Canada: Minister Moore Announces Extension of French-Language Education Agreement With British Columbia

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Marketwire



Minister Moore Announces Extension of French-Language Education
Agreement With British Columbia



The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official
Languages, announced today at a meeting with students from Simon
Fraser University that the Canada-British Columbia Auxiliary Agreement
for the Development of Postsecondary Education in French at Simon
Fraser University will be extended for an additional year.

This agreement allowed for the establishment of the Office of
Francophone and Francophile Affairs (OFFA) at Simon Fraser University.
With this extension, the Government of Canada is committing to
contribute up to an additional $1.215 million to British Columbia's
official-languages expenditures for 2008-2009.

Full story:

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadian-Heritage-955445.html





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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

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