The Fifth Annual Québec Workshop:

Culture, politique et diversité du Québec comme sources d’inspiration
dans la didactique de la langue française

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Saturday, October 24, 2009
University Club Conference Room
University of Washington, Seattle

Registration: $45 ($20 for UW students)

Includes: Six (6) Clock Hours, Parking/Bus Passes, Breakfast, Lunch, Materials

• Workshop Information
• Registration
• Workshop Schedule
• Taking the Bus to the University of Washington
• Driving Directions and Parking Information
• Location of the University Club
• Sponsors
• Accessibility

Workshop Information

This workshop will be conducted in French and is open to educators and students in teaching certificate programs or French-language programs. We are delighted to have two Professor Thierry Giasson from Université Laval joining us again this year. Additional presentations will be given by Karen Boschker, teacher of French, and Louis Léger, also an educator and an expert in traditional Acadian music. The workshop will conclude with a performance by La Famille Léger.

La réalité francophone du Québec en fait une région d’exception en Amérique du Nord. Patrie de la seconde plus importante nation francophone dans le monde, le Québec a su maintenir et développer, au cours des 400 dernières années, une identité culturelle qui lui est propre. Cet atelier vise deux objectifs: 1. Familiariser plus spécifiquement les participants à la société et la culture québécoises et aux relations culturelles, politiques et économiques qu’entretiennent le Québec et les états-Unis. 2. Faire de ces informations factuelles sur le Québec des sources d’inspiration pour les activités de didactique de la langue française des participants.

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Registration

The cost of the workshop is $45 (UW student registration $20) and includes continental breakfast, lunch, parking / bus passes, materials, and six (6) clock hours.

To register, please fill out the registration form (PDF, 2.5 MB), and send your registration form with a check for $45, payable to "University of Washington," to:

Canadian Studies Center
ATTN: Québec Workshop
Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195-3650

You may also email the information on the registration form to canada@u.washington.edu. Please note that registration is non-refundable and we are unable to accept payment by credit card.

Your payment will be processed by Student Fiscal Services (SFS) at the University of Washington. SFS processes checks electronically using the information on the check to create an electronic funds transfer. Each time you send a check, you authorize a one-time transfer where funds will be electronically withdrawn from your bank account. You will not receive your cancelled check as SFS is required to destroy the check after it has been processed.

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Workshop Schedule

The schedule for the day is tentatively as follows:

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Taking the Bus to the University of Washington

We strongly recommend that you utilize public transportation to get to the University of Washington. The Seattle Metro public transportation has an excellent trip planning website. The closest major bus stops to the University Club are at (in order of proximity) the Husky Union Building (HUB), 15th Ave NE & NE Campus Parkway, and NE 41st St & University Way NE.

We will provide round-trip bus passes for those using public transportation. Bus passes will be handed out at the end of the workshop.

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Driving Directions to the UW & Parking Information

Parking for the workshop will be available behind the University Club (C-19) or in the Padelford Parking Garage (below). At the gatehouse, give the gatehouse attendant the "password" that was emailed to you in order to park. The attendant will be able to give you directors to the parking lot.

To get to the Padelford Parking Garage from I-5, drive East on NE 45th St past the University of Washington and down the bridge towards University Village. At the bottom of the bridge, turn right towards Montlake Blvd NE / WA -513. Quickly turn right again at the first turn onto a small street (intersecting with 25th Ave NE just before it merges with Montlake Blvd NE). Continue going straight through the intersection onto Pend Oreille Road. Follow the road up to the gatehouse, and give the gatehouse attendant the workshop "password," which will be emailed to you prior to the event.

Please note: You will cross the Burke-Gilman Trail as you drive up Pend Oreille road, so please watch for cyclists and pedestrians!

To get to the Padelford Parking Garage from WA-520, take the Montlake Blvd exit and merge onto Montlake Blvd / WA-513. Shortly after passing the Husky Stadium and Edmundson Pavilion, enter the left lane to drive onto 25th Ave NE. Turn left onto Pend Oreille Road. Follow the road up to the gatehouse, and give the gatehouse attendant the workshop "password," which will be emailed to you prior to the event.

Please note: You will cross the Burke-Gilman Trail as you drive up Pend Oreille road, so please watch for cyclists and pedestrians!

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Location of the University Club

The University Club is adjacent to the Husky Union Building (HUB). Go down the stairs after entering the building to reach the Conference Room.

From the Padelford parking garage, take the escalator / stairs up to the street and turn left. The University Club is the building just past Hall Health on your left.

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Sponsors

This workshop is sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington, the Center for Canadian American Studies at Western Washington University, and K-12 Study Canada.

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Accessibility

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@uwashington.edu.

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