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Gomashie, Grace A. – McGill Journal of Education, 2019
This paper gives an overview of ongoing revitalisation efforts for Kanien'keha / Mohawk, one of the endangered Indigenous languages in Canada. For the Mohawk people, their language represents a significant part of the culture, identity and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The endangerment of Kanien'keha and other Indigenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tribes, Canada Natives, Language Maintenance
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2019
This fact sheet reports on independent schools in British Columbia, including enrollment in independent schools, student composition in independent schools compared to public schools, public funding, and graduation rates. [For the 2018 edition of this fact sheet, see ED586101.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2017
This fact sheet reports on student enrollment in British Columbia, including enrollment in public schools and independent schools, adult student enrollment, student enrollment in language programs, international student enrollment in public schools, and enrollment of students with special needs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrollment Trends, Public Schools, Private Schools
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Kormos, Judit; Préfontaine, Yvonne – Language Teaching Research, 2017
The present mixed-methods study examined the role of learner appraisals of speech tasks in second language (L2) French fluency. Forty adult learners in a Canadian immersion program participated in the study that compared four sources of data: (1) objectively measured utterance fluency in participants' performances of three narrative tasks…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, French, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning
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Johnson, Michele K. – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2014
way', iskwíst, "my name is", S?ímla?xw, and I am from Penticton BC, Canada. kn sqilxw. I am a Syilx (Okanagan, Interior Salish) adult language learner. My cohort and I are midway in our language transformation to become proficient speakers. Our names are Prasát, S?ímla?xw, C'?r?tups, X?wnámx?wnam, Sta?qwálqs, and our Elder, S?amtíc'a?.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Canada Natives
Cooke, Max – Education Canada, 2009
A CBC New Brunswick Forum broadcast live on March 27, 2008, from Moncton's Capitol Theatre provided a cathartic moment for parents angry at Education Minister Kelly Lamrock, who was linked into the discussion via satellite from Fredericton. Two weeks earlier, Minister Lamrock had declared in a press release that bilingualism was changing from an…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs