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Friday, September 23, 2011
Janet McGrath and her Inuktitut class were recently featured in an APTN National News story. Click here to watch. http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2011/09/22/carleton-university-offers-indigenous-languages/[Link removed 29 April,... More
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the School of Linguistics and Language Studies with the support of the Goethe-Institut is pleased to present four German films. The films will be in German with English Subtitles: 21 September, 2011: Kebab Connection (2005) 12 October, 2011: My Wall (2009) 2 November, 2011: Status... More
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Are you an Ontario resident of Italian descent? The Canadian Italian Business & Professional Association Scholarship Awards Program offers scholarships, bursaries, and grants to Ontario residents who: are pursuing post-secondary education demonstrate academic merit are of Italian descent and involved in the Italian community Deadline:... More
Friday, September 2, 2011
7 new films from Spain, FREE at the National Library (corner of Wellington and Bay Streets) http://www.cfi-icf.ca/index.php?option=com_cfi&task=showevent&id=76 and then some shorts, also from Spain and also free! http://www.spainculture.ca/sites/default/files/events/cortos.jpg [Link removed 29 April,... More
Friday, August 19, 2011
(from Carleton University Newsroom) - Carleton University and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology signed of a memorandum of understanding yesterday that encourages academic exchanges between the two institutions. This is the first of its kind between the Institute and a Canadian university. Read... More
Thursday, July 28, 2011
This Fall 2011/Winter 2012, our Modern Languages unit is offering a fourth "Language Less Commonly Taught", Anishinaabemowin. Literally meaning “the People’s Language”, Anishinaabemowin is a member of the Algonquian language family and is spoken with some variation by such tribes as: the Ojibwe, the Chippewa, and the Odawa. The name of the... More
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
For those with an interest in the Canadian North and its people, the Modern Languages unit is excited to offer Fall/Winter courses in Inuktitut with instructor Janet Tamalik McGrath. This course is taught in the Kivalliq dialect of Inuktitut but offers an appreciation for variations of Inuktitut across Canada. There are over 35,000 speakers... More
Monday, May 23, 2011
"Nihon eno okurimono (A gift to Japan) - Promoting critical thinking" examines various aspects of the Canadian education system such as French immersion and gifted programs in public schools. It concludes that Canada has been far more successful than Japan in fostering creativity in children and children's ability to readily express their... More
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Pashto instructor Aman Khan was interviewed by Gilda Salomone on Radio Canada International. Listen... More
Friday, May 15, 2009
Mika Yoshimoto, Japanese Language Instructor, who has been awarded the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education (CASWE) annual Graduate Student... More
Monday, March 30, 2009
Two of SLaLS JAPA students won first and third place in the National Japanese Language Speech Contest. Congratulations to both the students and their instructor, Yoko Azuma... More
Yoko Azuma Prikryl, Japanese Language Instructor, and her two students from our Japanese Language program who participated in the 20th National Japanese Speech Contest held at the Embassy of Japan on March 29, 2009. Yahor Kazlou, a JAPA 4200 student, won first prize in the advanced category, which included a ticket to Japan. Jaime Graham,... More
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