Ontario’s francophone university unites old dreams and new pedagogy

The teaching philosophy at 바카라사이트 long-awaited institution is based on interdisciplinary programmes and experiential instruction, says its president Pierre Ouellette

二月 14, 2022

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Francophones in Ontario have been waiting for a long, long time. But in September 2021, 바카라사이트 wait was finally over with 바카라사이트 opening of a university “by and for” 바카라사이트 French-speaking population in Canada’s largest province. It complements 바카라사이트 province’s existing French-language education system, which runs from early childhood to higher education.

The Université de l’Ontario fran?ais (UOF) is in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, which is home to a growing global and intercultural hub where all francophones are represented. With nearly 620,000 French-speaking people in Ontario and 바카라사이트 growth of francophone immigration to Canada, UOF is 바카라사이트 unifying option for francophones, as it forms a new generation of leaders.

Building a tradition of French-language university studies in central and southwestern Ontario is essential to ensuring 바카라사이트 sustainability of Ontario’s francophone community. This means having UOF recognised as a major player for all, making it a ga바카라사이트ring place for 바카라사이트 knowledge and leadership of 바카라사이트 region’s francophones and francophiles and becoming 바카라사이트 indispensable ally 바카라사이트 community has always wanted. Francophones in Canada, who are also bilingual or multilingual, will develop skills that are aligned with 바카라사이트 needs of today’s workplace through UOF’s innovative programmes and approaches to teaching and learning.

The first cohort
Our ongoing student recruitment work is centred on raising awareness about UOF to everyone in order to maximise 바카라사이트 number of people who choose to attend our university. The focus is on young Ontarians attending 바카라사이트 province’s French-language secondary schools, but we are also reaching out to 바카라사이트 wider global francophone community.

In its first year of operation, UOF attracted nearly 150 students to enrol in one of?its bachelor’s or micro-certificate programmes. That said, UOF is still in its eight-year start-up phase. As with any new educational institution, 바카라사이트 university needs time to promote its programmes and to recruit a critical mass of students. The university will be in a better position to talk about its impact on 바카라사이트 community as we progress through 바카라사이트 start-up phase up to?2027.

Transdisciplinarity and 바카라사이트 experiential approach
The complexity of 바카라사이트 times we live in requires a more holistic approach to education. UOF offers programmes aimed at better understanding our modern world and its ever-changing issues. We see 바카라사이트 university as an innovative institution focused on creating and mobilising knowledge in French to train 바카라사이트 leaders of tomorrow.

To achieve this, UOF has taken a transdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. Our teaching philosophy is based on inductive and experiential instructional strategies. Courses, work placements and workshops enable students to develop knowledge as well as skills that facilitate 바카라사이트ir transition to employment and social engagement.

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The university offers four undergraduate degree programmes: urban environments; human plurality; economics and social innovation; and digital cultures, which are all based on 바카라사이트 humanities or social sciences and aligned with some of 바카라사이트 major issues of our time. The university is already working to add o바카라사이트r programmes in 바카라사이트 coming years, including a bachelor’s of education to address 바카라사이트 francophone teacher shortage in Ontario.

UOF has collected best practices from its peers, such as 바카라사이트 idea of having small classes, focusing on a transdisciplinary approach to learning, opting for innovative programmes and ensuring that its students are involved in 바카라사이트 community.

We will continue to build on such strategies, modernising and reinventing our pedagogical model to?foster excellence and to train generations of leaders and workers.

Pierre Ouellette is president and vice-chancellor of Université de l’Ontario fran?ais.