Helen Coltrinari

Name
Helen Coltrinari

Position on Board
President

Hometown
Caledonia, Ontario

Where I live now
Toronto, Ontario

My day job
Education consultant.  My areas of interest are literacy, brain theory, cooperative learning, differentiation in the FSL classroom, and best practices in the FSL classroom.

Favourite activity/hobby
Gardening, skiing, cooking, reading, and watching movies

Biggest dream
To visit every country in the world!

Favourite French expression
Impécable! Que c’est chouette!

How I practice French in everyday life
I listen to Radio-Canada on a regular basis. I also sing francophone folk songs… “En passant par la Lorraine avec mes sabots! ”
 
Favourite food
Too many to choose from but some of my favourites would include: mixed greens salad with good vinaigrette, risotto, chicken soup, garlic shrimp, and corn on the cob!

Favourite artist/music 
- Gilles Vigneault (I met him many years ago in a little “boite” in Quebec City – how can I forget!!)
- Edith Butler and Angèle Arsenault (They were at Laval when I was there!)
- Oscar Peterson, k.d. lang, Leonard Cohen, Enya, and so many more!

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To contact Helen Coltrinari, email her at hcoltrinari@francais-avenir.org

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