Understanding Attrition in FSL Programs
Understanding Attrition through French Immersion Programs - Research Bibliography
Reading / Literacy Challenges (dyslexia)
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Transportation
This page is under construction. Come back and see us soon for great resources that will help you support the French second language learners in your life-and advocate for them too!
To All Our Volunteers: Thank you! Merci!
Volunteers bring change and CPF volunteers create opportunities for young Canadians to learn and use French. The best part? They have a lot of fun doing it!
Join CPF’s National Canadian Film Day Watch Party!
What do the classic "La guerre des tuques" (Snowtime) and the internationally acclaimed "Parvana" (The Breadwinner) have in common? You can watch these movies en français with your family during our watch party on April 21st. Best of all, it's FREE!
Welcome to Our New Website!
Do you smell that? That’s new-website smell. It’s similar to new-car smell just a bit more binary. Luckily, you won’t find any more bad computer jokes on our website. However, you will find amazing resources for parents, educators, and Francophiles for helping young Canadians learn and use French.
Campaign aims to save French courses at University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean
“The University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean has been a home for French education for more than 100 years, but now, thanks to reduced funding by the Alberta government and a freeze on reserve funds, nearly half of its courses could be axed.”
Liberals’ proposed language reforms seek ‘equality’ of English and French in Canada
“The Trudeau government is proposing a series of sweeping language reforms that will “intervene vigorously to counter and remedy” the decline of French in Canada.”
Joly: Canada’s bilingualism is under pressure, and reform can’t wait
“Too often, parents who want to enrol their kids in French immersion can only do so through a wait list or lottery system, due in large part to an insufficient number of French teachers in their community. And too often, our federal public servants don't feel comfortable using French either.”
‘An impossible choice’: Parents plead with TDSB to save French immersion classes at their school
“Parents of French immersion students at one Toronto school are trying to persuade the school board to change its mind, after receiving an email telling them to put their children in the English-language program or switch to a different school.”
Quebec Community Groups Network: It’s time to update the Official Languages Act
“Bilingualism serves as a cornerstone of our nation. It is an essential element that provides a durable foundation. It must not and cannot be shunted aside. An updated Act is required to continue to promote our linguistic duality, properly adapted to the many changes experienced – not just by Canada as a whole but also by the English-speaking community of Quebec.”
Ottawa relies on French immersion to strengthen bilingualism in Alberta
Michael Tryon, Executive Director, CPF Alberta shares his opinion about the modernization of the Official Languages Act, talking specifically about some of the French as a second language (FSL) challenges in Alberta. Available in French.