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When the Acadian Dream Turns Bad (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: November 18, 2017
They left everything and crossed the ocean to live in New Brunswick. They were promised jobs, a warm welcome and a bilingual community. Promises that do not represent the reality and eventually push many to leave the province. In October 2016, Florence and Nicolas Fizellier, from France, settled in Shippagan, where they live with their […more]Breaking the spell of French immersion
Posted: November 10, 2017
The reality is that the vast majority of students across Canada who enrol in French immersion drop out by high school, and are then thrown back into the English stream, often with both language and subject matter gaps in their learning. The Halton Catholic District School Board may be on the verge of deflating one […more]English F-Word Does Not Have the Same Offensive Connotation in French Programming, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Posted: November 7, 2017
Ottawa, November 7, 2017 – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning the use of the English word “fuck” on French-language radio. The CBSC examined broadcasts on CKOI-FM (96.9FM, Montreal) from January and March 2017. It concluded that the station did not violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics. CKOI-FM is a French-language […more]Exclusive: SANB and Anglo Rights Want to Build Bridges (Translated via Google Translate)
Posted: November 6, 2017
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2017/11/06/exclusif-sanb-langlo-rights-veulent-batir-ponts/ Lack of Bilingual jurors delays N.B. murder trial (paid subscription)
Posted: October 26, 2017
https://www.telegraphjournal.com/bugle-observer/story/100386929/murder-trial-for-james-andrew-melanson-and-karl-andrew-hudnut-begins Provincial Grade 12 FSL Oral Proficiency Assessment Results 2013-14
Posted: October 10, 2017
Dismal results - I encourage taking a look http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/ed/pdf/K12/results/documents/FSLProvincialOralProficiencyInterviewProgramAssessmentResults-Grade12.pdfStatement on Canadian Francophonie between the Government of Québec and the Government of New Brunswick
Posted: October 10, 2017
GNB Website: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/intergovernmental_affairs/partnerships_and_agreements/francophonie.html PDF Document: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/iga-aig/pdf/Statement.pdf‘English is the key’: Controversy in Quebec as more francophones choose English CEGEPs – Montreal – CBC News
Posted: October 6, 2017
During a convention this weekend, Parti Québécois delegates will debate and possibly vote on a resolution to cut funding to English colleges, known as CEGEPs, because they are attracting too many non-anglophones. Source: 'English is the key': Controversy in Quebec as more francophones choose English CEGEPs - Montreal - CBC NewsAmbulance attendants do not want to bear the burden of lack of resourcesj(translated)
Posted: October 6, 2017
PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 AT 17 H 12 Yanick Mongeau, Regional President of the Union of Paramedical Workers. The paramedics union denounces the management of Ambulance New Brunswick in the Western Restigouche. Recent events reported by the media have a negative impact on the morale of ambulance attendants, who feel they are being […more]ARANB News – Volume 4 – October 2017 (click source link to retrieve newletter)
Posted: October 6, 2017
Source: ARANB News - Volume 4 - October 2017.pdf - Shared Files - Acrobat.comProvincial French Second Language Oral Proficiency Assessment at Grade 12 Assessment Results 2015-2016
Posted: September 6, 2017
Early French Immersion - First of all, only 451 Anglophone students in NB completed the program and took the assessment. Of those students - only 166 students achieved Advanced Level (hiring for entry level public service usually requires Superior, although Advanced Plus is sometimes accepted depending on the role) Late French Immersion - Even more […more]‘Major concerns’ about privatized management of extramural, Tele-Care – New Brunswick – CBC News
Posted: September 2, 2017
New Brunswick's commissioner of official languages is voicing "major concerns" about the provincial government's decision to hand management of extramural and Tele-Care services over to the private sector. Source: 'Major concerns' about privatized management of extramural, Tele-Care - New Brunswick - CBC News
When the Acadian Dream Turns Bad (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: November 18, 2017
They left everything and crossed the ocean to live in New Brunswick. They were promised jobs, a warm welcome and a bilingual community. Promises that do not represent the reality and eventually push many to leave the province. In October 2016, Florence and Nicolas Fizellier, from France, settled in Shippagan, where they live with their […more]Breaking the spell of French immersion
Posted: November 10, 2017
The reality is that the vast majority of students across Canada who enrol in French immersion drop out by high school, and are then thrown back into the English stream, often with both language and subject matter gaps in their learning. The Halton Catholic District School Board may be on the verge of deflating one […more]English F-Word Does Not Have the Same Offensive Connotation in French Programming, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Posted: November 7, 2017
Ottawa, November 7, 2017 – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning the use of the English word “fuck” on French-language radio. The CBSC examined broadcasts on CKOI-FM (96.9FM, Montreal) from January and March 2017. It concluded that the station did not violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics. CKOI-FM is a French-language […more]Exclusive: SANB and Anglo Rights Want to Build Bridges (Translated via Google Translate)
Posted: November 6, 2017
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2017/11/06/exclusif-sanb-langlo-rights-veulent-batir-ponts/Lack of Bilingual jurors delays N.B. murder trial (paid subscription)
Posted: October 26, 2017
https://www.telegraphjournal.com/bugle-observer/story/100386929/murder-trial-for-james-andrew-melanson-and-karl-andrew-hudnut-beginsProvincial Grade 12 FSL Oral Proficiency Assessment Results 2013-14
Posted: October 10, 2017
Dismal results - I encourage taking a look http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/ed/pdf/K12/results/documents/FSLProvincialOralProficiencyInterviewProgramAssessmentResults-Grade12.pdfStatement on Canadian Francophonie between the Government of Québec and the Government of New Brunswick
Posted: October 10, 2017
GNB Website: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/intergovernmental_affairs/partnerships_and_agreements/francophonie.html PDF Document: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/iga-aig/pdf/Statement.pdf‘English is the key’: Controversy in Quebec as more francophones choose English CEGEPs – Montreal – CBC News
Posted: October 6, 2017
During a convention this weekend, Parti Québécois delegates will debate and possibly vote on a resolution to cut funding to English colleges, known as CEGEPs, because they are attracting too many non-anglophones. Source: 'English is the key': Controversy in Quebec as more francophones choose English CEGEPs - Montreal - CBC NewsAmbulance attendants do not want to bear the burden of lack of resourcesj(translated)
Posted: October 6, 2017
PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 AT 17 H 12 Yanick Mongeau, Regional President of the Union of Paramedical Workers. The paramedics union denounces the management of Ambulance New Brunswick in the Western Restigouche. Recent events reported by the media have a negative impact on the morale of ambulance attendants, who feel they are being […more]ARANB News – Volume 4 – October 2017 (click source link to retrieve newletter)
Posted: October 6, 2017
Source: ARANB News - Volume 4 - October 2017.pdf - Shared Files - Acrobat.comProvincial French Second Language Oral Proficiency Assessment at Grade 12 Assessment Results 2015-2016
Posted: September 6, 2017
Early French Immersion - First of all, only 451 Anglophone students in NB completed the program and took the assessment. Of those students - only 166 students achieved Advanced Level (hiring for entry level public service usually requires Superior, although Advanced Plus is sometimes accepted depending on the role) Late French Immersion - Even more […more]‘Major concerns’ about privatized management of extramural, Tele-Care – New Brunswick – CBC News
Posted: September 2, 2017
New Brunswick's commissioner of official languages is voicing "major concerns" about the provincial government's decision to hand management of extramural and Tele-Care services over to the private sector. Source: 'Major concerns' about privatized management of extramural, Tele-Care - New Brunswick - CBC News