Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies

13/09/2023

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CENTRE NO LONGER EXISTS. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE 'QUEBEC AND FRENCH CANADA RESEARCH NETWORK' (QaFCaRN):

The Quebec and French Canada Research Network is the successor of the Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies, which was located in Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) at the University of London from 2012 until 2021.

22/03/2022

We haved moved to King's College London and changed our name to QaFCaRN (The Quebec and French Canada Research Network). We continue to provide a forum for Quebec Studies in the UK by inviting speakers, showing films, and fostering research on French Canada.
Follow us on our new page ( https://www.facebook.com/Quebec-and-French-Canada-Research-Network-111458561501370) , on Twitter (https://twitter.com/qafcarn) and on the King’s Website (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/qafcarn).

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Nous avons déménagé à King's College London & changé notre nom en QaFCaRN (Le réseau de recherche du Québec et du Canada français). Nous continuons à fournir un forum de discussion pour les études québécoises au Royaume Uni par l’organisation des conférences, par des projections de films et par la promotion des recherches sur le Canada français. Retrouvez nous sur Twitter (https://twitter.com/qafcarn), sur le site de King’s College London (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/qafcarn) ainsi que sur facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Quebec-and-French-Canada-Research-Network-111458561501370)

The Quebec and French Canada Research Network connects UK & international scholars engaged in literary, historical, political & cultural research into Quebec.

16/02/2021

📢 Dernier appel à participation: Connaissez-vous quelqu'un qui vit présentement au Québec et qui élève son enfant (âgé de moins de 4 ans) avec plus d'une langue?
Si c’est le cas, il serait formidable si vous pouviez leur transmettre ce lien vers le questionnaire pour une étude que Ruth Kircher, membre du CQFCS, mène avec des collègues de Concordia et McGill: http://bit.ly/EleverDesEnfantsAvecPlusDuneLangue
– ou pour la version anglaise: http://bit.ly/RaisingChildrenWithMoreThanOneLanguage
Un grand merci * many thanks! 📝

16/02/2021

📢 Final call for participation: Do you know anyone who currently lives in Quebec and who is raising their child (below the age of 4) with more than one language?
If so, it would be great if you could pass on this link to a questionnaire-based study that CQFCS member Ruth Kircher is conducting with colleagues from Concordia and McGill: http://bit.ly/RaisingChildrenWithMoreThanOneLanguage
– or for the French version: http://bit.ly/EleverDesEnfantsAvecPlusDuneLangue
Many thanks * un grand merci! 📝

07/11/2019

UK FILM PREMIERE & BOOK LAUNCH
Wednesday 20 November 2019 Strand Campus
King’s College London
WC2R 2LS

King’s College London and the Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies (IMLR, University of London) are proud to present the UK premiere of renowned director André Forcier’s Les Fleurs Oubliées (Forgotten Flowers). This magical realist tale takes inspiration from the real-life figure of Brother Marie-Victorin, who founded Montreal’s Botanical Gardens and wrote the seminal work on the Flora of Quebec, La Flore laurentienne. Co-written by Forcier and Linda Pinet, it takes the ecological uncertainty of our current era and gives the great botanist, who died in 1944, a role in fighting the forces of agrochemical hegemony that threaten the biodiversity of our planet today.

The film will be preceded by the launch of Lettres au Frère Marie-Victorin (Montréal: Boréal, 2019), a volume of personal correspondence on human sexuality between botanist and educator Marcelle Gauvreau and her mentor and colleague (edited and prefaced by Dr Craig Moyes, Director of the CQFCS and Yves Gingras, Canada Research Chair in the History and Sociology of Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal). It will be followed by a Q&A with celebrated Québécois actor, Yves Jacques, who plays Marie-Victorin in the film.

17.30 – BOOK LAUNCH Staff Common Room
Booking free but required:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-lettres-aux-frere-marie-victorin-tickets-78978441645

19.15 – FILM SCREENING (French, with English subtitles) followed by Q&A with Yves Jacques (live videolink from Montreal)
Arthur & Paula Lucas Lecture Theatre
Booking free but required:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-les-fleurs-oubliees-forgotten-flowers-tickets-78980467705

Launch of Lettres au Frère Marie-Victorin (Montréal: Boréal, 2019)

01/02/2019

The British Association for Canadian Studies is awarding several prizes you might be interested in - especially if you're planning to attend the conference this year. Deadline: 1st April!

These awards are presented during the British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) Annual Conference in April each year: Michael J. Hellyer Prize 1) The prize will be awarded for the best paper …

31/07/2018

Des membres de l'AIEQ au 6e colloque annuel du Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies à Londres

Des membres de l'AIEQ au 6e colloque annuel du Centre for Quebec & French-Canadian Studies à Londres.
http://aieq.qc.ca/les-etudes-quebecoises-a-londres/

08/07/2018

06/07/2018

From this year’s CQFCS conference, which finishes this evening. Language, identity... and cupcakes!

04/07/2018

Here's the final programme for our upcoming conference, which kicks off tomorrow. We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Confirmed plenary speakers: Krista Byers-Heinlein (Concordia University); Matthew Hayday (University of Guelph); Leigh Oakes (Queen Mary University of London); Sherry Simon (Concordia University); 

02/07/2018

This might be of interest to some of you:
SSHRC and the ESRC have awarded 10 Knowledge Synthesis Grants totalling over £161,000 (over C$280,000) to assess the state of research knowledge on Canada-UK trade relationships!

Research teams from Canada and the UK to study future of Canada-UK trade relations 27 June 2018 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada and the ESRC have awarded 10 Knowledge Synthesis Grants totalling over £161,000 (over C$280,000) to assess the state of research kno...