top of page
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Cabane à Sucre: A Québecois Legacy
Beginnings of the Cabane à Sucre Cabanes à Sucre, or sugar shacks, are small cabins or groups of cabins located in Eastern Canada and...
00
Jasmine Grace
Mar 3, 20232 min read
The French Experience of Dominic Girard
March is International Francophonie Month, recognizing the 80+ countries of the world where French is spoken. Although French is a global...
10
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Voices of French: African Dialects
Congolese (Kinshasa) French Congolese French, also known as Kinshasa French after the capital city, is spoken in the Democratic Republic...
130
Jasmine Grace
Feb 3, 20232 min read
Château Frontenac
This hotel was one of the first of its kind to be built and is still run today as one of the most luxurious hotels in Québec. It has...
50
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Cirque du Soleil: Re-defining A Circus
History Of Cirque The beginnings of the Cirque du Soleil show trace back to a 1980s group of performers. Founded by Gilles Ste-Croix, Les...
100
Jasmine Grace
Jan 6, 20232 min read
2022 in Review
2022 has come to an end, so we wanted to look back at many of the things that we’ve learned, and remember many of the events that have...
10
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Le Festival des Lumières
History of Le Festival des Lumières The Festival of Lights ( Le Festival des Lumières ) in Paris is coming back for its fourth year!...
10
Jasmine Grace
Dec 2, 20222 min read
French Bulldogs: National Winners
Each year in the US, the National Dog Show airs just after the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving Day. This year, the Best of Show was...
20
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Nov 18, 20222 min read
Armistice Day in France
What is Armistice Day? One-hundred and four years ago, a ceasefire to end the first World War was announced at 11am. The World War had...
60
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Nov 3, 20222 min read
French All Around Us
The Book Last March, a collection of stories about the French language and Francophone culture in the U.S. was published. This book,...
40
Jasmine Grace
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Liberty Enlightening the World
The Statue of Liberty has become a symbol of freedom, democracy, and of America itself. But the statue wasn’t built here. It wasn’t even...
20
Jasmine Grace
Oct 20, 20222 min read
Merci Train
On February 3rd, 1949, a 40-boxcar train sailed into New York Harbor. Why would a train travel by boat? Well, this train had come across...
70
Kaleb Houle-Lawrence
Mar 12, 20214 min read
Voices of French: The Québécois Dialect
Thank you to Henri Vaillancourt, a native French speaker and student of the language’s origins, for his insights which formed the basis...
320
bottom of page