CPF Magazine Winter 2021 Issue

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE H appy New Year to you all. Let me start by introducing myself. I am a proud French second-language francophone and was elected President of CPF National last October. It is an honour for me to address the readers of this magazine for the first time. What a year 2020 was… I never would have thought when last year started that we would be living through a pandemic while facing ongoing world challenges such as racial inequity and the climate crisis, plus our own, such as lack of access to FSL programs, teacher recruitment and retention and linguistic (in)security. We must all face these challenges individually, but also together as communities, provinces/territories and as a country. As we turned the page to a new year (finally, it is 2021!), it is clear we are only getting started. These challenges do not exist in silos and are all a part of CPF's work. They force us to ask tough questions. What else can we do? What else should we do? How do we ensure our work continues? How do we put positive measures in place to ensure our efforts have their intended impacts? As we ask ourselves these questions and start to dig deeply, I believe the answers offer great opportunity. If we focus on the COVID-19 pandemic for a moment, it has created devastation in our lives and communities. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the frontline workers who continue COLLÈGE SAINT-CHARLES-GARNIER DON’T MISS THE BEST SUMMER OF YOUR LIFE! FRENCH IMMERSION SUMMER CAMP IN QUEBEC CITY FROM JULY 4 th TO AUGUST 6 th 2021 You are between 14 and 17 years old, have fun with us this summer learning French and discovering a new culture! to keep us safe in different ways. Yet, along with this hardship, comes the opportunity to develop new ways of working and delivering projects through a variety of new methods. The CPF Network Virtual Conference 2020 is an excellent example of this. As an attendee, I was impressed by the number of sessions, the use of technology, the flexibility of the scheduling and the overall engagement throughout—I learned so much! What an opportunity to connect with others across Canada to learn and grow together. Already, I cannot help but ponder how we can use what we have learned about a virtual conference and find ways to combine the joy of building or renewing friendships in-person, with the accessibility and flexibility of a virtual offering. As we move forward as a CPF Network, we must continue to ask ourselves how we can continue to do better. This does not mean we are not doing great work—simply that there is always room to improve and 2020 highlighted what we do well and where there are still gaps. My hope and goal, for us all in 2021, is that we do exactly that—take what 2020 showed us and improve it, fix it and make it better, both within and outside the CPF Network. Please continue to stay healthy and to take care of yourself. Restez en santé et à bientôt. n DERREK BENTLEY CPF NATIONAL PRESIDENT Important CPF Network Updates New Appointments to the National Board of Directors At the 44th Annual General Meeting (October 2020), CPF announced the appointment of their new President and Vice-President to the National Board of Directors. Derrek Bentley will serve as National President, he was previously Vice-President and also served as a Board Director for the CPF Manitoba Branch. ► No minimum level of French required ► French lessons each morning of the week ► Housing in residence: single rooms ► Many activities, games, pedagogical visits and excursions ► More than 400 students from all around the world CONTACT US: international@collegegarnier.qc.ca +1 418 681-0107 ext. 305 garnier-international.com KATE PETERS NATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT Kate Peters will serve as National Vice-President, she previously served as Treasurer on the National Board and as Board Director on the CPF Alberta Branch. Outgoing President Nancy McKeraghan, who served three years in the position, will continue to serve her term in a mentoring and supporting role as part of the CPF Network’s succession and planning initiatives. 2 CPF MAGAZINE WINTER 2021
victim OF ITS OWN success? The Perpetual Challenges of French Immersion Programs in Canada BY DR. CORINNE E. BARRETT DEWIELE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITÉ SAINT BONIFACE (MANITOBA) AND DR. JASON D. EDGERTON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA T he popularity of French immersion (FI) programs has risen dramatically across Canada in the past couple of decades. The Government of Canada reports that Canada saw a 52% increase in FI enrollment between 2003 and 2013. However, the rising popularity of FI is itself a source of significant challenges. Since its inception four decades ago, FI programs have often struggled to meet demand, and in many jurisdictions where demand exceeds available seats, enrollments have had to be restricted. Some of the challenges that prevent FI programs from ‘scaling up’ to meet demand include a shortage of qualified teachers who speak the language fluently enough to teach FI, a lack of physical space in a school, a lack of adequate resources written in French and a lack of funding to improve those (often costlier) resources. Let us briefly examine each challenge before suggesting some possible solutions. French Immersion Teacher Shortage One of the most persistent and welldocumented challenges to offering quality FI programming is a lack of qualified teachers. The scarcity of FI teachers is not a surprise as, according to the Government of Canada i Job Bank, 92% of French Language/French Language Teacher Bachelor of Education recent graduates find employment in their chosen field, with only 3% stating they were unemployed (the other 5% were not looking for jobs). Some of the crucial factors behind this chronic teacher shortage are: the unequal distribution of Francophones across the country, provincial requirements regarding the study of French, the high demand for Francophones in other economic sectors and the challenging nature of predicting what type of person would choose to become a teacher as a career choice ii . This shortage is further magnified when it comes to finding qualified supply or on call FI teachers; given that there are already too few teachers to fill full-time positions, the pool of supply/on call teachers qualified to teach FI is even smaller. continued >> CPF MAGAZINE WINTER 2021 3
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