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When you are Resolute to Wear your French Hat!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 31, 2008

Only one day left in 2008… I often wonder “where did time go?”… Many things occurred this past year and I met some wonderful people… most of them are students: Susan, James, Alice, Seema, Jessica, Jay, Jenn… Speaking of my students… Seema and her daughter, Sam, left for India three weeks ago to visit their [...]

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Waiting for the 3rd Time in one Month: Will I Survive?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: November 7, 2008

Here I am again… waiting for James’ results. When I got back home after lunch today, I had a dilemma: would I sit down in front of my computer and write a post on James’ oral interview or… would I rake the leaves? Useless to say the latter was not my first choice! I do [...]

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If you ever wondered about Canada’s 2 solitudes… Watch this!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: September 30, 2008

Now living in Ontario, I miss out on most of the stuff happening in Québec… and it is quite unfortunate! Last Sunday, Dave watched “Tout le monde en parle” on Radio-Canada and he asked me if I had seen the ad on the phoque… I actually had no clue what he was talking about! Therefore, [...]

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