Post-secondary institutions play an important role in identity construction. Other studies that have been conducted before ours have shown this as well. When they acquire this sense of linguistic security and competence, students are able to communicate easily in French, offer solutions in French, and develop partnerships when they enter the workforce. French-language post-secondary institutions contribute to this.
It is important to secure spaces within post-secondary institutions where French is fluent, where communications are in French. It is important that bilingual institutions, which operate in bilingual environments, have the opportunity to create those environments.
We have not further explored existing safeguards. However, given the current situation, I suspect that we could have identified gaps in this regard within Laurentian University.