Etiket: language
The words of Q | Shake up the language to move our sexualities
If they don’t care about their balls, can we finally fight about their clit? A new Robert dares to reflect on the question, with The words of Q, an unpublished…
Higher education language: looking beyond the statistics
This text is part of the special Higher Education notebook Since the entry into force of Law 14 in 2023 (Act respecting the official and common language of Quebec, French),…
French, a language for coming together
Far from the political clamor of language debates, thousands of immigrants tackle the task of learning French every day in Quebec. The duty was invited to a French class throughout…
French disappears as an official language in Canada
At the Winnipeg Jets game on Saturday, Canada’s national anthem was sung in English and Punjabi. A first, a moment described as historic. A moment certainly representative of the current…
Hugo pop! | Do you speak the STAT language?
Prepare the crico kit! It’s going to take venous gas! Give him calcium gluconate, three ampoules! Posted at 4:17 a.m. Updated at 7:15 a.m. The shock room, the rib retractor…
The Uighurs of Kazakhstan, ultimate guardians of a threatened language and culture
“Here, in Kazakhstan, we can live our culture freely, because we are not subject to repression like in China,” says Islam, a Uighur dancer and musician. A few minutes earlier,…
The number of complaints to the French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario jumps
The number of complaints and requests for information made to the French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario has increased by 40% since last year. The lack of “knowledge of procedures…
Carl Bouchard is officially named French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario
Carl Bouchard will occupy the position of French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario “permanently,” the Ontario Ombudsman announced Monday. He has held this position on an interim basis since March…
A language to know yourself
Far from the political clamor of language debates, thousands of immigrants tackle the task of learning French every day in Quebec. Le Devoir was invited to a French class throughout…
We must protect what Concordia does to promote the French language
In reaction to the announcement from the Government of Quebec concerning the increase in tuition fees for students from other provinces, as well as for international students, we, professors of…
The Rolling Stones’ emblem was inspired by the language of the Indian goddess Kali, says Mick Jagger
Everyone knows the big red tongue that serves as the emblem of the Rolling Stones. It is inspired by that of the Indian goddess Kali, revealed to the “Times of…
The CSEM contests an interpretation of the OQLF on “common French language”
Quebec’s largest English-language school board announced Wednesday that it would challenge in court “strict” language rules that require almost all of its written communications to also be written in French.…
A language to speak to each other
Far from the political clamor of language debates, thousands of immigrants tackle the task of learning French every day in Quebec. The duty invites himself into a French class throughout…
Speak to them about a language | The duty
Cégep de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, fall session 1993, I study pure sciences. Gradually it becomes a nightmare for me. The calculus course gives me a headache. In chemistry, I choose my lab…
The play “Les remugles or The nuptial dance is a dead language” by Caroline Bélisle presented to Denise-Pelletier
As she says so well, author Caroline Bélisle specializes in “comedies that talk about unfunny things and dramas made from nothing”. The first Acadian to graduate from the playwriting program…
7 things to know about the French language
The inclusion of French in the Constitution of France only dates back to 1992. This is one of the pieces of information that you will (re)discover at the Cité internationale…
Emmanuel Macron inaugurates his City for the French Language, synonymous according to him with unity and universality
The International French Language City is a “crazy dream”, come true, which establishes French whose goal, according to the President of the Republic, “must be to continue to spread and…
Barely inaugurated, the International City of the French Language is controversial
Museum or mausoleum? The new International City of the French Language was barely inaugurated on Monday by President Emmanuel Macron when it was already causing controversy. Postponed for more than…
French language: “I think we need to find balance in our societies in our ways of expressing ourselves,” declares Maxime Chattam, French novelist
Welcome Culture Heritage Published on 10/30/2023 12:52 Update on 10/30/2023 1:07 p.m. Video duration: 5 min French language: “I think we need to find balance in our societies in our…
Nicknamed “Château Macron”, the International City of the French Language is not unanimously accepted in Villers-Cotterêts
Emmanuel Macron inaugurates his major cultural project in Aisne this Monday, fueled by a desire to reconquer in the face of the advances of the National Rally. But some residents…