Samuel de Champlain: Fondateur de la ville de Québec et explorateur de la Nouvelle-France

June 22, 2008 - July 2, 2008


Itinerary/Itinéraire

Participants in the IVth Summer Institute for Teachers of French (2008):

Lyn Ballou, South Freeport, MAINE

Janet Chickering, Lisbon, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Thérèse Clarke, Buffalo, NEW YORK

Mary Palmer Collom, Richmond, VERMONT

LaVonne Davis-Schenck, North Scituate, RHODE ISLAND

Françoise Denis, Saint Paul, MINNESOTA

Lori St-Germain Fineman, Salsbury Cove, MAINE

Ewan Good, Waterville, MAINE

Sarah Haueter, Gibsonton, FLORIDA

Priscille Michaud, Augusta, MAINE

Jean Miller, Harvard, MASSACHUSETTS

Christian Poulin, West Gardiner, MAINE *

Chelsea Ray, Augusta, MAINE

Maria Rier, Jay, MAINE

Jessica Setzer, Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA

Sandra Auclair Shaw, Narragansett, RHODE ISLAND

Ann Sullivan, Waterville, MAINE *

Patricia Thibault, Cumberland, MAINE

Charlotte VanWagenen, West Jordan, UTAH

Katherine Yates, Phippsburg, MAINE *

* confirmed

Texts for the Institute have been chosen and will be mailed to participants who are accepted into the program and who have paid a deposit. The texts are:

Samuel de Champlain, Père de la Nouvelle-France by Francine Legaré (Collection Les Grandes Figures, XYZ éditeur, Montréal: 2003)

L'Insolite Coureur des Bois by Maryse Rouy (Collection Atout, Éditions Hurtubise: 2006)

Samuel: Voyages, rencontres... et musique/Samuel: Journeys, meetings... and music (Collection Histoire et patrimoine/Collection History and patrimony: 2007)

Five special-circumstance scholarships of between $100 - $200 to help defray travel costs are available. Participants who have been admitted into the program should contact the Director regarding the availability of funds.

Institute faculty and staff:

The Director of the Institute is Prof. Raymond J. Pelletier, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics and Acting Director of the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.

The Institute's Pedagogical Consultant is Prof. Eileen Angelini, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

Prof. Matthew Hatveny of the Geography Department at Université Laval will be the principle lecturer and guide for the Québec City portion of the Institute.

Prof. Joseph-André Senécal of the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Vermont will be the principle lecturer and guide for the visit of the Lake Champlain region.

The Canadian-American Center Cartography Lab is preparing a map celebrating Samuel de Champlain's explorations. Under the direction of Mike Hermann, the work will be along the lines of the Acadia map that was distributed at the Acadia Institute. It relies on Champlain's own words to describe his historic travels.

Last Updated: 26 March, 2008