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Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto is a vibrant place with an energetic and talented group of students and professors.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined October 2015
Our Twitter account is moving to @uoftspanport , join us in our new Twitter home! Spanish & Portuguese welcomed back the Latin American Studies program to our unit in July 2019. We are now integrating our social media channels. After August 4, 2020, this account won't be updated.
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Changes are coming to our social media channels! This Twitter account will merge with Latin American Studies program (@lasuoft) to reflect our new administrative structure. Starting August 4, 2020 this account will not longer be updated.
No dia 31 de outubro, tivéramos o privilégio de receber a escritora portuguesa Inês Pedrosa, que nos brindara com uma conversa informal sobre «Fazes-me falta – o processo de escrita e aquilo de que mais sentimos falta, nas nossas vidas».
Our Coordinator, Dr. Berenice Villagomez, on Día de Muertos, for CTV. @spanportuoft @UofTArtSci – at Toronto, Ontario
Why Day of the Dead is not 'Mexican Halloween' ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/why-day…
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Join us for our annual Day of the Dead celebration on October 28th!
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Bringing the creativity, history and talent of Spanish cinema to Toronto | Faculty of Arts & Science shar.es/aXUN6Z via @spanportuoft
We are excited to announce the recipients of the OER Adaptation Grants! Drs. Ju, Galvao-Sousa & Rocha Osornio have all been awarded grants to support the work involved in finding and adapting existing open textbooks & resources for a #UofT course. More: onesearch.library.utoronto.c…
Movie Night - Spanish Film Festival begins next week. 4 WEEKS 4 FILMS #spanishfilmfestival @spaincultureca #spanportuoft spanport.eventbrite.ca
Portuguese conversation hour and writing workshops begin next week!
Prof. Rocha Osornio is hosting the first cultural event of the year to stimulate students taking language courses and to expose them to the diversity of the Spanish-speaking world.
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Check out our new seminar course, available for enrollment this fall!
Dr. De Bruin will be giving a talk on bilingualism on June 20th! Check out our Facebook page for more info. uoft.me/spanportfb
We're glad to share some of the photos of this year's Spanish Oscars, which happened last May 3rd. Thanks to all of the students and faculty who came out!
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Learn more about the Day of the Language, April 23rd: laportadacanada.com/noticia/…
We're glad to share that some our students from the Advanced Spanish course (SPA320Y) have successfully completed their 20 hour placement at Collective65 as part of Community-Engaged Learning.
Here are the winners of the 2019 Spanish Oscars!! (2/2)
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Here are the winners of the 2019 Spanish Oscars!! (1/2)
Our community-engaged program in Advanced Spanish (SPA320Y) is about to end. There are only two more sessions left where students will learn about the transgendered community, as well as issues of immigration and language.
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This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to practice their language skills while immersing themselves in the lives of extraordinary people of the Latino community of T.O. Thanks to father Maurice Francois from Parroquia San Esteban for guiding and inspiring our students.
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Prof. Juan Carlos Rocha Osornio being radio interviewed at Voces Latinas CHHA 1610AM with Martha Pinzón last Wednesday. He talked about the importance of learning Spanish and how he has incorporated community-engaged learning to help students achieve fluency in the language.
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