V-Unframed: The Exploration Between Virtual Reality and Art

The Alliance Française of Vancouver invites everyone to connect and explore at V-Unframed, the exploration between virtual reality and art. This mesmerizing virtual art exhibition features local and international artwork pieces. 
Traditionally, art is generally confined in a frame and then displayed on the walls of an art gallery. However, the V-Unframed showcases the realities, environments, and fascinating stories that lie beyond the enclosures of the canvas. 
In this event, the audiences will explore Escape V, …

Advancing Culture: Innovation and Music Groundwork

Advancing Culture is a global business support program for enterprises working in the industry of creative and cultural industries. This program allows small French startup businesses to learn more about the Canadian ecosystem as well as the possible expansion in the markets of North America. 
Created by the French Embassy in Canada, Advancing Culture is created in partnership with the Launch Academy and Platform Calgary in Vancouver. 
Discover a New Ecosystem
This program provides a comprehensive …

The French Embassy’s Cultural Service Launches Its Cooperation Program 2020-2021 With Canadian Schools

In partnership with the various schools across Canada, the French Embassy’s Cultural Service is launching its yearly cooperation program, specializing in culture and art in education. 
This program’s goal is to prosper in attaining a joint culture between Canada and France. This joint culture is rich and has distinct forms, whether scholarly or popular, contemporary or heritage. 
Highlight on Comics 2020: 
This is the lineup of events in this upcoming program:

The Body and Soul Performance – Paris Opera Ballet

Dancehouse, together with its partners, Harbourfront Centre, National Arts Centre, and Danse Danse, present the Body and Soul performance for the first time in the country. The concert will be choreographed by the Crystal Pite of Vancouver and will be performed by the Paris Opera Ballet. 
Following the epic success of the 2016 Season’s Canon, Crystal Pite was requested to create another masterpiece for the 36 dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. 
The Body and Soul performance conveys Crystal Pite’s growing …

The Inspire Festival in Moncton

For another time this year, the international and local artists are reshaping Monton’s urban landscape. 
The Inspire Festival in Moncton is a mural fest that allows artists to make interactive installations, frescoes, and other artistic wall projects within seven days. This festival aims to transform and adorn the city’s environment. 
The Inspire Festival commemorates art in its different forms by combining street shows, street art, and music. In 2019, a French artist known as Oak Oak created fantastic and …

Toronto’s “Take Care” Exhibition (Marne-la-Vallée)

When a curator in Canada makes an effort to gather artists across the world to discuss care, the community provokes reflection on the current society. 
The “Take Care” Exhibition in Toronto showcases the city’s artistic side through workshops, discussions, and performances. Cristine Shaw, a Canadian curator, invites artists worldwide to propose new and innovative tools to delve into the topic of care in French reference. 
These artists will introduce their work first hand in France and present new perspectives…

Education, Sciences, and Culture: Keep Yourself Busy With These Online Resources

Whether you are Canadian, French, Francophone, or Francophile, having something to keep yourself distracted from the current public health crisis is imperative. With the COVID-19 pandemic still being a huge phenomenon in today’s time, everyone must make a conscious effort to slow down the progression of this catastrophe. 
Given that establishments offering access to educational resources such as schools, libraries, and learning centers are not yet open to the public in many areas, the internet has become the major learning platform for many. 

The Canadian Student Digital Book Contest(French)

Calling the attention of all teachers, The Digital Book Competition for Canadian Students is back in yet another year! Now is the time to invite and encourage your students to be more creative and unravel new ways of storytelling through French writing. 
For its 2022 program, participating students will enjoy the pedagogical and technical support given by a digital publishing professional to guide them in making their own digital book. 
In this contest, the participating students are expected to give contributions …

The Publication Assistance Program by The French Institute – February Period

Canadian publishers who want to have their catalogs opened to texts by French-speaking authors can gain an advantage from the Publication Assistance Program offered by the French Institute. This opportunity is offered twice a year.
This program offers assistance to publishers to cover in whole or in part the rights’ purchase. The Paris Institute will regulate the selection. 
All publishers who wish to submit their files must contact the rightful owners of their desired titles ahead of time to create a transfer …

The Night for Ideas 2022: Collective Rebuilding

For its first edition, The Night for Ideas will launch its 7th Canadian edition with seven online events in partnership with Canada’s cultural network. From Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa to Victoria, every event welcomes attendees to participate and reflect on the theme “Collective Rebuilding.” 
You might be wondering what is there to rebuild and with whom, especially in what is deemed a hard time in history. These questions are expected as we all seem to be going back and forth between crises. There will be an opportunity to answer different questions in each …