Lire au suivant : connecting communities through reading practice and engagement

Abstract

"Each year, teachers from the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR Saint-Jean) organize educational activities in the community to build bridges, deconstruct prejudices toward the military and connect their students, also known as officer cadets, with members of the larger community they will one day serve. In the fall of 2022, 35 Francophone officer cadets from the CMR Saint-Jean participated in the project Lire au suivant, which consisted in reading stories about inclusion and diversity in their second language—English—to students at St. John’s Elementary School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In this article, we present the successes, challenges, and surprises the project brought for both students and staff." -- AQPC