Articles by author: vclitheroe

• MLLC Meet & Greet 2022

  Tuesday, September 27, 2022 | By vclitheroe

  Join us for an Informal Meet & Greet! 

  Tuesday, September 27^th

  6:00 – 8:00 pm

  Pond Inlet

  PIZZA & Refreshments! Raffle Draw and Prizes too!

  • *meet your fellow MLLC students and faculty
  • *learn about our student clubs and upcoming events
  • *learn about Brock’s international exchange programs

  All MLLC students and their friends are invited to attend for all or part of the evening!

  Please confirm your attendance by Friday, September 23^{rd or} to moderns@brocku.ca  or click here to register!

  See you there!

  The Department’s 2022 Meet & Greet will adhere to these Coronavirus (COVID-19) directives: Brock policies and current provincial guidelines.

  https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/214370

   

   

   

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• Adding femicide to Canada’s Criminal Code first step in long road, says Brock prof

  Wednesday, August 03, 2022 | By vclitheroe

  Adding femicide to Canada’s Criminal Code first step in long road, says Brock prof

  For more information: Twitter @CristinaSantosW

   

  Categories: News

• New Course (Spring 2022): SPAN/MARS 3Q63 – Africans in the Early Modern Iberian Atlantic

  Thursday, April 28, 2022 | By vclitheroe

  NEW COURSE (SPRING 2022): SPAN/MARS 3Q63 – AFRICANS IN THE EARLY MODERN IBERIAN ATLANTIC

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• Display Case Contest

  Monday, October 04, 2021 | By vclitheroe

  Contest sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MLLC): 

  All students are welcome to find the answers to the following questions, which are based on the posters on display both in the library near the Ask Us desk and in the Thistle corridor outside of the library!

  1]  Find a composer and provide his name, as well as the name of one of his compositions.

  2] Find a Surrealist painter and provide his name, as well as the title of one of his paintings.

  3] Find a philosopher who was also a prolific author and provide his name as well as one of his famous quotes.

  4] Find one of the most well-known symbols of an ancient Empire and state what it represents.

  Hint: each image is located in one of the four language groups on the posters respectively.  You may use a search engine as an aid.

  The first correct respondent will receive a cash credit on their Brock card!  Please send your responses to: dbielicki@brocku.ca by Friday, October 15.

   

• Haiku Contest!

  Thursday, September 30, 2021 | By vclitheroe

  Submit a “Haiku” in English that expresses how you feel about the language(s) that you are studying in MLLC! Please include your Haiku within the body of your email to dbielicki@brocku.ca by Thursday, Oct. 7. Winners will receive cash credit on their Brock Card!

  Although a Haiku is an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively, we will adhere to a (much) looser structure!  Purists are welcome to follow a stricter format.

  Sample:
     Travelling the Globe
  Exploring, Laughing, Learning,
  Simply to Grow
  K. M-Fotovat

  Please include your permission to post your poem in a public space.

   

• MLLC Meet and Greet

  Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | By vclitheroe

  Meet and Greet-2021-final

• Brock grad shares passion for Paris on Foreword podcast

  Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | By vclitheroe

  Brock grad shares passion for Paris on Foreword podcast

   

  Categories: News

• Brock students provincially recognized for preserving Italian immigrant stories

  Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | By vclitheroe

  The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures is pleased to announce that students Daniella Pace, Elizabeth Colantoni and Sam Caravaggio won the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement and Young Leaders. The archival work was initially conducted in ITAL/CANA 2P98: Italians in Canada and Italy-Canada Relations, with the guidance of their instructor Teresa Russo.

  Brock students provincially recognized for preserving Italian immigrant stories

  More information about their specific projects can be found at:
  https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/pages/programs/recognition-programs/2020-recipients

  https://www.italianheritage.ca/list-of-projects/immigration-in-the-niagra-peninsula-st-catharines/#:~:text=Archival%20Research%20of%20Italian-Canadian%20Immigration%20and%20Culture%20(founded,Canada,%20Italian%20heritage%20and%20traditions,%20and%20Italian-Canadian%20Contributions

   

   

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• Brock News: Tennis talk continues webinar series, Dec 2

  Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | By vclitheroe

  Tennis talk continues webinar series

   

• Canadian soccer stars to share industry insight at upcoming webinar

  Monday, October 26, 2020 | By vclitheroe

  Canadian soccer stars to share industry insight at upcoming webinar

   

  Categories: News