Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for having us and for your concern for not only the francophonie in Alberta, but also for the specific issue of early childhood.
My name is Dolorèse Nolette, and I am one of the assistant deans of the Campus Saint-Jean. I hold the position of Director of the Centre collégial de l'Alberta, which provides technical training in parallel to the academic education at the Campus Saint-Jean. The centre is in its first years of development.
The centre has been offering courses since September 2015. We currently offer two programs: business administration and tourism management, both two years in duration.
We have planned courses that are almost ready, including two levels of early childhood training required by the Alberta government for anyone wishing to work in various early childhood services. These courses, Early Learning and Child Care, Level 2, and Early Learning and Child Care, Supervisor Level, are about to be approved by the Alberta government's Ministry of Advanced Education. We hope to be launching Level 2, a certificate program, in September 2018.
Because of the needs of the francophone community and the urgency in providing qualified staff ready to work in all early childhood services, we are working with the Fédération des parents francophones de l'Alberta to offer these courses on an extracurricular basis in order to meet the immediate needs. We also want to help organizations or institutions to obtain the accreditation and recognition they need.
Are you going to tell me how much time I have left?