Every year, March is dedicated to the celebration of the French language across the world, during the Francophonie month.
The International Francophonie Day (March 20) is the culmination of this month that honors the French language in its diversity.
For this 17th edition of Francophonie month, French will surprise you, around the theme « Ça (d)étonne ». French is an official language in no less than 29 countries: it is still full of surprises thanks to its diversity!
All around Canada, francophone partners and admirers of Molière’s language join to share their love for French.
Workshops, conferences, projections, meetings, performances, festivals,…: many events are proposed in March in Canada. In 2022, those activities are partly back as in-person events, so that everyone can fully enjoy them.
Discover some events organized by our partner and supported by the Embassy of France in Canada:
Language and education
- Reading marathon
The reading marathon consists of 24 comics and children’s novels in French, proposed in schools and in Canadian Alliance françaises. The project also contains a fundraising to support Unicef Canada’s program « Ecoles KIND ».
- Gabrielle Roy Dictation
For its 4th edition, the Gabrielle Roy Dictation becomes an international event. It is broadcasted live across the world. The dictation is the opportunity to have fun with the French language and celebrate the francophone literary patrimony from Manitoba.
- International Speak dating
This fun and original activity is a chance to practice your French, while changing partners every 7 minutes.
- Inauguration of the Moncton Alliance française premises
On the occasion of the International Francophonie Day, Mr. Frank Marchetti, Chargé d’Affaires a. i. of the Embassy of France in Canada, went to Moncton to inaugurate the new premises of the Alliance française. He met with the new direction team to exchange on cultural and linguistic cooperation.
- Canadian theater tour La Douleur Marguerite Duras (March 24-April 6, 2022)
The theatre tour Marguerite Duras is a series of performances of La douleur, the historical and intimate work of famous French writer, Marguerite Duras. French actress and director Maud Andrieux’s theatrical adaptation is proposed in 7 cities across Canada.
Audiovisual
- French Film Festival of Edmonton
The Alliance française and Metro Cinema (Edmonton) screen 4 French-language films, to honor francophonie on the big screen.
- French Film Festival Alliance française Winnipeg
On its 7th edition, the French Film Festival of the Alliance française in Winnipeg proposes 10 films from all genres, to travel through francophonie.
Superior education and research
- « Ma thèse en 180 secondes »
« Ma thèse en 180 secondes » is a francophone scientific communication competition, which was launched in Canada in 2012 by the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS). Students must present their work to a lay audience in French, within 3 minutes.
Meetings-Conferences
- Conference « Bilingualism in Canada »
Conference “Bilinguism in Canada” with the French expert Fabrice Jaumont, writer of La Révolution Bilingue.
- Conference on Marguerite Duras’ literary work
As part of the Canadian theatre tour Marguerite Duras, a conference by Catherine Mavrikakis, expert of Marguerite Duras’ work and writer awarded in Quebec and in France. Organized with the French department of the University of Toronto, the conference focuses on the main themes of Marguerite Duras’ work: separation, concentration camps, grief.
Discover also two initiatives by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), on the linguistic diversity of francophonie:
- “Langues en dialogue” 2022
The goal of the third edition of “Langues en dialogue” is twofold:
- Support the program of mobility of French teachers, in order to improve education en French in the world
- Encourage the creation and promotion of contents of French as a Foreign Language and French as a Second Language.
Apply to the call for projects, before March 31, 2022.
- Tempo Traduction 2022
“Tempo Traduction” supports the translation and publication of literary works within the French speaking countries, in French as well as in other languages.
Apply to the call for projects, before March 31, 2022.
