférence sur les élections présidentielles françaises- Interview with SFU visiting professor, Jean-Louis Thiébault
Broadcasted on Six pieds au-dessus de la mer, Radio-Canada, reported by
Pierre-Philippe Bibeau
April 10, 2012 Francophones in BC- Video on the history of Francophones in BC
Reported by Maurice Guilbord, historian and president of the Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
April 5, 2012 Quel avenir pour l'éducation secondaire en français?- Televised forum
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
March 29, 2012 Visions de la littérature québécoise- Interview with author Louis Hamelin
Broadcasted on Six pieds au-dessus de la mer, Radio-Canada, reported by
Pierre-Philippe Bibeau
March 28, 2012 Conférence sur la rectification langagière- Interview with Wim Remysen, professor
of linguistics at the University of Sherbrooke
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriam Fehmiu
March 23, 2012 Table ronde sur la francophonie (Part 1) (Part 2)
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriam Fehmiu
March 15, 2012 Les Français de l’étranger éliront leurs députés- Interview with SFU visiting professor, Jean-Louis Thiébault
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier Élections françaises : « Je ne leur dirai pas pour qui voter »
La Source
March 1, 2012 Gérard Bouchard, historien et sociologue québécois
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriam Fehmiu
February 21, 2012 "L’Université Simon Fraser, membre de l’AUFC"
OFFA Press Release
November 30, 2011 The interactive tutorial on plagiarism is now available in French
OFFA, in collaboration with SFU Library Services
November 22, 2011 "French will maintain favoured status in B.C. schools"
Vancouver Sun
October 27, 2011 "Six nouveaux sièges" (5:30)
Interview about BC's addtional seats in the House of Communs with SFU professor
Nicolas Kenny and FCP students Kelly Andersen and Sarah Batko.
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
October 21, 2011 "Enseigner sa langue seconde" (9:00)
Interview with OFFA Associate Director, Danielle Arcand.
Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
October 18, 2011 (.mov) Rencontre avec deux auteures de littérature de jeunesse :
Michèle Marineau et Édith Bourget
Presentation for Faculty of Education students, hosted by OFFA
October 17, 2011 Interview with Ghizlane Laghzaoui- "La perception des enseignants immigrants francophones"
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Myriam Fehmiu
Thèse: Paroles d’immigrants ! Représentations sociales et construction identitaire chez les enseignants immigrants francophones en Colombie-Britannique
October 11, 2011 "Premières diplômées du programme de Doctorat en Leadership éducationnel
de l'Université Simon Fraser"
OFFA Press Release
September 27, 2011 (.mov) "Le Fait français in BC"
Presentation for EU-Canada Study Tour & Internship Program, hosted by OFFA
September 9, 2011 Bettina B. Cenerelli appointed OFFA Associate Director at SFU
OFFA Press Release
June 15, 2011 Speech delivered by Robyn Ashwell, FCP graduate (44:00)
Spring Convocation at SFU Copy of Speech
June 8, 2011 "Passeport Canada : Le bilinguisme au deuxième rang?"
Research project by FCP students Alex Hughes, Hana Holbrook, Paul Krawus,
Agnès Kwan "Les gauloises de la Colombie-Britannique"
Interview with Alex Hughes and Hana Holbrook
Six pieds au-dessus de la mer, Radio-Canada
January 14, 2011 "Claire Trépanier appointed OFFA Director at SFU"
OFFA Press Release
January 11, 2011 "SFU donne la parole aux diasporas du Metro Vancouver"
La Source
September 22, 2010 "New funds for French at SFU"
SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations
August 9, 2010 "French means diversity at SFU: The only place in the West to offer a doctorate totally
in French"
SFU Research Matters, Summer 2010
April 16, 2010 (.mpg) Second-language learning in Canada’s universities and the vitality of BC's francophone community (MAC download Real Player)
Conference by Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages, hosted by OFFA Copy of Speech
March 29, 2010 (.mov) "Reinventing the language of citezenship"
Conference by John Ralston Saul, hosted by OFFA
January 29, 2010 "Le bilinguisme au Canada - législation linguistique, engagements politiques
et réalités"
Conference by Mme Raymonde Folco M.P., hosted by OFFA
January 26, 2010 "Serious Threats to Immersion Programs"
Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)
January 20, 2010 "Andrew Petter named president of Simon Fraser University"
SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations
