‘Too late to learn yet another colonial language’, say #Indigenous students opposing #Quebec government’s #Bill96 requirement to add French classes if they go to English colleges. #montreal
Opinion by Alison Hanes: Rebuff of #Indigenous#CEGEP students asking CAQ government for language accommodation is heartless, hypocritical #Montreal#quebec
Language minister buoyed by decline in enrolment in English CEGEPs #Montreal
Jean-François Roberge says his #CAQ government language policies in #Bill96 - such as adding extra French classes and tests to English #CEGEP graduation requirements this Fall - are paying off and his projection shows the enrolment numbers in the Anglo sector will continue to drop #Quebec
« En conférence de presse jeudi matin, une coalition québécoise, regroupant des organismes et les groupes de campeur·euses étudiant·es, a réclamé des sanctions contre #Israël ainsi que la fermeture du bureau du #Québec à Tel-Aviv. »
Des classes suffocantes: elle réussit à trouver une quarantaine de climatiseurs
Marie-Laurence Delainey
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Inquiète des effets de la chaleur sur les élèves et les enseignants, une mère de famille de Mont-Tremblant a réussi, après avoir déployé maints efforts, à trouver une quarantaine de climatiseurs pour les classes de l’école primaire de sa ville
#Quebec minister of higher ed won’t yield on reforms despite financial hits to #McGill, #Concordia
“Quebec’s university policy changes are part of Déry’s effort to increase funding for French universities and reduce the number of non-French speakers in #Montreal’s post-secondary institutions.
French Language Minister Roberge has also complained too much English is being spoken on Montreal streets.”
@brian_gettler@AnnaAnthro Québec -- francophones included -- benefits from the presence of #McGill, #Concordia and #BishopsUniversity . If the government would start by acknowledging that, then we could have a productive conversation about what role they should play in #Québec society.