<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-playa-headline" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif"><h1 class="gmail-articleHeadline" style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:30.4px;line-height:1.2;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Flama-Medium,arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Harassed for not speaking enough French? Heart Institute employees claim 'toxic environment'</h1></div><div class="gmail-playa" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:940px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-playa-playa" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;display:inline;width:620px;max-width:620px;height:348px"><div id="gmail-mediaplayerdiv" class="gmail-aritcleVideoContainer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:620px;max-height:349px;width:620px;height:348px"><div id="gmail-vidi_player_instance_1" class="gmail-jwplayer gmail-jw-reset gmail-jw-state-idle gmail-jw-stretch-uniform gmail-jw-flag-aspect-mode gmail-jw-breakpoint-3 gmail-jw-flag-user-inactive" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:rgb(0,0,0);float:none;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;width:620px;min-height:0px;overflow:hidden;box-sizing:border-box;height:auto"><div class="gmail-jw-aspect gmail-jw-reset" style="margin:0px;padding:348.75px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div><div class="gmail-jw-media gmail-jw-reset" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;width:620px;height:348.75px;overflow:hidden"></div><div class="gmail-jw-preview gmail-jw-reset" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-image:url("https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4410724.1557182034!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg");background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;width:620px;height:348.75px;opacity:1"></div><div class="gmail-jw-controls-backdrop gmail-jw-reset" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:linear-gradient(transparent,rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 77%,rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%) 0% 0%/100% 240px no-repeat transparent;color:inherit;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;height:348.75px;width:620px;opacity:1"></div><div class="gmail-jw-overlays gmail-jw-reset" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;height:348.75px;width:620px"><div id="gmail-vidi_player_instance_1_googima" class="gmail-jw-plugin gmail-jw-reset gmail-jw-plugin-googima" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:hidden;width:620px;height:348.75px;opacity:0"><div id="gmail-vidi_player_instance_1_ad" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;width:620px;height:348.75px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div></div><div id="gmail-vidi_player_instance_1_jwpsrv" class="gmail-jw-plugin gmail-jw-reset" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;float:none;list-style:none;direction:ltr;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div><div id="gmail-vidi_player_instance_1_related" class="gmail-jw-plugin gmail-jw-reset gmail-jw-plugin-related" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1em;vertical-align:baseline;color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harassed for not speaking enough French.</div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div></div></div><div id="gmail-storyPlayerNavPager" class="gmail-playa-page" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;float:none;text-align:center"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-content-primary" id="gmail-responsive_main" style="margin:0px 20px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:620px;display:inline;float:left;overflow:visible;width:620px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-container" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="element gmail-article" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="gmail-tools gmail-clearfix" id="gmail-componentDiv_gig_containerParent" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5em;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline"><span id="gmail-componentDiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;float:left"><div class="gmail-gig-bar-container gmail-gig-share-bar-container" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;font-size:10px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(77,77,77);background:none"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none"><td style="padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;font-family:arial;background:none;white-space:nowrap;zoom:1"><div class="gmail-gig-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-count-none gmail-gig-button-container-facebook gmail-gig-button-container-facebook-count-none gmail-gig-share-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-horizontal" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px 5px 0px 0px;border-top:none;border-right:1px solid rgb(232,232,232);border-bottom:none;border-left:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none;height:29px;display:inline-block"><div class="gmail-gig-button gmail-gig-share-button gmail-gig-button-up gmail-gig-button-count-none" id="gmail-componentDiv-reaction0" title="" alt="" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;background:none"><td id="gmail-componentDiv-reaction0-left" style="padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;font-family:arial;background:none"></td><td id="gmail-componentDiv-reaction0-icon" style="padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:middle;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;font-family:arial;background:none repeat-x;zoom:1"><img id="gmail-componentDiv-reaction0-icon_img" src="https://static.ctvnews.ca/bellmedia/common/img/share/facebook-icon.png" alt="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: 0px; line-height: 1.6; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; float: none; border-radius: 0px; background: none; display: block;"></td><td id="gmail-componentDiv-reaction0-right" style="padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;font-family:arial;background:none"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td><td style="padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto;float:none;border-radius:0px;font-family:arial;background:none;white-space:nowrap;zoom:1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e Letourneau.</p><p style="margin:19px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial">The heart institute will discuss whether it needs to make any changes to its language policy at its next board meeting next week.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>