{"id":6491,"date":"2026-01-06T19:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etudiantscanadiens.org\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:57:56","slug":"the-mec-shines-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etudiantscanadiens.org\/en\/the-mec-shines-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"The MEC Shines Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What a joy for the MEC to be featured in a recent Toronto Star article! Journalist Allan Woods spoke with Maxime Poignand (Special Projects Officer for the centenary), France Mainville (Director of the MEC), as well as Aim\u00e9 Saldia and Danielle Louzado (two of our residents pursuing a master\u2019s at Sciences Po), to write this piece celebrating the history, anecdotes, and international connections that make the Maison des \u00e9tudiants canadiens so unique, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:69px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-rouge-color has-text-color has-inter-18-bold-font-size\">Discover the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/europe\/from-trudeau-pranks-to-tim-hortons-cravings-a-paris-institution-marks-100-years-of-home\/article_a2297f98-1cba-492f-8821-5bb80761ffa6.html\">here<\/a> !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/europe\/from-trudeau-pranks-to-tim-hortons-cravings-a-paris-institution-marks-100-years-of-home\/article_a2297f98-1cba-492f-8821-5bb80761ffa6.html\"><img width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/etudiantscanadiens.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-actualites-768-x-512-px-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etudiantscanadiens.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-actualites-768-x-512-px-3.png 400w, https:\/\/etudiantscanadiens.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-actualites-768-x-512-px-3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a joy for the MEC to be featured in a recent Toronto Star article! 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