Celebrate French in academics and business during the 5th annual French Week!
Wednesday, March 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Online
Activity in French open to the entire community
Pierre-Olivier Zappa (TVA Nouvelles) will speak on topics such as the challenges of francization in businesses and how to increase the amount and quality of French spoken in the business world. He will be joined by other distinguished panelists who champion the French language.
Panelists : Federico Pasin (HEC Montréal), Denis Hamel (CPQ), Annie Galarneau (OQLF) et François Gérin-Lajoie (Fondation P.G.L.)
A link to watch the event will be sent the day before the panel to everyone signed up to watch online.
Wednesday, March 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room: Walter Capital (Côte-Sainte-Catherine)
Activity in French open to the entire community
HEC Montréal is a proud partner and host of the Dictée P.G.L. de la Francophonie! Put your French skills to the test with this dictation read by Pierre-Olivier Zappa, journalist, reporter (economic, financial and investigative), anchor of TVA 22H, and host of “À vos affaires” on LCN and QUB.
Two finalists from the March 15 dictation will meet the winners from a range of Quebec businesses for a chance to compete in the grand finale on March 22 at HEC Montréal, which will include a cocktail reception during which activities and awards will be presented.
You have until March 15 to practise the HEC Montréal dictations from previous years. Warm up your pencil—and your brain!
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Thursday, March 16, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Online
Activity in French open to the entire community
Do you enjoy wordplay and have a way with words? There’s a business that needs your skills! Help come up with a slogan for a mystery business, which will present its products and pick a winner. Jonathan Deschênes, Marketing Department professor, will teach you the keys to creating a great slogan. A total of $225 in gift cards to the HEC Montréal COOP bookstore will be awarded!
A Zoom link will be sent the day before the activity to everyone signed up to watch online.
Wednesday, March 22, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Room: Shawinigan (Decelles building)
Activity open to the entire community
The documentary is in French but will be shown with English subtitles.
Celebrate the journée québécoise de la francophonie canadienne by attending a free, exclusive screening of the excellent documentary Une histoire sur le goût de la langue, directed by Hélène Choquette in 2022.
The French Committee aims to share its passion and celebrate the French language by raising community awareness about the added value of communicating clearly in French, so that everyone can use their time at HEC Montréal to improve their French beyond what they thought possible. This mission drives the French Committee to encourage the HEC Montréal community to learn, hone, and even excel in French. The Committee will plan an annual schedule of activities, such as French week, and provide innovative solutions to raise HEC Montréal’s profile as a French-language business school, in Quebec and elsewhere in the world.
Student, Certificate program
Student, Certificate program
Student, DESS (graduate program)
Student, MSc, and Research Assistant
Student, Certificate program
Student, DESS (graduate program)
Full-time lecturer, Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Employee, Business Language Training Centre (CFLA)
Employee, Human Resources
Employee, Program Promotion and Student Recruitment
Employee, HEC Montréal Foundation and Alumni Relations
Employee, Business Language Training Centre (CFLA)
La mise sur pied du comité du français a été rendue possible grâce à la contribution financière
de l’Office québécois de la langue française.
The fourth edition of La Semaine du français showcased culture and creativity with three events and a virtual wall of cultural suggestions:
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The third edition of the French Week was a great opportunity to virtually escape into reading, writing and literature thanks to four events and a wall of literary suggestions made by the HEC Montréal community:
