OFFA Media

November 22, 2011
Article "French will maintain favoured status in B.C. schools"
Vancouver Sun

October 27, 2011
Video "Six nouveaux sièges" (5:30)
Interview about BC's addtional seats in the House of Communs with SFU professor
Nicolas Kenny and FCP students Kelly Andersen and Sarah Batko.
Broadcasted on Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier

October 21, 2011
Video "Enseigner sa langue seconde" (9:00)
Interview with OFFA Associate Director, Danielle Arcand.
Broadcasted on Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier

October 18, 2011
Video (.mov) Rencontre avec deux auteures de littérature de jeunesse :
Michèle Marineau et Édith Bourget

Presentation for Faculty of Education students, hosted by OFFA

October 11, 2011
PDF "Premières diplômées du programme de Doctorat en Leadership éducationnel
de l'Université Simon Fraser"

OFFA Press Release

September 27, 2011
Video (.mov) "Le Fait français in BC"
Presentation for EU-Canada Study Tour & Internship Program, hosted by OFFA

September 9, 2011
PDF Bettina B. Cenerelli appointed OFFA Associate Director at SFU
OFFA Press Release

June 15, 2011
Video Speech delivered by Robyn Ashwell, FCP graduate (44:00)
Spring Convocation at SFU
PDF Copy of Speech

June 8, 2011
PDF "Passeport Canada : Le bilinguisme au deuxième rang?"
Research project by FCP students Alex Hughes, Hana Holbrook, Paul Krawus,
Agnès Kwan
Audio "Les gauloises de la Colombie-Britannique"
Interview with Alex Hughes and Hana Holbrook
Six pieds au-dessus de la mer, Radio-Canada

January 14, 2011
Word Doc "Claire Trépanier appointed OFFA Director at SFU"
OFFA Press Release

January 11, 2011
PDF "SFU donne la parole aux diasporas du Metro Vancouver"
La Source

September 22, 2010
Article "New funds for French at SFU"
SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations

August 9, 2010
PDF "French means diversity at SFU: The only place in the West to offer a doctorate totally
in French"

SFU Research Matters, Summer 2010

April 16, 2010
Video (.mpg) Second-language learning in Canada’s universities and the vitality of BC's francophone community  (MAC download Real Player)
Conference by Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages, hosted by OFFA
Article Copy of Speech

March 29, 2010
Video (.mov) "Reinventing the language of citezenship"
Conference by John Ralston Saul, hosted by OFFA

January 29, 2010
Video "Le bilinguisme au Canada - législation linguistique, engagements politiques
et réalités"

Conference by Mme Raymonde Folco M.P., hosted by OFFA

January 26, 2010
PDF "Serious Threats to Immersion Programs"
Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)

January 20, 2010
Article "Andrew Petter named president of Simon Fraser University"
SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations

October 20, 2009
PDF "La création de la première structure administrative postsecondaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique : une étude de cas dans le domaine de la francophonie"
Kina Chénard and Adriana Dudas in the Canadian Journal of Political Science (2009), 42:
749-771, Cambridge University Press

October 14, 2009
Article "Students to gain 'official' language training"
SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations

October 8, 2009
Video Where We Are With Human Rights
A public speech by the Honourable Louise Arbour, hosted by OFFA

September 24, 2009
Video Audio Maillardville 100 years
A series of reports by Benoît Ferradini, Radio-Canada

September 9-10, 2009
Video "40 Years of Official Languages in Canada: Our History and the Path Ahead"
A symposium held in Ottawa, public record on CPAC

June 18, 2009
Article "Postsecondary institutions must produce more bilingual graduates"
The House of Commons, Standing Committee on Official Languages

April 30, 2009
Article "Federal Government's Support for Post-secondary Institutions and their Efforts in Promoting Bilingualism in Canada"- Meeting #17
House of Commons' Standing Committee on Official Languages

February 27, 2009
Article "Minister Moore announces extension of French-language education agreement with BC"

Canadian Heritage
Article Copy of Speech

November 13, 2008
Video Maîtrise en éducation en français
Report by Sophie Rousseau, Radio-Canada

September 1st, 2008
PDF "La francophonie, une identité qui se cherche"

L'Express du Pacifique

June 9, 2008
Word Doc "Première diplômée du Programme en administration publique et services communautaires (FCP) à SFU"

OFFA Press Release

June 4, 2008
Video (.mpg) Speech delivered by Ania Kolodziej, first graduate of the French Cohort Program  (MAC download Real Player)
Spring Convocation at SFU
Word Doc Copy of Speech

May 29, 2008
PDF "First French program grad eyes legal career in EU"

SFU News

May 15, 2008
Article "Province funds French"

SFU News

April 8, 2008
Audio Entretien avec Yolande Grisé, Directrice du BAFF
Broadcasted on Phare Ouest, Radio-Canada, reported by Julie Carpentier

March 31, 2008

Word Doc Claire Trépanier takes the helm of OFFA as of May 1st, 2008
OFFA Press Release

March 16, 2008
PDF "Impératif français recognizes SFU’s Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs and its contribution to the promotion of the French language and Francophone cultures in BC"

OFFA Press Release
Article Impératif français Press Release

March 12, 2008
PDF Présentation du Prix du Cornouiller d'or 2008

Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)

November 13, 2007
Video (.mpg) "L'immersion française en Colombie-Britannique en fonction de la politique linguistique fédérale"  (MAC download Real Player)
Presentation by 4th-year FCP students (Length: 1h05) 
Word Doc Description du projet

May 4, 2007
Word Doc Entente de partenariat avec l'AIÉQ

The AIÉQ signs a partnership agreement with SFU

April 26, 2007
PDF "Simon Fraser University honoured for its contributions to bilingualism and Francophone and Francophile Education"

Canadian Club

November 1st, 2006
PDF "The French Attraction"

by Jean-Benoît Nadeau, article in French published in L'Actualité

July 13, 2006
PDF "Leading a French Crusade ... in B.C."

Globe and Mail

July 4, 2006
Article "New $21.6-Million Francophone School for Vancouver"

BC Ministry of Education

June 7, 2006
Video (.mpg) Doctorat honorifique à l'honorable Monique Bégin  (MAC download Real Player)
Spring Convocation at SFU, Radio-Canada broadcast

May 29, 2006
PDF "Profs: la denrée rare"

L'Express du Pacifique

April 6, 2006
Article "Le Québec accroît sa coopération avec la Colombie-Britannique et le Yukon"
Minister Benoît Pelletier visits OFFA.
Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes (SAIC)

March 20, 2006
Article "Journée de la francophonie
: Victoria de plus en plus ouvert aux francophones"

OFFA was among the guests at the Legislative Assembly in Victoria.
Article and video clip from Radio-Canada

February 9, 2006
Article "French program looks to increase enrolment"
SFU News

December 6, 2005
PDF "Cinq étudiants décrochent la bourse TV5 Québec Canada"

OFFA Press Release

December 5, 2005
Programme d'échange du FCP "Yolande Grisé reçoit les insignes de le Compagnie des Cent Associés francophones"

OFFA Press Release

December 5, 2005
PDF "L'économie à visage humain"

L'Express du Pacifique

July 19, 2005
Article "Extra funding for French-as-a-Second-Language students"

BC Ministry of Education

June 29, 2005
PDF "Ça se passe en français à l'Université Simon Fraser"

Yolande Grisé, Director, OFFA

March 24, 2005
PDF "Why we need post-secondary French education"

SFU News

February 24, 2005
Article "Grisé looks to boost French language, culture on campus"

SFU News

November 18, 2004
Article "Breaking new ground in French education"

SFU News

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