Official Languages committee  Yes. Every school board is truly independent. There are 62 or 63 school boards in the province. Of those, 42 offer French classes, in addition to the French school boards.

Official Languages committee  Yes. Here in Alberta, there are two types: public school boards and Catholic school boards.

Official Languages committee  Yes, the provincial curriculum.

Official Languages committee  Yes, they have the choice. French is not a mandatory course; it is up to the school board.

Official Languages committee  Yes. In Alberta, the base salary is $69,000. It's nearly the same for everyone. It's simply a question of seniority. There is no language bonus.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it's nearly the same.

Official Languages committee  The province negotiates primarily with the Alberta Teachers' Association, or ATA, but sometimes it negotiates with the school board. By and large, though, the salary is pretty much set across the province.

Official Languages committee  As Ms. Fedoration said... it is to recognize the fact that there is another community that supports French as a second language, and that some of the biggest champions of French second language education or French education are the English-speaking mothers and fathers who put t

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Vandal. I am a teacher and I also supply teach a few times a month for a rural school board north of Edmonton. It has a small immersion program in Sturgeon, which has seven teachers and about 100 students. The challenge in rural communities is dealing with the la

Official Languages committee  I will forward the numbers to the committee.

Official Languages committee  In Alberta, it's not mandatory. It's up to each school board.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  No, not really. Only three or four school boards in the province offer intensive French classes, and only as of grade 5 or 6.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  The third significant challenge we face is engaging stakeholders and decision-makers about FSL education and its benefits. Promotion of official bilingualism is the key to buy-in at all levels of society, in government, in workplaces, in educational establishments, and in cultura