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French Week - March 13 to 17, 2023

Celebrate French in academics and business during the 5th annual French Week!

ACTIVITIES OF THE WEEK


VIRTUAL PANEL ON PROMOTING FRENCH IN BUSINESSES

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.


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DICTÉE P.G.L. AT HEC MONTRÉAL!

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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CREATE A SLOGAN FOR A MYSTERY BUSINESS!

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.


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documentary: LOOK BACK AT KEY MOMENTS IN THE HIsTORY OF FRENCH IN QUÉBEC!

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.


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Committee members

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.

Serkan Bulut

Serkan Bulut

Student, Certificate program

Marie-Hélène Audy

Marie-Hélène Audy

Student, Certificate program

Maïté Larouche

Maïté Larouche

Student, DESS (graduate program)

Jean-François Plante-Tan

Jean-François Plante-Tan

Student, MSc, and Research Assistant

Safia Benkritly

Safia Benkritly

Student, Certificate program

Loubna Kouider Aissa

Loubna Kouider Aissa

Student, DESS (graduate program)

Fabian Moreno

Fabian Moreno

Full-time lecturer, Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Éric Buisson

Éric Buisson

Employee, Business Language Training Centre (CFLA)

Leïla Hertzog

Leïla Hertzog

Employee, Human Resources

Xavier Le Monnier

Xavier Le Monnier

Employee, Program Promotion and Student Recruitment

Humeyra A. Karsli

Humeyra A. Karsli

Employee, HEC Montréal Foundation and Alumni Relations

Valerie Patenaude

Valérie Patenaude

Employee, Business Language Training Centre (CFLA)

 

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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.

Past editions of the french week

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2022 Edition

The fourth edition of La Semaine du français showcased culture and creativity with three events and a virtual wall of cultural suggestions:

  • A dictation drawn from the book Pleurer au fond des mascottes by Simon Boulerice
  • A workshop to discover French-language songs
  • A slogan-writing contest for the company PASDEROCHE

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2021 Edition

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:

  • Teacher talk luncheon: how to strike a balance between language quality, writing skills and management studies?
  • A slogan contest for the WFI PANELS company
  • A dictation excerpted from the work Mort-Terrain by Quebec author Biz, read by his father Jean-Yves Fréchette who is also an author
  • Flash tutoring
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