It is time to bid this semester, and this year, adieu and also to take stock of some of its highlights.
L’automne est une période de transition et le LIDA n’a pas fait exception à cette règle.
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I don’t quite get it. The ongoing acknowledgment of one’s privilege (by Dr. Catherine Levasseur)
As a white French heterosexual Québécoise, I know for a fact that life is pretty easy for me. If I’m in a job or apartment hunting, I have a good chance to find something convenient. If I travel, crossing borders is, at worst, a loss of time and, at best, a way to practise my languages. No one questions my last name, my skin colour, my nationality, my sexual orientation, my intentions, or my dangerousness. I understand that this is no coincidence. I am not a particularly lucky person. In fact, luck has nothing to do with it. It’s all about privilege.
Words have a shape, a colour, and a tone… Part 1 (by Sumanthra Govender)
“Words matter. They join into phrases which make up clauses, which build sentences, which become conversations, debates, literature, and ideas. There will continue to be disputes on how the words we say influence the way we speak.” (Why words Matter, BBC World Service)
Hey Good Lookin’!! (by Kathleen Green)
Recently, a friend of mine returned from a five-minute walk down the street and commented, casually, about having been catcalled several times on her way back to the café in which we were studying. She was clearly annoyed by it, said something about it being a sign of the arrival of Spring and that she’d have to start wearing sunglasses and earphones again when she was walking in public. Continue reading
What’s your story? (by Emmanouela Tisizi)
Emmanouela is a PhD student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Her academic journey entails studies in Modern Languages (MSt) and Language Education (MSc) and she is passionate about studying the ways in which languages and people evolve over time and through social interaction.
You can get in touch with her via email or visit her LinkedIn page! Continue reading
