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  • News Stories about the 44th Brock-Niagara French Contest held on April 30, 2025

    Monday, June 02, 2025 | By

    On April 30, Brock University welcomed 75 Grade 10 students from participating schools in the Niagara Region: École Secondaire Franco-Niagara (Welland, Conseil Viamonde) and from the Niagara Catholic School Board, Denis Morris, Holy Cross, Saint Francis, Notre Dame Collège, Lakeshore Catholic and Saint Paul. The participants rotated through different interactive language activities developed to test language proficiency. French language student monitors studying French in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures offered guided tours of campus, giving high school students a glimpse into life at the University. This year, we also had the pleasure of listening to a musical performance offered by students from the École Secondaire Franco-Niagara who, under the guidance of their teacher Mario Descoeurs, provided much-appreciated musical entertainment.

    Beginning in 1978, the Brock-Niagara French Contest/le Concours de français Brock-Niagara provides a unique opportunity for upper-grade high school students of the Niagara region to demonstrate their French language skills through a variety of activities. Congratulations to all the student participants! French is alive and well in Niagara.   https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpXc-GR9O0/ 

     

     

    Also, another article was featured in Bonjour Ontario on May 5, 2025: Une journée de découverte au Concours de français Brock-Niagara.

    L’article va finalement etre publié en ligne sur un autre de nos journaux, Bonjour Ontario.

    Voici le lien : https://bonjourontario.ca/?p=1145

     

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  • The Brock News: Languages, communication courses talk of the town for Spring/Summer – March 27, 2025

    Monday, March 31, 2025 | By

    The Brock News: Languages, communication courses talk of the town for Spring/Summer – March 27, 2025

    Languages, communication courses talk of the town for Spring/Summer

     

     

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  • Brock News: Inaugural Ernesto Virgulti Lecture

    Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | By

    Annual Ernesto Virgulti Lecture – Faking the “Other Voice”: Gender & Literary Forgery in Renaissance Italy

    Experience BU Link: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/274269

    Brock News: Retired prof’s legacy inspires renaissance lecture series

    Retired prof’s legacy inspires renaissance lecture series

     

     

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  • Brock News: A beautiful new display with challenges (and prizes)

    Thursday, October 03, 2024 | By

    Brock News: A beautiful new display with challenges (and prizes)

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  • MLLC Meet & Greet – September 25, 2024

    Friday, September 13, 2024 | By

    Join us for our annual MLLC Meet & Greet!

    Wednesday, September 25th
    6:00 – 8:45 pm
    Pond Inlet

    For more information please visit the Experience BU link for the MLLC Meet & Greet.

    Pizza & Refreshments! Raffle Draw and Prizes, too!

    *Meet your fellow Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures students and faculty.
    *Learn about our student clubs and upcoming events.
    *Learn about Brock’s international exchange programs.
    *Receive Campus-Wide Co-Curriculum (CWC) credit.

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

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  • Salon du livre des francophonies du Niagara (SAFRAN), March 21-24

    Thursday, March 14, 2024 | By

    Salon du livre des francophonies du Niagara (SAFRAN), a special collaboration at the MIWSFPA, opens March 21

    Media Release: Celebrating creativity and diversity in Niagara with SAFRAN 2024

    Salon du livre des francophonies du Niagara (SAFRAN):
    Les contradictions dans les littératures

    March 21-24, 2024
    Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts
    15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines

    SOFIFRAN is delighted to announce the details of the next edition of the Salon du Livre des Francophonies du Niagara (SAFRAN), an exceptional literary event in and for the peninsula. The event will take place March 21st to 24th, 2024, and will begin at 10am each day in the prestigious space of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University, downtown St Catharines. The opening will be held at the Film House, in the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre, also located in downtown St Catharines.

    We are especially honoured to present Nafée Faïgou, the director of the Salon du Livre des Francophonies du Niagara. Nafée Faïgou is passionately devoted to Niagara’s francophone literary ecosystem and plays a central role in the planning and development of this major event. You can contact her directly at the following email address: [email protected].

    SAFRAN is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Francophone Affairs, through the Francophone Community Grants Program.

    We invite all members of the community to come and celebrate the diversity of francophone literatures at the Salon du Livre des Francophonies du Niagara. Join us and immerse yourselves in captivating stories, literary discoveries, workshops, and inspiring encounters.

    For more information and to stay connected with the latest updates, follow us on social media and visit our official website: www.sofifran-safran.com.

     

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  • Brock linguist studies richness of African languages, Brock News

    Thursday, February 15, 2024 | By

    Brock linguist studies richness of African languages

     

     

     

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  • NEW! Spring 2024 Course Offerings

    Wednesday, February 07, 2024 | By

    Please see pdf Poster as well.

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  • Free Film Screening of IL MORO – The Moor: February 6, 2024

    Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | By

    The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Culture invites you to a free screening of IL Moro – The Moor on Tuesday February 6 starting at 7 p.m. at the Film House, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, downtown St. Catharines.

    This film is based on a true story and was longlisted for the 2024 Oscars. The run time is 22 minutes and the film will be followed by a roundtable featuring Professors Andre Basson, Colin Rose, and Felipe Ruan.

    View poster or visit Experience BU for more details!

    Participants MUST have a ticket. To order your free ticket, click here. Limited seating available.

    We hope to see you at this exciting event!

    Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
    Brock University

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  • Storytelling, Erasure, and Trauma: Survivor Testimonies of the Argentinean Dictatorship (1976-1983): February 29, 2024

    Monday, January 22, 2024 | By

    Storytelling, Erasure, and Trauma: Survivor Testimonies of the Argentinean Dictatorship (1976-1983)

    Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
    Time: 1:00pm – 6:00 pm
    Location: Sankey Chamber, Brock University

    POSTER: Storytelling, Erasure, and Trauma

    Trigger Warning: Speakers will be sharing personal stories of kidnappings, torture, rape, and other traumatic and possibly triggering experiences.

    Note: The event sill be recorded as part of filming a documentary. Please let the research team know if you do not wish to be recorded.

    Guest Speakers:

    Eduardo Veiga
    Eduardo Veiga was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 14th, 1974 while his mother was unlawfully imprisoned at Devoto Penitentiary in Buenos Aires. Eduardo was raised by his maternal grandparents in Goya, Corrientes Province. He immigrated to Canada with his parents who were refugees soon after their release from jail in 1985.

    Gustavo De Marinis
    Gustavo De Marinis was born in the province of Mendoza, Argentina and currently works as the editor of Diario Uno, where he has been employed for 30 years. He has been a journalist since 1980 and has also worked for various newspapers in Mendoza. He is a member of the Association of Family Members of Detained and Disappeared for Political Reasons and the Mendoza Collective Justice which is dedicated to the coverage of truth trials on human rights in Mendoza.

    Olga V Araujo-Mendieta, PhD
    She obtained her MA in Latin American History in the University of Amsterdam (1986), her destination after being exiled from Argentina. In 1991 she received a second MA from the University of Toronto, where, in 1997, she went on to successfully defend her doctoral thesis in Latin American Literature. She presently works for the General Council of Education in Misiones, Argentina.

    Alba Vega D’Andrea
    Her parents were political prisoners during Argentina’s last dictatorship and they were able to leave into exile. This was the context within which Alba entered the world—caught between persecution and clandestinity. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia and lived there until she was 6 years old when her parents returned to Argentina with the return of democracy. She has been living in Mendoza since 1985.

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