SFU receives funding to help B.C. retain French-language teachers

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SFU receives funding to help B.C. retain French-language teachers
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'It is essential to our collective commitment to build a bilingual Canada and guarantee the vitality of our official-language minority communities.”

Newly announced funding is set to help Simon Fraser University play a role in supporting French-language teachers in the province.

SFU is scheduled to receive $513,000 to increase access to a network of professional development experts by providing workshops and resources in both French minority language and French second language contexts. “More than ever, the federal government aims to train, recruit, and retain French teachers, and this funding announcement will help reaching these objectives. It is essential to our collective commitment to build a bilingual Canada and guarantee the vitality of our official-language minority communities.”

SFU's J’enseigne en français includes an annual, one-day conference of professional development for French immersion, Core French and program francophone teachers and administrators.

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