French University

• French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students

  The open letter published in La Presse also criticizes what it describes as characterizations of non-Quebec students as 'cash cows' and threats to the French language.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2023
  
• Campaign aims to save French courses at University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean

  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.

  Education

  Jun 9, 2020
  
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• Ontario government proposes deal to build province’s 1st French-language university

  The Progressive Conservatives are now asking Ottawa to contribute the other half of the $126 million needed for the project, which they say will take eight years to complete.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2019
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• Ontario government won’t fund French-language university despite federal support

  Ontario will not reverse the cancellation of a proposed French-language university despite a federal commitment to extend funding for a team working on the project, the provincial government said Monday.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2019
• Amanda Simard says government ‘backtracking’ on Francophone issues not enough

  Amanda Simard, a rookie legislator who represents a largely Franco-Ontarian riding, backed what she called an "important" Opposition motion that aimed to revive the university project and the commissioner's office, saying the province's "partial backtracking" on the issue wasn't enough.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2018
• Ontario government announces new French commissioner job amid outcry over cuts

  Premier Doug Ford says his government is creating the position of French-Language Services Commissioner within the provincial ombudsman's office, and seeking to turn the office of francophone affairs into a ministry.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2018