Good morning, and welcome to the 17th meeting of our Standing Committee on Official Languages. Today we continue our study on postsecondary institutions and their efforts in promoting bilingualism in Canada pursuant to the federal government's support regulations and Standing Order 108.
We are pleased to have representatives from universities across the country that provide training in one or both official languages. Your work is central to our study, and we thank you for accepting our invitation.
So we'll begin with the place where all the spotlights will be focused next year as part of the Olympic Games. From Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, we are pleased to welcome Ms. Claire Trépanier, Acting Director of the Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs, accompanied by Danielle Arcand, Associate Director of that same office.
And before handing over to them, I'm going to introduce our other guests to you.
From Acadia University, Ms. Janice Best, Director, Department of Languages and Literatures. Welcome. She is accompanied by Robert Perrins, Dean of that institution's Faculty of Arts. Welcome to you as well.
We also have Mr. Donald Ipperciel, Assistant Dean, Research at the Saint-Jean Campus. Welcome to the committee, Mr. Ipperciel. And, lastly, we have Mr. Dan Maher, from the University of Calgary.
He's the acting dean of the faculty of humanities. And we also have Mr. Ozouf Amedegnato, who is assistant professor, Department of French, Italian and Spanish.
Thank you for appearing before the committee this morning.
Without further ado, we'll start with our representatives from Simon Fraser University.