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The Official Languages Act is celebrating its 40th anniversary. So much has changed since 1969! Over time, Canada has grown from a country where English predominates to a country proud of its two official languages. Support for bilingualism among Canadians is at an all‑time high, and dynamic official language communities are thriving across the country. more...

What’s New?

February 19, 2010
The Role of Western Canada in the Evolution of Canada’s Linguistic Duality

Notes for an address at the Association des juristes d’expression française de la Saskatchewan conference ‘‘The Caron Case: The Status of French in Western Canada”

February 18, 2010

Notes for an address at the Round Table “40 years—Official Languages are Everyone’s Business,” organized by the Leaders’ Advisory Board on Official Languages of the Saskatchewan Federal Council

February 18, 2010
Vitality Indicators for Official Language Minority Communities 3: Three Francophone Communities in Western Canada

Rural Francophone communities in Saskatchewan
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