FSL Stories

You could almost say French is in Emma Pearce’s DNA. From the time she was young, Emma was exposed to French in her home. “My mother was a high school French teacher,” says Emma. “Mom really inspired me… she really

As the youngest teacher at Burnaby’s Ecole Brantford Elementary, Eliesse Harpaz proves that French Immersion opens up doors. At 23, Eliesse was hired by her alma mater to teach full time in a Grade 5/6 split French Immersion class. “Most

Growing up, Dylan Trerice loved listening to his Italian grandparents speak in their mother tongue. “I remember watching my Nonna speaking Italian and wondering how it felt to communicate fluently in another language,” says the Vancouver Island French Immersion teacher

Although Danielle Senyk’s father grew up in Quebec and spoke a little French, it wasn’t until Grade 5 that Danielle was exposed to French. “I was in a fairly small school and Core French was a relatively new program,” says

Initially, Alexis Ewacha never set out to teach French Immersion. Alexis earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of BC (UBC); majoring in history, with a minor in geography. “After high school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to

When an accused wishes to have his criminal trial in French, Provincial Crown lawyers like Micah Rankin are called on to take the case. As part of a team of around 30 who speak French, the Provincial Crown prosecutor’s focus