CPF Magazine Spring 2020 Issue

CPF PROJECTS
WINNING WITH FRENCH:
Where Are They Now?
GOES NATIONAL
Where are they now?
is a project originally created by
Canadian Parents for French British
Columbia & Yukon with the support
of the Commissioner of Official
Languages, Radio-Canada and
Canadian Heritage in collaboration
with Canadian Parents for French
Alberta that set out to look for people
that once were students in a French
second language learning program.
The project resulted in inspiring
stories from Olympians, journalists,
business executives, teachers, and more,
who all shared a common uniting thread:
if it hadn’t been for the French they
learned, they wouldn’t have been able
to become who they are now.
With the success of the original
project, Canadian Parents for French PEI
set out to do the same for the Atlantic
provinces. The project was met with the
same result: people all across the country
are proud to have learned French and
that this learning has shaped their lives
and their careers.
As we are sure that there are still far
more French graduates with interesting
stories, Canadian Parents for French has
relaunched “Where are they now?”, with a
revitalized website, at the CPF Leadership
Networking Event in October 2019.
At this time, our focus is to hear
back from people in the provinces and
territories where we haven’t looked
before – Saskatchewan, Northwest
Territories, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec
and Nunavut – while also continuing to
find more inspiring stories from the rest
of the country.
This project has resonated well with
our partners, our government allies,
the schools, and teachers, as it shows
first-hand the many benefits of learning
French with clear outcomes and the
direct repercussions it can have in the
students’ lives.
The new website: wherearetheynow.ca
and ouensontils.ca (French) is now available
in both languages. Besides having a new
look and feel, the redesigned website brings
together all of the videos from the Western
and Atlantic provinces, allowing easy
access and filtering by province and field
of study.
A new feature is also the “Share
your Story”, which lets you either
nominate someone or write your
own story relating to FSL learning.
Do you know of someone whose
personal and professional path was
shaped by having learned French?
Has learning French helped you get
where you are today?
Share your story with us! We want to
hear from French language
learners from all across the country. In
the coming months, CPF will create
a new series of interviews and videos that
will be featured on the website.
We are only starting to put the word
out, help us by exploring the website
and videos, and by sharing them! Visit
wherearetheynow.ca n
We are looking
for French language
learners and we want
to hear where their
French second
language learning
has taken them.
8 CPF MAGAZINE SPRING 2020