USask Conversational Languages

05/15/2026

🟪EXPLORE🟪
Online French Immersion
Summer June 30 to July 30, 2026
All classes Central Daylight Time (Sask Time= GMT -6)

✅ Learn French
✅ 6-credits
✅ Bursary
✅ Online
​​​​​​​✅ 5-weeks

Accredited by the Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC), Explore is a French Immersion program specifically designed for students to study French as a Second Language.

Requirements:

▪️Be 18+ (online) 19+ (in-person)
▪️Be a FT or PT student
▪️Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident

In level-specific classrooms, students learn themes, vocabulary, and grammar taught with communicative and experiential methods, participate in group projects and activities, and focus on conversation, discussions, and debates. Instruction in all levels includes the study of the short story Le Petit Prince.

For admission into Explore, you will first apply for the bursary. Once you get an email from CMEC that you have been granted a bursary, you will register for the University of Saskatchewan's Explore Program within five days.

✅USask French Courses you could receive credit for:
(Explore students may receive credit for 2 of these classes, based on post-immersion testing)

FREN 103
FREN 106
FREN 122
FREN 123
FREN 125
FREN 212
FREN 215
FREN 218

✅You may choose to have this 5-week French Immersion program recognized as 6-credit unit course at USask OR at your home university.

For more information, visit Explore Online Summer Program website
Contact: Gisele Piché, Director (Explore Saskatoon)
phone 306 966 4355 email [email protected]

2026

05/10/2026

05/01/2026

Join us on Instagram! USask Multilingual Conversational Languages now has fresh new page on Instagram.

We will be posting information about our classes, photos from our in-person and online classes in Cree, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, and our online and in-person Explore French immersion programs, as well as language-related bits and bobs for your interest.

Feel free to send us photos, stories and reviews from your time with us, or that you think will be interesting to our followers and community through Instagram, Facebook, or email to: [email protected]

05/01/2026

Limited spots are still open for our Intro to Spanish Basics online class with Maria Nesbet. Enroll now to get started speaking Spanish. Learn from anywhere! Our classes are open to all adults online via Zoom.

🇪🇸 Intro to Spanish Basics
Tuesdays 5pm-8pm CST (SK time/GMT-6)
May 5th to June 2

For more information and to enroll, visit the USask Multilingual Conversational Languages website:
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/noncredit/languages/index.php
Questions? Email [email protected]�or call 306-966-4355

Thank you! With your support, USask's Be What the World Needs campaign raised a historic amount to help tackle the world's greatest challenges.

04/28/2026

Want to have a fun summer learning French and earn 6 academic credits? Know someone who would?

Spring 2026 programs are full however, there is still time to enroll for our July online program!

🟪Limited spots are available for the Explore French Immersion Program at the University of Saskatchewan. Enroll by June 26th for the July Summer 2026 program which runs online for the month of July. This program includes level-specific French classes with awesome instructors and a variety of fabulous art and cultural activities.

🟪Current full-time and part-time post-secondary students will likely qualify for the Explore bursary which covers most of the cost of the program (minus a $275 registration fee).

🟪Students from other post-secondary institutions are welcome!
Students do not have to be USask students to participate or to qualify for bursaries.
🟪Students must be a permanent resident or citizen of Canada.

🟪See the Explore website for details:
https://englishfrench.ca/apply-now-explore/

For more information visit Saskatoon Explore Program website
or contact Gisèle Piché at 306-966-4355

Accredited by the Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC), Explore is a French Immersion program specifically designed for students to study French as a Second Language. 

04/16/2026

🌎🗨️You still have time to enroll! All our Spring term language classes are confirmed to run. Spots are available in Cree, French, German, Italian or Spanish classes and you may enroll up to the start of the second class, so don't delay, learn a language today!

➡️Our live online classes are open to anyone, anywhere (all times are CST, SK time: GMT-6)
In-person classes are held at the Williams Building , USask Saskatoon campus.

➡️Visit USask Multilingual Conversational Languages program website for more information and to sign up for your language adventure!

➡️Questions? Call 306-966-5530 or email [email protected]

➡️Not sure what level you should take? We offer free level assessments over the phone to help you find the best class to suit your needs. Call us.

We offer non-degree conversational language classes in Cree, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Whether you are a complete beginner or wanting to improve your skills, our small classes and supportive instructors create a welcoming space and help you reach your goals in the company of o...

