Established by faculty members from the Department of Modern Languages in 2022 and supported by faculty members, Modern Languages Department, the International Education Centre, Office of the Dean, Fenêtre sur la Francophonie Award provides funding towards a two-week trip to France (or French territory) to participate in a language and cultural program recommended and approved by the Department. This award is presented annually to a student specializing in French who achieves outstanding results in French courses and who has demonstrated great interest towards French language and culture. The recipient must be enrolled in French courses at Mount Saint Vincent University for the next academic year and must have completed six units of French before the trip, including FREN2214, FREN2215, FREN2253, FFREN2254, FREN3314, FREN3315.
Award recipients who went to study at Centre international d’études françaises (CIDEF) of L’Université catholique de l’Ouest in Angers, France, while living with a French host family:
Nya Urcioli: summer 2022
Story about Nya in Mount Media
Alyssa Evans: summer 2023
Angers Testimonial – Alyssa Evans
Kevin Hudon: summer 2024
