newsletter vol. 11
introduction by the chair of the department of languages
new members join the language team
cédrick jeanpierre
dr. nicolas lepine
extra-curricular activities
this year has been very busy and active with numerous events and activities organized in chinese, french, italian and spanish.
- soirées culturelles
in 2015, the club français organized two cultural nights, in march and again in november. this is always a special occasion during which all languages of the department are represented. it is a great opportunity for 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in the department to interact and share their passion for languages through activities such as pictionary, slam, sharing recipes and songs. during the november event, awards were also given to the best 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 for academic excellence in chinese, italian, finnish, french and spanish. this was a moment enjoyed by all!
- awards for excellence in languages
for the first time this year, an award ceremony was held in order to celebrate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 who have performed well in a foreign language. the recipients of this year’s awards are:
peter walsh (classics), katja rintala (finnish), cédrick jeanpierre (french literature), michele mcauley (french language and linguistics), teana sacchetti (italian), blake evans (mandarin), valérie schutte (spanish)
films
- chinese film
in february 2015, mountain patrol was presented at lu. this is the first chinese film presented since the introduction of this language in the department. the film was well received.
- italian film festival (october 5-8, 2015)
from october 5th until october 8th, 2015, there was a certain italian glow at paci. for an entire week italian films were shown to 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and to the entire community of thunder bay. the following four films were introduced by dr enrico masso, an invited speaker, professor at udine, and mr john zussino, italian professor in the department of languages at lu: la mossa del ppinguino (the penguin’s move); si può fare (we can do it); magnifica presenza (a magnificent haunting) and finally pranzo di ferragosto (mid-august lunch). this was made possible with the generous support of the institute of italian studies and the department of languages. we would like to thank them for making the 1st annual italian film festival a success. here is what mr zussino had to say about the event: “with over 200 spectators attending over the four days, and plenty of positive feedback throughout the week, we are already hoping to run similar cultural events for our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and the community. we feel this event served two purposes; firstly to motivate and bring enthusiasm to italian studies at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , and secondly to involve our local population into our rich heritage. although it was somewhat challenging to ensure that each and every evening our crowd would be satisfied, based on our feedback and the number of returning faces in the crowd we feel that we completed our objective. see you all next year!”
subsequent to the festival, mr zussino has also presented two other films to his class, on november 10th, 2015: ti ricordi di me? (remember me?) and november 24th, 2015: ma che bella sorpresa! (what a beautiful surprise)
- hispanic film
on october 8th, the orphanage, a spanish film by guillermo del toro was presented to lu 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and the community of thunder bay in atac 1010.
- club français
this year’s committee is georgette lemieux (president), brittney gillies (vice-president), melody zeagman (treasurer).
films
all year round the club français offers french films from france and québec to the 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and to the community. we started in january with supercondriaque, then in march we presented another comedy rien à déclarer, and we finished the winter of 2015 with incendies.
the 2015-2016 academic year kick started in october with a quebecois film entitled bon cop bad cop, followed by le petit nicolas en vacances in november and the fall semester closed in december with pourquoi j’ai pas mangé mon père, the perfect animation to prepare for the christmas exam session.
soirées vin-fromage
the french club held its annual wine and cheese event on the evening of november 5th, 2015, in the study coffee house. president georgette lemieux said: “la soirée du vin et fromage était une bonne occasion de partager un peu de gastronomie autour d’un peu de vin”. the club had another very successful night in march 2015 where 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , professors and professionals from the community gathered and shared some french exchange while enjoying a nice glass of wine.
pause-café
for those of you interested in learning to speak french, or enjoy french culture, please join georgette every thursday from 2:30pm until 4:00pm for a pause-café in the study coffee house. you can contact georgette (gmlemieu@lakeheadu.ca) for more details!
study in a francophone context
reminder of events in the new year
lunch seminar
club français
- pause café – every thursday, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm in the study
- january
- 13 – potluck and games night (the study)
- 18 – movie night
- february
- 8 – pre-midterm yoga
- 11 – movie night
- 24 – wine and cheese night (the study)
- 27 – bowling
- march
- 2 – wine wednesday
- 10 – wing night
- 15 – movie night
- 30 – cultural night (the study)
italian films (paci)