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STUDENTS FROM SYDNEY TO YARMOUTH COMPETE AT PROVINCIAL FRENCH PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST Students from across the province participate in French public speaking contest Halifax. May 8th, 2023:    Over eighty French second and first-language students in grades 5-12 competed in the ...

Movie night en Français! April 19, at the Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall. The doors will open at 6PM, and the movie starts at 6:30 PM. Deadline to register is April 17 at noon.  Registration form! Soirée cinéma en Français! ...

Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, (12 octobre 2022) – Chaque année, Canadian Parents for French, Nova Scotia rend hommage aux professeurs de français langue seconde avec leur prix, FSL Educator of the Year. Les professeurs peuvent être nominés par les parents, étudiants, ou même leurs collègues. Ces professeurs se démarquent en encourageant leurs étudiants de faire de leur mieux et en contribuant à leur école et dans leur communauté.

Halifax, Nova Scotia (October 6th, 2022) – Canadian Parents for French, Nova Scotia held its 45th Conference and Annual General meeting on October 1st, 2022. Board members, staff, delegates, special guests, and award recipients were able to gather in person after two years of virtual AGMs. The conference took place at the Oak Island Conference and Resort Centre on the South Shore of the province. Delegates from CPF PEI were happy to be at the conference as they were still without power after Hurricane Fiona.

Kimberley Messenger and Alannah MacLean named FS Educators of the year Halifax, Nova Scotia (October 7th, 2022) – Each year, Canadian Parents for French, Nova Scotia recognizes excellence in French Second Language teaching with its FSL Educator of the Year award. Nominations are received from across the province from students, parents and colleagues that testify to teachers who motivate their students to achieve their best and who make a significant contribution to their school and community.

Congratulations to Asem Khattab, grade 12 student at Citadel High School who placed 3rd in the Late Immersion category at the national Concours d'art oratoire! Asem had won first place at the provincial level back in May. Good luck on ...

Students gathered from all corners of the province after three years to participate in French public speaking contest Halifax. May 9th, 2022: In a first for the Concours d’art oratoire, provincially and nationally, a set of triplets competed in the early immersion category. Executive Director Rebecca Lancaster who has organized the event since 2005 commented, “We have students who participate each year, and we have definitely had multiple siblings compete from a family, but I have never had a set of triplets participating!”

On Tuesday April 5th, 2022, Canadian Parents for French, Nova Scotia held its first provincial French Second Language Advocacy Breakfast- "French Toast, un déjeuner avec nos MLAs.” CPF Nova Scotia’s Board of Directors and staff were joined by Members of the Legislative Assembly, as well as representatives from local universities and Alliance Française Halifax.