"We are hopeful the province will step up and take this money that Ottawa has put on the table and secure the future of Campus Saint-Jean."

The French Canadian Association of Alberta is taking legal action against the University of Alberta and the province saying underfunding has 'decimated' programming.

The University of Alberta's Campus Saint-Jean has been a home for French education for more than 100 years, but now, thanks to reduced funding by the Alberta government and a freeze on reserve funds, nearly half of its courses could be axed.