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De Paris à Toronto – French Connection The theme of our Thursday June 1st radio show was about the education system in Canada. We began the show by giving a quick overview of the education system in Canada such as the numbers of students and schools. In 2010, public expenditures on education from provincial, territorial, federal and local governments amounted to $80 billion spent on all levels of education. Then we talked about the main differences of education systems between France and Canada. In Canada, there is no federal department of education like in France and no integrated national system of education. Everything is split into various department that refers to a specific location. Our objective was also to explain how the system works because it’s not easy for a francophone foreigner to understand the educative system in Canada. Speaking generally, the education starts at 3 years old and ends at 26 at the maximum. You can have a lot of options like in France but here, in Ca...

Radio Regent De Paris à Toronto – The French Connection Our second show broadcast on Thursday May 18th was focused on French food in Toronto. We have been in Toronto for over a month now and we have to say that we miss French food!!! So the idea was to talk about this in our second show. Where could you find french food in Toronto ? Where are the most popular french restaurants ? Is there any events in Toronto that promotes french products and food? We listened to a french chef who works in Lavelle, a restaurant in King Street. He spoke about his experience here, his ambitions and the way that he cooks french products. We also talked about the difference between French and Canadian food. What kind of food people love here ? How they eat ? Lastly our food radio show was an opportunity to talk about some nice places in Toronto where food has an important presence. Tune into French Connection every Thursday from 2 pm to 3 pm. By Gabrielle Rousselle and Cassandra Chaillou p...

De Paris à Toronto – Launching of a new radio show By radio regent – May 12th 2017 This new Radio Show called « From Paris to Toronto // French Connection » is a weekly french production made by Gabrielle and Cassandre who are two french interns here in Toronto. This show will be about different subjects like the social issues of french people in Toronto but also about politics, culture, environment, music... Each week, we will focus on one subject and try to talk and exchange with our audience. We will also try to have a guest, meaning a french guest who is living in Toronto. For this very first show they have chosen to talk about politics because Emmanuel Macron had just become the new president of France. During the show they comeback on Macron’s program and describe his profile. They have also talked about the future of Canadian – French relationships in politics. Their guest, Valentin Cirot a french young man who came r...