October 20, 2009 "La création de la première structure administrative postsecondaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique : une étude de cas dans le domaine de la francophonie"
Kina Chénard and Adriana Dudas in the Canadian Journal of Political Science (2009), 42:
749-771, Cambridge University Press
October 14, 2009 "Students to gain 'official' language training"
SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations
October 8, 2009 Where We Are With Human Rights
A public speech by the Honourable Louise Arbour, hosted by OFFA
September 24, 2009 Maillardville 100 years
A series of reports by Benoît Ferradini, Radio-Canada
September 9-10, 2009 "40 Years of Official Languages in Canada: Our History and the Path Ahead"
A symposium held in Ottawa, public record on CPAC
June 18, 2009 "Postsecondary institutions must produce more bilingual graduates"
The House of Commons, Standing Committee on Official Languages
April 30, 2009 "Federal Government's Support for Post-secondary Institutions and their Efforts in Promoting Bilingualism in Canada"- Meeting #17
House of Commons' Standing Committee on Official Languages
February 27, 2009 "Minister Moore announces extension of French-language education agreement with BC"
Canadian Heritage Copy of Speech
November 13, 2008 Maîtrise en éducation en français
Report by Sophie Rousseau, Radio-Canada
September 1st, 2008 "La francophonie, une identité qui se cherche"
L'Express du Pacifique
June 9, 2008 "Première diplômée du Programme en administration publique et services communautaires (FCP) à SFU"
OFFA Press Release
June 4, 2008 (.mpg) Speech delivered by Ania Kolodziej, first graduate of the French Cohort Program (MAC download Real Player)
Spring Convocation at SFU Copy of Speech
May 29, 2008 "First French program grad eyes legal career in EU"
SFU News
May 15, 2008 "Province funds French"
SFU News
April 8, 2008 Entrevue avec Yolande Grisé, Directrice du BAFF
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier
March 31, 2008 Claire Trépanier takes the helm of OFFA as of May 1st, 2008
OFFA Press Release
March 16, 2008 "Impératif français recognizes SFU’s Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs and its contribution to the promotion of the French language and Francophone cultures in BC"
OFFA Press Release Impératif français Press Release
March 12, 2008 Présentation du Prix du Cornouiller d'or 2008
Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)
November 13, 2007 (.mpg) "L'immersion française en Colombie-Britannique en fonction de la politique linguistique fédérale" (MAC download Real Player)
Presentation by 4th-year FCP students (Length: 1h05) Description du projet
May 4, 2007 Entente de partenariat avec l'AIÉQ
The AIÉQ signs a partnership agreement with SFU
April 26, 2007 "Simon Fraser University honoured for its contributions to bilingualism and Francophone and Francophile Education"
Canadian Club
November 1st, 2006 "The French Attraction"
by Jean-Benoît Nadeau, article in French published in L'Actualité
July 13, 2006 "Leading a French Crusade ... in B.C."
Globe and Mail
July 4, 2006 "New $21.6-Million Francophone School for Vancouver"
BC Ministry of Education
June 7, 2006 (.mpg) Doctorat honorifique à l'honorable Monique Bégin (MAC download Real Player)
Spring Convocation at SFU, Radio-Canada broadcast
May 29, 2006 "Profs: la denrée rare"
L'Express du Pacifique
April 6, 2006 "Le Québec accroît sa coopération avec la Colombie-Britannique et le Yukon"
Minister Benoît Pelletier visits OFFA.
Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes (SAIC)
March 20, 2006 "Journée de la francophonie : Victoria de plus en plus ouvert aux francophones"
OFFA was among the guests at the Legislative Assembly in Victoria.
Article and video clip from Radio-Canada
February 9, 2006 "French program looks to increase enrolment"
SFU News
December 6, 2005 "Cinq étudiants décrochent la bourse TV5 Québec Canada"
OFFA Press Release
December 5, 2005 "Yolande Grisé reçoit les insignes de le Compagnie des Cent Associés francophones"
OFFA Press Release
December 5, 2005 "L'économie à visage humain"
L'Express du Pacifique
July 19, 2005 "Extra funding for French-as-a-Second-Language students"
BC Ministry of Education
June 29, 2005 "Ça se passe en français à l'Université Simon Fraser"
Yolande Grisé, Director, OFFA
March 24, 2005 "Why we need post-secondary French education"
SFU News
February 24, 2005 "Grisé looks to boost French language, culture on campus"
SFU News
November 18, 2004 "Breaking new ground in French education"
SFU News
Offa's library
Multi-media resources in French at OFFA's Library.
See the Library Catalogue.