Members of the UWindsor chapter of Club Richelieu were among the celebrants Sept. 25 at the raising of the Franco-Ontarian flag outside Chrysler Hall.
A new student club aiming to promote French on campus will hold its first social event this evening in the Leddy Library Collaboratory.
A game night promising French music and snacks along with board and card games is open to all, from 6 to 9 p.m., says Andrelle Mboudjeke, vice-president of Le Chapitre Jeunesse du Club Richelieu.
“The club recognizes the importance of a community where francophones and francofans can connect and diversify themselves in French culture,” she says. We also want French speaking students outside of the French department to recognize the asset they have in having French as a second language, which is why we have an executive team of different majors — from French studies to biomedical sciences.”
Richelieu International was founded as a social service club in Ottawa in 1944. The Windsor chapter and professors Emmanuelle Richez and Tanja Collet-Najem helped to found the campus youth chapter in September.