Le Délit français
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| Type | Weekly student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Daily Publications Society |
| Publisher | Daily Publications Society |
| Editor | Alexandre de Lorimier |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | 3480 McTavish St., Room B24
Montréal, Québec H3A 1X9  Canada |
| Circulation | 6,000 |
| ISSN | 1192-4609 |
| Website | Le Délit français |
Le Délit français, also simply known as Le Délit, is an independent francophone newspaper on the McGill University campus, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a sister publication to the English-language The McGill Daily and, as such, is published by the Daily Publications Society (DPS). In accordance with the Constitution of the DPS, the newspaper is run exclusively by McGill students.
Le Délit was created in 1977 to provide a voice for francophone students at McGill University, an English-speaking institution. As of Fall 2003, 19.6% of the student body at McGill had declared French as their mother tongue. The paper is a francophone enclave, itself within an anglophone stronghold established in the second-largest French-speaking city in the world.
Before becoming its own publication, a French-language section was reserved in The McGill Daily. In its early days, the section and the eventual newspaper was called Le McGill Daily français but the name was soon changed to Le Délit, owing to an evident play-on-words. In French, the word délit actually means offence or misdemeanour.
Le Délit is a member of Canadian University Press and le Carrefour international de la presse universitaire francophone (CIPUF).
Current masthead
Le Délit is published weekly every Tuesday during the university's Fall and Winter terms. The paper has two main sections: Nouvelles (news) and Arts&Culture. It also prints current-affairs features in its centrefold pages.
The 2007-2008 editorial board is composed of:
- Coordinating Editor - Laurence Martin
- Coordinating News Editor - Zoé Gagnon-Paquin
- News Editor - Alexandre Duval
- Coordinating Culture Editor - Lawrence Monoson
- Culture Editor - Pierre-Olivier Brodeur
- Features Editor - Julie Rousseau
- Visual Editor - Louis Melançon
- Production Editor - Mathieu Ménard
- Copy Editor - Cynthia Cloutier Marenger
See also
External links
- Official Site
- Daily Publications Society (publisher of Le Délit français)
