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Official Languages committee I will finish my answer to Mrs. Fortier's question. We have our priorities. We have to solve the funding question and come to an agreement with the Government of Ontario. We also want to obtain the support of the federal government. We believe that it is perfectly possible for t
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee Actually, there has been a lot of communication. You probably misunderstood me. I talked about written correspondence in January, but I am currently having constant conversations with the provincial government in order to find a way out of our financial impasse. At this stage, I
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee There is a very close link between recruiting foreign students who are francophone or bilingual, and immigration targets. For decades, we have not been meeting the targets. We have to find new ways of meeting them and making the best use of post-secondary institutions. In a way,
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee I am sorry.
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee Francophone immigrants do stay in Ontario. I would even say that a number of francophone immigrants from Quebec come over to Ontario. Ontario attracts immigrants, whatever their language. Our difficult is in recruiting francophones in sufficient numbers and I am not sure what kin
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee The Carrefour and the Université de l'Ontario français have access to a pool of foreign students who are francophone. In Toronto, recruitment is going very well, even in English-language universities. We have to get all our services working, to bring all our efforts together, not
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee Yes. Let me talk about the current reality in Ontario. In this province, foreign students make up a good part of the student pool. For example, at the University of Toronto, foreign students represent almost 40% of the student population. Even small universities, like the Unive
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee We have not yet had any recruiting activities ourselves, but other universities, for example the Glendon campus of York University in Toronto, have a significant number of foreign students from all countries, more than 200 countries. I think we have about half a million foreign s
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee Actually, we now have a private partner. That is one of the ways of reducing costs. Private partners, such as real estate developers with experience in building in Toronto, consider factors that we were, and are, less aware of. Our criteria are different. For example, building n
April 30th, 2019Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee I'd like to thank you, Mr. Chair, the co‑chairs and other members of the committee for having invited us today to contribute to your work on federal support for minority French-language post-secondary educational institutions. As the time allowed for the opening address is five
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee I'm going to talk specifically about Ontario. For decades, the province has, in its University funding formula, recognized the additional costs tied to services and programs in the minority language. This takes the form of a special funding envelope for bilingualism and French-l
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee The Université de l'Ontario français Now has startup funding spread over an eight-year period. Surprisingly, we are already in the third year. We have therefore nearly reached the second stage of the funding process. For the startup funding, infrastructure funds remain one-time.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee I'll put on my former Commissioner of Official Languages hat. I've always preferred to think that the local context needs to be factored in. I believe a witness mentioned that earlier. What I can say is that there are anglophone communities in Quebec that do not have the same lev
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Dyane Adam
Official Languages committee As you know, I am in Ontario. I spoke to you about the province's most recent funding for the operating budgets of post-secondary educational institutions. These funds are added to the core funding received by all the other universities. I believe that we are way ahead in Ontari
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Dyane Adam