Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF
Monday, March 9, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Issue No. 11
Sixth, seventh and eighth meetings:
Study on best practices for language policies and second-language learning in a context of linguistic duality or plurality
WITNESSES
Monday, March 9, 2015
As individuals:
Jim Murphy, E-Teacher, French as a Second Language, Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (by video conference);
Lesley Doell, French Language Consultant, French Language Resource Centre.
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers:
Chantal Bourbonnais, Executive Director.
As individuals:
Claude Germain, Associate Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (by video conference);
Stephanie Arnott, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa;
Norman Moyer.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Embassy of Switzerland to Canada:
His Excellency Beat Nobs, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada;
Urs Obrist, Science, Research and Education Officer.
Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française:
Alec Boudreau, President;
Josée Vaillancourt, Executive Director.
Quebec Federation of Parents' Committees:
Marc Charland, Executive Director (by video conference).
Monday, March 30, 2015
Groupe Média TFO:
Pascal Arseneau, Chief Marketing Officer;
Julie Caron, Director, TFO Éducation.
Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development:
Élaine Melanson, Core French and Intensive French Consultant (by video conference).
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers:
Christey Hughes, Member-at-Large, Board of Administration.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair
The Honourable Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, Charette-Poulin, *Cowan (or Fraser), Maltais, McIntyre, Poirier, Seidman
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (February 24, 2015).