Talk:Université Laval

message: Why are there talks about Czech universities ??
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message: Maybe the first line should say "Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest institution of higher learning in Canada" instead of "Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest university in Canada" because, as the article says, the Séminaire de Québec only became the Université Laval in 1852, 189 years after its foundation. -- Mathieugp 19:11, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Higher learning instead of university 

message: Why no mention ovFaculté des sciences sociales? --Pawyilee (talk) 10:44, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faculté des sciences sociales 

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message: --Nonztp (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
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thread_title:  Alumni section 

message: I have added a bit, about the Grand and Petit seminary but there are more facts not covered by the article.
Per Government of Canada:
    In 1663, the Grand Seminary was created to establish a parish ministry, mission work and a clergy. The ‘Small Seminary’ was founded, in 1668 to instruct young Aboriginals in French culture and language. Beginning in 1674, the establishment only housed young Frenchmen who wished to become priests. After the conquest there were further changes to the school’s direction and the ‘Small Seminary’ began to accept all young people who wanted to study, not only those who wanted to become priests. https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=694
Peter K Burian (talk) 13:10, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article ignores a lot of the history 

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message: Whilst the majority of courses at the University are taught in French, it's possible to get degrees that are taught entirely in English (see this undergrad in Literature or this Master's in Business). The two Cégeps in Québec to offer diplomas entirely in both respective languages, Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles and Cégep de Sept-Îles, are clearly indicated as bilingual institutions on their pages.
This is different from, say, the French-as-a-second-language baccalaureate previously offered by the Laval, which was simply a programme at a French-language institution to learn English as a second language with French-language courses. Nor am I arguing that, say, Harvard University be bilingual because it offers B.A.s in French as a second language. Further, programmes like that of the University of Montréal, which have English-language courses designed specifically to integrate anglo students who wish to study at a French university, do not make an institution bilingual.
However, in this case, it is unambiguous. Laval University offers degrees in English which (a) are not meant to learn how to speak English, and (b) which does not require any level of French in order to complete. (The University itself does indeed have French admission criteria, but this does not make the degrees into non-English degrees any more than Harvard's entrance requirement of having taken foreign language in high school makes its degrees multilingual.)
In summary, this is simply not a French-language school; it is a bilingual school. In the same way the majority-francophone Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles is described as 'bilingual' in its lede, I am going to make a coordinate edit on this page as well. If and when it becomes no longer possible to complete a degree at the University without studying a word in French, the page should be reverted back to indicating French-only. Leavechelseaalone (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bilingual, not French-only