04/13/2026

Learn Spanish basics, or increase your fluency with our live and interactive online Spanish language classes. Real experts in real time ready to help you speak Spanish. Learn from anywhere. Our classes are open to everyone! Enroll up to the start of the second class.

Intro to Spanish Basics
with Maria Nesbet
Tue 5:00-8:00pm May 5 to June 2

Spanish 3
with Gabriela Prado Ayala
Thu 5:30-8:00pm Apr 16 to Jun 4

Spanish 8
with Gabriela Prado Ayala
Wed 5:30-8:00pm Apr 15 to Jun 3

All times are CST (SK time/GMT-6)

For more information and to register, visit
Multilingual Conversational Languages website
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/noncredit/languages/index.php

Not sure what level to enroll in?
Call 306-966-4355 for a free speaking assessment.

We offer non-degree conversational language classes in Cree, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Whether you are a complete beginner or wanting to improve your skills, our small classes and supportive instructors create a welcoming space and help you reach your goals in the company of o...

04/10/2026

Learn to speak Cree (nēhiyawēwin) online in this live interactive Zoom course with Cree Knowledge Keeper Candace Longjohn-Constant.
Cree is an important and widely spoken First Nations language: for work, for school, for family, friends and community, sign up today!

💻🗨️Cree 1 (nēhiyawēwin)
▪️Saturdays 9:30am-12pm
▪️April 18 to June 13 (no class May 16)
▪️Online
▪️$345 + GST/PST
Note: The cost of gifting to***co and a blanket to the Cree language knowledge keeper ARE included in the registration fee. Textbook is extra.

Our non-credit conversational language classes are open to everyone!

Questions? call 306-966-5530 or email [email protected]
For more information, and to register visit
USask Multilingual Conversational Languages website
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/noncredit/languages/index.php

Instructor: Candace Longjohn-ConstantSaturdays 9:30am-12pm8 weeks: April 11 to June 6 (no class May 16)Location: Online$345 + GST/PST (the cost of gifting to***co and a blanket to the Cree language knowledge keeper ARE included in the registration fee. Textbook is extra.).

04/08/2026

Learn to speak Cree (nēhiyawēwin) online in this live interactive Zoom course with Cree Knowledge Keeper Candace Longjohn-Constant.
Cree is an important and widely spoken First Nations language: for work, for school, for family, friends and community, sign up today!

💻🗨️Cree 1 (nēhiyawēwin)
▪️Saturdays 9:30am-12pm
▪️April 11 to June 6 (no class May 16)
▪️Online
▪️$345 + GST/PST

Note: The cost of gifting to***co and a blanket to the Cree language knowledge keeper ARE included in the registration fee. Textbook is extra.

Our non-credit conversational language classes are open to everyone!�
Questions? call 306-966-5530 or email [email protected]

For more information, and to register visit USask Multilingual Conversational Languages
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/noncredit/languages/index.php

Instructor: Candace Longjohn-ConstantSaturdays 9:30am-12pm8 weeks: April 11 to June 6 (no class May 16)Location: Online$345 + GST/PST (the cost of gifting to***co and a blanket to the Cree language knowledge keeper ARE included in the registration fee. Textbook is extra.).

04/07/2026

Level up! Italian 3 Online with Giuliano Gullotti and USask Multilingual Conversational Languages. For those who have successfully completed Italian 2 OR who have comparable skills.
Free language level assessment by phone. Call today!

🇮🇹Learn and master:

🔺Relating what happened on the weekend
🔺Relating past activities
🔺Ordering food and drinks
🔺Expressing preferences
🔺Making plans and talking about the future
🔺Describing the weather
🔺Booking trips and talking about holidaying
🔺Making predictions and hypotheses

🇮🇹🇮🇹Italian 3🇮🇹🇮🇹
Mondays 5:30-8:00pm
8 weeks: April 13 to June 8 (no class May 18)
Online (Zoom, live and interactive)
$320 + GST/PST

For more information, and to register:
Multilingual Conversational Languages
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/noncredit/languages/index.php
Questions? Call 306-966-5530
or email [email protected]

Instructor: Giuliano GullottiMondays 5:30-8:00pm8 weeks: April 13 to June 8 (no class May 18)Location: Online$320 + GST/PST