FRANÇAIS
Looking back

Making headlines!

Linguistic duality has not gone unnoticed in the media—to say the least. Our press review sheds light on some of the passions that were ignited.

Remembering… 

  1. the passing of the Official Languages Act
  2. Remembering… everyone has an opinion
  3. years later

The group of six

Les cinqs commissaires

Since 1969, there have been six commissioners of official languages. Each working in a different political climate, they all had to face a distinct set of challenges. 

  1. Keith Spicer—The trailblazer
  2. Maxwell Yalden—Navigating through rough waters
  3. D’Iberville Fortier—The first Francophone commissioner
  4. Victor Goldbloom—Across the country
  5. Dyane Adam—Agent of change
  6. A word from Commissioner Graham Fraser

As time goes by…

The dust now gathers on the last forty years, and our views on language and community relationships have profoundly changed. We look back on four decades of change.

  1. A defining moment: The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
  2. The 40th anniversary of New Brunswick’s Official Languages Act
  3. Forty years in pictures
  4. A wealth of resources at the Office of the Commissioner

 


 

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