News
Linda Pervier honored by France with the palmes académiques
Burlington adopts a French-friendly policy
Here are some news coverage on the French-friendly resolution proposed and adopted by the Burlington City Council.
Burlington City Council video resolution
Alliance Française de la Région du Lac Champlain
"Bilingual Burlington" or "Burlington Bilingue" Featured on Channel 17
This twenty minutes video shows how the city of Burlington is making significant efforts to become a friendlier place for French speaking visitors. For more information about this program and how to be involved, contact Steve Norman by email at SteveNorman@fastmail.fm.
A production of the Church Street Marketplace and The Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, recorded on 2011-07-28.
"Bilingual Burlington" Featured on WCAX
The AFLCR was delighted to receive television news coverage of
our innovative "Bilingual Burlington" French classes for downtown
commerce and hospitality workers. Many thanks to Steve Norman, who
created and implemented the project, and to Ernie Pomerleau, Honorary
French Consul for Vermont, for his generous support! Click here to view the story.
"La francophonie hors Québec" Featured on TVHR9.com /
Télévision du Haut-Richelieu
In this internet television interview, Mr. Eric Latour (ericlatour.com) discussed with Mr. Roger Léger from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Mr. Weston Donehower from the AFLCR, the history and current status of French in the states of New York and Vermont, including efforts that the Alliance française de la région du Lac Champlain is making to promote French language and culture in the Burlington area. Click here to watch the interview.
Mardi Gras 2011
On March 5 the AFLCR was delighted to be a first time participant in Burlington, Vermont's Mardi Gras parade. Our theme was "la francophonie globale", and featured Franco-Senegalese drummers, bead-throwers of Québecois and French Caribbean heritage, and a boat symbolically sailing amongst far-flung francophone cultures. We were proud to receive the fourth highest judge's score for our char festif!
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March 2011-Flag Raising Ceremony for the mois de la francophonie
The video from Channel 17 features Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, Christophe Guilhou the Consul General of France, Jean-Stephan Bernard the Quebec Delegate to New England, Ernie Pomerleau the Honorary French Consul to VT, Doreen Kraft of Burlington City Arts and the musicians from the group Va-et-vient
See the video from Channel 17.
"Burlington Businesses go bilingual"
New push from the AFLCR and the Church Street Market Place to make downtown Burlington more friendly to visitors from Québec. See the video from WCAX.
Free French classes to Burlington employees
Find out why Burlington employees say "oui!" to French lessons.
See the Seven Days article written by Lauren Ober.
"Les commerçants de Burlington étudient le français"
Mr. Steve Normand, porte-parole de l'AFLCR, explique au journal québecois Rue Frontenac, les efforts mis en place par l'Association des marchants de Church Street et de l'Alliance Française pour permettre aux commerçants du centre-ville de communiquer en français avec les touristes québecois.