Author Archives: Department of German

Language and Culture Day, Fri., Mar. 10, 2-4:30pm

Posted on February 22, 2023

The Global Languages Initiative is excited to announce this year’s Language and Culture Day held on Friday, March 10th from 2pm to 4:30pm in Father Madden Hall at St. Mike’s College. Whether you are interested in expanding your existing knowledge of a language, deepening your connection with your linguistic and cultural heritage, or are simply curious about foreign languages and cultures, you are all invited! Read More »

The View From Here: Newsletter 2022/23

Posted on December 15, 2022

Letter from the Chair Dear Friends of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, It was a delight to see students and faculty begin return to the Department and our beautiful campus in 2021-22 and we look forward to even more in-person events and activities becoming possible this academic year. My thanks to everyone for their positivity and support throughout this challenging time. During the past academic year, the Department was engaged in a comprehensive cyclical review mandated by the Province of Ontario. The consultation process encompassed faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, colleagues in our administrative offices and faculty from other units and programs. The nearly 200-page final document submitted in spring 2022 reports on everything from curriculum and learning objectives, student satisfaction and course enrolment, our success in securing external grants and research output, to faculty and administrative structure and our physical spaces. A concluding ‘Future Directions’ section identifies in broad terms a course for renewing our programs and activities on a number of levels. In the meantime, we’ve received the comments of our external reviewers, senior colleagues at institutions in Canada and abroad. In addition to praising our wonderful students, strong undergraduate and graduate programs, pioneering outreach initiatives ... Read More »