Moustapha Fall
Why did you choose your program at UBC? Before I came to North America and enrolled at UBC, I was nurtured in a fertile teaching environment in Senegal where I developed a love for acquiring knowledge and sharing it with others. I have always been interested in studying the underlying mechanisms that govern first language […]
Jeremy Wallace
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? UBC’s Graduate Program in French Studies was recommended to me by a professor at the University of Victoria where I completed both my BA (Honours) and MA in French. Ultimately, the mentoring I received from my thesis director, Dr. […]
Jorge Izquierdo Salvador
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? Pursuing my PhD in Hispanic Studies at UBC was incredibly important to me as an individual and as a professional. A career in the arts had been a calling for me since I was young. Eventually, I followed the […]
Carole Joling
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? After I immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands in 1960, my high school teachers in Merritt, BC recognized my facility with languages and encouraged me to apply to UBC’s Faculty of Arts, to study in its literature and languages […]
Kelly O’Keefe
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? I kind of fell into Political Science and Spanish — they were the subjects I most enjoyed. I like to read literature as well as theory and had already taken Spanish in high school. As I progressed through both […]
Heather Hastie
What do you like about your current job and what do you find challenging? How does it relate to your degree? I love my current role at The City of Calgary. I oversee the Communication Division and lead approximately 120 communicators who support the various departments and business units with communications needs, as well as […]
Avril Espinosa-Malpica
Avril Espinosa-Malpica joined the UBC Arts Co-op program with hopes of gaining valuable experience in the workforce. Co-op was a place for her to grow professionally, make connections, and gain skills that would aid her after graduation. In addition to her placements, Avril also won UBC Arts Co-op Undergraduate Student of the Year Award in […]
Lawrence Book McKnight
A version of this interview originally appeared on the French, Hispanic and Italian Studies website, November 2019. Lawrence Book McKnight shares how a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Human Geography equipped him to become a Program Manager in Lima, Peru where he worked on community projects for under-resourced areas. He gives advice for overcoming the […]
Madeleine Natale
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? I had originally intended to major in psychology. After taking a gap year between my first and second year at UBC to be an au pair (nanny) in France, I came back completely in love with the French language […]
Darlene Munro
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, French is a high demand subject, and I already had 12 years of experience with the French language so it made the most sense financially. I was introduced to some […]