The first edition of Poetry Nights at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris was a great success!The idea was born at the MEC from a discussion between the director France Mainville and the resident and Cultural Agent Maxime Poignand and was brought to fruition thanks to the coordination of Maxime and an organizing committee made […]
During the night of March 26th to 27th, the closing of the 1st edition of Poetry Nights took place at the MEC at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. (Re)discover here the festive atmosphere of the evening and the poetic competition, which was a success thanks to the involvement of the participants, the public, our […]
As part of a serie of videos and portraits of residents of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, the Syrian resident at the MEC, Majd Abazid, testified to his history, his career and his ideals. Majd has a Masters in Data Science from the University of Paris Saclay and is currently a doctoral student in […]
Have you ever watched our “Thèse et cuisine” video series? The idea is simple: present our residents who are doing their theses in an informal and dynamic video format without losing the quality of everything they have to say about their backgrounds and their theses. The presenter of the series, Alexandre Lloyd (Master’s student in […]
It all started when Maxime Poignand, the Cultural Agent of the MEC, was talking with Alexandre Lloyd (this year’s scholarship recipient) to find a new interesting audiovisual format to use for our content. The topic was the following: how to present the background of our residents in a dynamic and unpretentious way? It is from […]
The House of Canadian Students is proud of its many residents with their admirable and sometimes even extraordinary backgrounds. In order to put these great talents and amazing stories in the spotlight, we created in March 2021 a series of videos for our social media called “Prenons le thé et jasons” (let’s have a cup […]
The last academic year was very special. Dealing with a pandemic far from our respective countries was not easy. The MEC and its residents went through this period in a spirit of mutual aid and union, and we celebrated with joy the end of a year unlike any other! Our celebration gala took place on […]
