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Stories – A Selection

Your portal to discover the diverse partnership between Canada and Germany.
German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser, SOS Canada President and CEO Thomas Bauer, and Austrian Ambassador Stefan Pehringer

50th Anniversary of SOS Children’s Villages Canada

Dec 5, 2019 | SOS Children’s Villages Canada and SoGerman Team
The charity organization SOS Children’s Villages is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Canada. In this blog post, we introduce the organization and take a look at the history of the organizatio […]

Impressions from the 24 Hour Thinkathon in Montreal/Brussels

Nov 20, 2019 | Goethe Institut Montreal and SoGerman Team
What is a Thinkathon, you ask? A Thinkathon is like a hackathon but without computer programmers and software developers. The idea behind a Thinkathon is to connect people, in person and virtually, to […]

Remembering History – The Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Re-Unification

Oct 18, 2019 | SoGerman Team
This post looks back on the night — the night of November 9, 1989 — the night the Berlin Wall fell and the weeks and months that followed. The Berlin Wall divided East and West Germany for close t […]

In Conversation with Wiebke von Carolsfeld

Sep 4, 2019 | Karolin Tuncel for SoGerman
Wiebke von Carolsfeld is a German-born filmmaker and writer based in Montreal. She has directed three critically acclaimed feature films (Marion Bridge, STAY, The Saver) and she has won numerous award […]

In Conversation with the German Volleyball National Team

Jun 19, 2019 | Yasmin Al-Douri and Philipp Barlet for So German
As Canada is preparing for the summer, the Volleyball Nations League 2019 started with a big bang in China. Canada hosted the next three matches from June 7-9 and was able to welcome the German Nation […]
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In Conversation with Nora Krug

Jun 11, 2019 | SoGerman Team
Nora Krug is a German-American author and illustrator whose drawings and visual narratives have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Le Monde diplomatique. Her visu […]

In Conversation with German Wine Princess Klara Zehnder

May 31, 2019 | Jessica Maurer for SoGerman
From April 25th to 27th, the wine fair Salon international des vins et spiritueux took place in Québec. On this occasion, we spoke with the Franconian Wine Queen and German Wine Princess Klara Zehnde […]

Swinging Into Spring with Frank Muschalle in Ottawa

May 22, 2019 | SoGerman Team
When a well-known Boogie Woogie pianist comes to town, you make the most of it! […]

In Conversation with Katharina Schultens

Apr 16, 2019 | Jakob Schalk for SoGerman
Celebrating written poetry and spoken word in English, French – and German – VERSeFEST 2019 saw some of the most fascinating poets on the planet read their work. Katharina Schultens took p […]
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