Anglophone West desperately seeking French immersion teachers Not enough teachers, and no backup plan in place
Posted: May 4, 2017Anglophone School District West doesn't yet have all the French immersion teachers it needs for next year — or a plan for what to do if it can't find enough. "We haven't planned that one out," superintendent David McTimoney said Thursday on Information Morning Fredericton. 6 more schools to offer early French immersion this fall Plenty of […more]Hubert Dupuis satisfied with his meeting with Blaine Higgs (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 28, 2017“Francophones outside Quebec are the children of the Charter” (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 17, 2017PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2017 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is often referred to in the files of Francophones in a minority situation before the Supreme Court of Canada. Archives, #ONfr OTTAWA - The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 17th. Sometimes criticized, particularly in Quebec, where […more]Complaint to the Commissioner of Official Languages (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 15, 2017New Democrat MP François Choquette asks the Commissioner of Official Languages to intervene "on an urgent basis" to force the proponent of the Chalk River nuclear waste dump project to translate its environmental impact assessment document into French , And require the postponement of the consultation process by that time. This week the Ottawa River […more]The Two Solitudes of New Brunswick (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 13, 2017PUBLISHED ON APRIL 13, 2017 FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has officially been bilingual since 1969, but the reality is different on the ground. Between indifference, incomprehension and even tensions, the Atlantic province lives, at its level, the two solitudes of Canada, according to the specialist of linguistic rights, Michel Doucet. BENJAMIN VACHET bvachet@tfo.org | @BVachet […more]6 more schools to offer early French immersion this fall
Posted: April 13, 2017Early French immersion will be offered at six additional schools in September, Premier Brian Gallant announced in Minto on Thursday. The six anglophone schools that will now offer French immersion, starting in Grade 1, are: Blackville School, Nelson Rural School, North & South Esk Elementary School, Keswick Ridge School, Minto Elementary Middle School and Montgomery Street […more]Equality Health in French believes that Vitalite is under the tutelage of the government
Posted: April 11, 2017http://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2017/04/11/egalite-sante-francais-estime-vitalite-tutelle-gouvernement/NB signs an immigration agreement with government (French Immigration)
Posted: April 5, 2017https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2017/03/canada_and_new_brunswicksignimmigrationagreement.htmlCanadian airports: bilingualism has lead in the wing
Posted: April 5, 2017This article highlights the struggle to fill bilingual positions. It's very difficult to hire bilingual in areas where the majority population speaks one language or the other. This results in the necessity to hire outside of local to meet bilingual mandates, and results in the forced alteration of local demographics... a problem that NB has […more]The agreement on the egalitarian envelope does not go far enough, according to the International Observatory of Linguistic Rights
Posted: April 5, 2017PUBLISHED TODAY AT 8:40 PM 0:002:02 Auto Auto The Equal Opportunities Agreement made public If the amounts that the Gallant government were awarding under the agreement on the equalization envelope were known, the protocol was not. An unveiling that satisfied some, but an agreement that the International Observatory of linguistic rights considers insufficient. The agreement […more]Parks Canada offers more summer jobs for students (bilingual)
Posted: April 5, 2017Parks Canada offers more summer jobs for students Des figurants en uniforme de soldat font tonner un canon sur un rempart The Fortress of Louisbourg is one of Parks Canada's places in Cape Breton that will hire more students this summer. Photo: Parks Canada With the 150th anniversary of Confederation, federal agencies will hire many […more]Paramedic project hits language snag
Posted: April 5, 2017Bilingualism barrier sinks pilot program in Edmundston – and it’s not coming here ADAM BOWIE THE DAILY GLEANER - March 9, 2017 Greg McConaghy, a paramedic in the Nackawic area and president of paramedics’ union CUPE Local 4848, says he’s disappointed to see the provincial government scrap one of four test sites in an advanced-care […more]