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Friday, March 27, 2015
Starting in Fall 2015, Carleton University will offer online Heritage Language classes for credit in Spanish and Russian. These "Heritage" classes are intended for students who grew up with exposure to one of these languages, but who did not study it in a formal setting or at an academic level. Classes will take place... More
Friday, March 13, 2015
On March 7th, local students studying Japanese language gathered at the Embassy of Japan for the 26th Japanese Language Speech Contest in Ottawa. Twelve Carleton students were competing in three categories: beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Here is the list of winners: Amieke Walker (JAPA 3021) as a first prize winner will be representing... More
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
SLaLS grad, ESLA instructor, and former student of Japanese, Sebastien Cloutier, sails the world aboard Japan's Peace Boat! Read... More
Friday, November 28, 2014
According to a recent article in the Globe and Mail, creators of "Inspire", the Toronto International Book Fair, found early inspiration in the book Immigrant Songs, a collection of poems by late poet Saro D’Agostino edited by Carleton Italian instructor Antonino Mazza. "Inspire" held its inaugural Fair November 13-16,... More
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Don’t miss the last film in this year’s Japanese Film Festival. Co-sponsored by SLaLS and the Embassy of Japan, Akko-Chan tells the story 10 year old Atsuko Kagami who, with the help of her magic mirror, jumps ahead to the future and meets the love of her life. If you are studying Japanese, you... More
Friday, October 17, 2014
Congratulations to German instructor Dr. Emese Bukor on the publication on her article "Exploring teacher identity from a holistic perspective: reconstructing and reconnecting personal and professional selves" in the journal Teachers and Teaching: Theory and... More
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Congratulations to ALDS professor Dr. Kristin Snoddon on the publication of her edited volume, Telling Deaf Lives. Agents of Change, which brings together some of the best presentations from the 8th Deaf History International (DHI)... More
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
CIBPA Ottawa Scholarship Awards Program (COSAP) was incorporated by CIBPA Ottawa to promote and assist access to post-secondary studies for members of the Italian-Canadian community residing in Ontario according to their academic merit and community involvement. In order to achieve these ends, COSAP will offer financial assistance in the form of... More
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Busy on Saturday, 28 June? If not, consider heading down to Brewer Park to cheer on CU Languages, a soccer team made up of international students, language students and a few teachers from the SLaLS Language Centre. The team is playing in the 10th annual Community Cup and has games at: 8:30 a.m. (Field... More
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Congratulations today to Chinese language instructor Laura Luo on receiving the 2013-2014 CUSA Teaching Award, “...for outstanding ability to impart knowledge and invoke enthusiasm and participation from... More
Friday, June 6, 2014
Congratulations go out today to Dr. Marie-Odile Junker on receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant of $500,000 for her project “A Digital Infrastructure to Sustain Algonquian Languages: Dictionaries and Linguistic Atlas”. $500,000 is a significant funding commitment, in fact the maximum possible for this award, and reflects strong support for this... More
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Parabéns ("congratulations" in Portuguese) to the 3 Carleton students who shared in this year's CPLP Book Prize of Excellence. Awarded annually, the book prize acknowledges the academic merit, interest and proficiency of high-achieving students of Portuguese. This year's winners from Carleton were: Abigail Sanderson Stefan Jovic Joshua Pelland... More
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