Session T-02 - Topics: Co-Creating Bilingual Resources with Students; Teaching Lab, Polycrisis; Developing French Purpose Course

Responding to the need for stronger bilingual disciplinary communication, the Students as Partners Partners French Terminology Project at McGill University supports non-STEM departments in developing French technical vocabulary resources. Across 11 teams, nearly 50 students, faculty, and PhD collaborators co-create resources through a participatory process that enhances engagement and offers a scalable curricular model.

Socio-political divides, hate speech, and other complex dynamics are increasingly finding their way into our classrooms. This talk will review a SALTISE-funded project uniting educators across Montreal to build practical skills around responding to these issues. The project, led by Dr. Jessica Bleuer, in partnership with Centre for Teaching and Learning at Concordia University, took the format of hands-on workshops during Winter 2026. We will share our successes, difficulties, and learnings to offer insights for educators experiencing similar challenges.

In this presentation, we describe the development of a French for Academic Purposes (FAP) course at McGill University’s French Language Centre to support undergraduate students planning graduate studies in French-language institutions in Québec. Using the French for Specific Purposes framework (Mangiante & Parpette, 2004; Carras et al., 2007), we report the needs analysis results, based on a 14-question survey of B1–B2 learners, highlighting academic/professional intentions, learning interests, and oral production challenges across disciplines. These findings informed a transversal six-module FAP curriculum integrating academic, professional, and general French.