Vive la Francophonie!
Picking up on this issue’s theme of la Francophonie, President Heather Smith describes how the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) supports Francophone teachers in minority settings.
Category: Francophonie
Reflections of a committed “Francophile”
CTF Secretary General Cassie Hallett describes her journey to being a “Francophile” which was ignited when she was a teenager participating in a summer immersion program.
Feature: Francophone liaison officers, a mobilizing force
Discover how CTF Services to Francophones is all about people — not just a program area at CTF.
French-language schools: Growing pains?
Director of Francophone Services Ronald Boudreau discusses the tools needed to encourage French language education in minority settings, in order to keep language learning alive across the country.
Cuts in student enrolment in Ontario’s faculties of education are jeopardizing the quality of French-language education in minority settings in Canada
Given student enrolment cuts in faculties of education, Carol Jolin, President of the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), explains how these measures are jeopardizing the quality of French-language education in minority settings in Canada.
Vignette: One person’s learning is another one’s joy
Who never experienced the situation, as an Anglophone or a Francophone, where French-speakers outnumbered English-speakers, but people spoke English nonetheless? Why does this happen?
