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YukonHIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTSIN MINORITY-LANGUAGE EDUCATIONYukon’s achievements in minority-language education, between2005–06 and 2008–09, included the following outcomes supported byfederal–territorial funding arrangements:• The minority-language school of the Commission scolaire francophonedu Yukon (CSFY), École Émilie-Tremblay, which welcomes studentsfrom kindergarten to Grade 12, experienced a marked increase inenrolment, from 110 students in 2005–06 to 158 in 2008–09.• The CSFY introduced the program Académie Parhélie [sundog academy]for all secondary students in the French-language school system.With this art and outdoor program, the CSFY is hoping not only toretain students, but also to recruit new ones.• The CSFY hired new specialist staff: an education advisor, a culturalfacilitator, a teacher’s aide, and a specialist educator.• To meet its future needs, the territory’s French-language schoolboard, the CSFY, adopted strategies for promoting the teachingprofession. In partnership with the Association canadienne d’éducationde langue française [Canadian association for French-languageeducation] (ACELF) and the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec,the CSFY has instituted a student teacher exchange program.Eight trainees benefitted from this program.Pan-Canadian Report on Official Languages in Education 2005–06 to 2008–09 HIGHLIGHTS 57