Media

Giving Tuesday

sdowney2023-11-14T14:15:38-05:00November 14th, 2023|News Releases|

Meet Gaston ! He wants to remind us that Giving Tuesday is November 28th, and CPF needs your support. Your donation to the Joyce Booth-More French S.V.P. Fund honors the memory of Mrs. Mary Joyce Booth, a dedicated and enthusiastic ...

Learn More

Pour publication immédiate : le 1er juillet 2023

sdowney2023-07-17T11:17:28-04:00July 17th, 2023|News Releases|

Pour publication immédiate : le 1er juillet 2023 CANADIAN PARENTS FOR FRENCH, TERRE-NEUVE-ET-LABRADOR ESRT RECONNAISSANT DU SOUTIEN FINANCIER DU GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA Halifax, 1 juillet 2023 - Canadian Parents for French, Terre-Neuve-Et-Labrador tient à remercier le ministère du Patrimoine canadien ...

Learn More

For immediate release: July 1, 2023

sdowney2023-07-17T11:16:40-04:00July 17th, 2023|News Releases|

For immediate release: July 1, 2023 CANADIAN PARENTS FOR FRENCH, TERRE-NEUVE-ET-LABRADOR ESRT GRATEFUL FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA Halifax, July 1, 2023 - Canadian Parents for French, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador would like to thank the Department of Canadian ...

Learn More

Canadian Parents for French Welcomes Strengthened Language within Bill C-13 to Modernize the Official Languages Act

msalaiza2022-03-02T10:26:56-05:00March 1st, 2022|News Releases|

Canadian Parents for French was gratified to learn that Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, was tabled on March 1st

Learn More

Canadian Parents for French Recognizes its 1,300+ Volunteers on International Volunteer Day

msalaiza2021-12-09T17:03:45-05:00December 3rd, 2021|News Releases|

Canadian Parents for French would like to thank and recognize the important contributions of all its volunteers across the country helping us achieve our mandate of promoting and creating opportunities for youth to learn and use French

Learn More

Canadian Parents for French Supports Bill C-32: An Opportunity to Bring Canada’s Linguistic Duality to Life

msalaiza2021-06-28T12:20:11-04:00June 16th, 2021|News Releases|

CPF is very pleased that Bill C-32 was finally tabled in Parliament. The Bill aims to modernize the Official Languages Act.

Learn More

Canadian Parents for French Welcomes Federal Budget’s Support to French Second Language Learning

msalaiza2021-04-21T08:16:56-04:00April 20th, 2021|News Releases|

CPF welcomes the new federal government budget which includes funding that supports the enhancement of French immersion and French second language programs.

Learn More

‘An impossible choice’: Parents plead with TDSB to save French immersion classes at their school

paolastgeorges2021-03-15T14:25:54-04:00March 3rd, 2021|FSL in the News, Media|

“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.”

Learn More

Campaign aims to save French courses at University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean

paolastgeorges2021-03-15T14:26:05-04:00March 3rd, 2021|FSL in the News, Media|

“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.”

Learn More

Quebec Community Groups Network: It’s time to update the Official Languages Act

paolastgeorges2021-03-15T14:26:12-04:00March 3rd, 2021|FSL in the News, Media|

“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.”

Learn More

Liberals’ proposed language reforms seek ‘equality’ of English and French in Canada

paolastgeorges2021-03-15T14:26:24-04:00March 3rd, 2021|FSL in the News, Media|

“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.”

Learn More

Joly: Canada’s bilingualism is under pressure, and reform can’t wait

paolastgeorges2021-03-15T14:27:38-04:00March 3rd, 2021|FSL in the News, Media|

“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.”

Learn More