Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF
Monday, September 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 (Morning meeting)
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 (Afternoon meeting)
Issue No. 6
Second, third and fourth meetings:
Study on the challenges associated with access to French-language schools and French immersion programs in British Columbia
Ninth meeting:
Study on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act
- Minutes of Proceedings - September 26, 2016
- Minutes of Proceedings - October 4, 2016
- Minutes of Proceedings - October 5, 2016 (Morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - October 5, 2016 (Afternoon Meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - September 26, 2016
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 4, 2016
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 5, 2016 (Morning meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 5, 2016 (Afternoon meeting)
WITNESSES
Monday, September 26, 2016
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada:
Sylviane Lanthier, President;
Suzanne Bossé, Director General.
Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones:
Melinda Chartrand, President;
Roger Paul, Managing Director.
Commission nationale des parents francophones:
Jean-Luc Racine, Executive Director.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
La Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique:
Padminee Chundunsing, President of the Board;
Pascaline Nsekera, Immigration Program Manager.
Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver:
Pierre Rivard, Executive and Artistic Director.
Canadian Parents for French — British Columbia and Yukon Branch:
Glyn Lewis, Executive Director.
The Greater Victoria School District (#61):
Simon Burgers, District Principal, Languages and Multicultural Programs, Learning Team.
Surrey School District:
Catherine Berron, School Principal, Dual Track Elementary School.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 (morning meeting)
Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique:
Bertrand Dupain, Superintendent;
Sylvain Allison, Secretary-Treasurer;
Johanne Asselin, Director, école Anne-Hébert;
Michel Tardif, School District 93 Chapter President, Principal of La Passerelle (Whistler) and La Vallée (Pemberton) schools.
Association provinciale des professeurs d'immersion et du programme francophone de la Colombie-Britannique:
Sophie Bergeron, President.
BC Francophone Teachers' Union (Local 93):
Sylvie Liechtele, President.
BC Teachers' Federation:
Teri Mooring, First Vice-President.
BC Association of Teachers of Modern Languages:
Trish Kolber, French Teacher Representative.
BC Francophone Parents Federation:
Marie-Pierre Lavoie, President;
Marie-Andrée Asselin, Executive Director.
Canadian Parents for French:
Cendra Beaton, President, Sooke District Chapter;
Mary-Em Waddington, President, Surrey Chapter.
Wednesday, October5, 2016 (afternoon meeting)
Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs, Simon Fraser University:
Claire Trépanier, Director.
Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University:
Diane Dagenais, Full Professor;
Cécile Sabatier, Associate Professor.
Collège Éducacentre:
Yvon Laberge, Executive Director.
University of British Columbia:
Francis R. Andrew, Program Director Emeritus, French Centre, Continuing Studies;
Monique Bournot-Trites, Associate Professor;
Wendy Carr, Associate Dean, Teacher Education, Faculty of Education;
Meike Wernicke, Coordinator, French Programs, Faculty of Education-Language & Literacy Education;
Kenneth Reeder, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education-Language & Literacy Education.
Conseil jeunesse francophone de la Colombie-Britannique:
Sophie Brassard, President;
Rémi Marien, Executive Director;
Noah Rondeau, Administrator — 19-25.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair
The Honourable Rose-May Poirier, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Gagné, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Maltais, McIntyre, Mockler, Seidman
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Fraser (September 28, 2016).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (September 27, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (September 26, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (June 8, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Mockler was added to the membership (June 8, 2016).