Home / News / Modern Languages
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
SLaLS recognized five outstanding teaching assistants for their outstanding service during the 2012/2013 academic year at an event Monday, May 12. Congratulations and heartfelt appreciation to recipients of this year's SLaLS Outstanding TA Awards. Sarah Cebukski nominated by Ann Laubstein (Linguistics) Chloe-Grace Fogerty-Bourget nominated... More
Monday, April 8, 2013
Congratulations to Dr. Maggie Sikorska, Spanish instructor, on receiving one of four 2013 FASS Teaching Awards for Contract... More
Monday, March 11, 2013
On Saturday, March 2, 2013, students from our Modern Languages program competed against other language learners from the Ottawa region in the 24th Japanese Language Speech Contest. The event was held at Carleton University and featured competition at all levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Carleton students brought home prizes in... More
Monday, March 4, 2013
Visit the traveling exhibition "Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times: Italian Canadian Experiences during WWII" at the Italian Canadian Historical Centre - Centro Storico Italo-Canadese. Read press release. Exhibition Dates: 18 February - 8 April, 2013 Hours: Monday (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.) Tuesday (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.) Wednesday (1:00 - 3:00 p.m.) Thursday... More
Monday, January 28, 2013
The Language Centre Resource Room is now open in 337 St. Patrick's Building. The current schedule below is subject to change: Mondays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. / 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. / 3:00-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. / 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Thursdays 9:00 a.m. –... More
Friday, September 21, 2012
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
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
EMC news - Last September Vanessa Burn of Stittsville enrolled in a Swahili language class at Carleton University where she is completing her second year in the social work program. She was tired of taking the usual English or history class and wanted to experience something different. Little did she know then where it... More
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
For anyone who's climbed onboard the yoga train, the words asana (आसन), shavasana (शवासन) and pranayama (प्राणायाम) have become part of everyday language. But where do these words come from, how are they written in their original form, and how does the grammar of the language surrounding them really work? This... More
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Congratulations to Spanish instructor Margarita Alfonso who was recognized this semester with a CUSA Teaching Excellence Award. ... More
Monday, April 2, 2012
Congratulations to Italian instructor Antonino Mazza on the upcoming publication of Immigrant Songs, his edited collection of poems, letters and fiction by seminal Italo-Canadian writer Saro D'Agostino. Immigrant Songs: The poems, fiction and letters of Saro D’AgostinoCollected, edited and with an introduction by Antonino... More
Thursday, March 15, 2012
SLaLS welcomes Celia Posner as a tenure-track (continuing) Instructor of American Sign Language. Celia "joins" us at a very exciting time in the American Sign Language program, with our new Certificate program beginning next year. Indeed the recent dramatic success of the program is certainly due in part to her hard work and dedication... More
Each year the Japan Foundation, under the auspices of the Japanese Embassy, sponsors a Canada-wide speech competition for students studying Japanese at Canadian institutions and the 2011 provincial round of competition just wrapped up in Ottawa with Carleton students placing highly in all three categories: 1st in the Advanced category and 2nd in... More
Search