Now, I am in Canada for one month. I’ve had enough time to get used to my schedule, to get an opinion about my classes, to get to know new people, to do some parties, to do sport, to get into a society, to go to a hockey… to be a Canadian student! I’m...
Canada, behind the stage Description of its government and political system Canada is a parliamentary democracy. The Constitution Act, 1867 forms the basis of Canada’s written constitution. It states that there will be one Parliament for Canada, consisting...
Besides, I met the international students. There are not many new exchange students this semester, only 8, including 5 French students. But in the group there are many foreign permanent students or some who arrived in September. Parties are organized...
I find Canadian people very welcoming, at the first sight. They look very open-minded and speak to each others without many boundaries (in the street, in the bus, and every place of the daily life). Their way to talk, even to people that they meet for...
Nova Scotia has a population of some 950,000. Of this number, 37,000 people, or 4% of the population, have French as their mother language. The number of French speakers, bilingual in or not, amounted almost 100 000 in Nova Scotia. The large number of...
Hello! My name is Delphine Lavernhe. I am student in Esdes, a business school in Lyon, in second year. During our formation, we have to spend a semester abroad, in a partner university and I decided to spend it in Saint Francis Xavier University. It is...
From Halifax to Antigonish Blog’s goal: to show the students a view of the country and an experience in a university abroad. Before going to Antigonish, to begin my semester at StFX, I spent three days in Halifax, the main city of Nova Scotia. I arrived...
History of StFX St. Francis Xavier University was founded in 1853 and is nowadays one of the oldest university in Canada. At the beginning, as most of the inhabitants came from British islands, the language spoken in Nova Scotia was Gaelic. The university...
The advertisement I have chosen is called “I am Canadian”. The advertisement is for the beer brand “Molson Canadian”, that has launched an advertising campaign, emphasized the Canadian aspect of the product. This commercial appeals Canadian people, proud...
I have 5 different classes: 4 in business, 1 in sociology. The bad point from having taken business classes is that we have already studied many of these classes. Most of the concepts seen in class, I have already heard about them or learnt them in Esdes...
First school days, first observations The class has begun on the Monday 6th January. The first classes from each course were shorter: it was just introducing the topic, the teacher, and how the semester will go on (exams, evaluations, work, group presentations,...
Saint Francis Xavier University is a small university, with around 4500 students. It has been created in 1853. There are 4 faculties in this university: business, letter and human sciences, education and information system.
