French Language Services Unit, Ontario Ombudsman. IALC 2019 Conf.
800 Bay St. Office 402 M5S3A9 Toronto, ON, Canada

#IALCconference2019 Welcome to Toronto for the participants who have already arrived! Safe travels for those who are about to join us! We look forward to seeing you all! #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

#IALCconference2019 will launch in less than two weeks in Toronto! #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties - Register today: https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

#IALCconference2019 June 26-27 Toronto Welcome to our portrait’s series: Rónán Ó Domhnaill, Irish Language Commissioner since 2014 @ceartateanga, based close to Galway, Ireland. He is Chair of the IALC and of the Irish Ombudsman Forum, and also a member of the Executive Committee of the Ombudsman Association. Rónán Ó Domhnaill worked 16 years as a journalist with the national broadcaster in Ireland, and he has recently written a thesis on the independence of Ombudsmen in Ireland. #ProtectionLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties Meet him at the Conference, in 3 weeks! Click here to register : https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

#IALCconference2019 June 26-27, Toronto Welcome to our portrait’s series: Dr. Diane Gerin-Lajoie is a Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at @OISEUofT and Head of the Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne (CREFO) located at OISE. Her research interests focus primarily on minority education, French minority language education and English minority language education in Canada, educational policy, school and society, the process of identity construction, and teaching in minority settings. #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties. Come and meet her: Register at https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

#IALCconference2019 June 26-27 Toronto Welcome to our portrait’s series: @tovemalloy, Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues, she is the head of its research cluster on Citizenship and Ethics and involved in #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities. Her areas of expertise cover the major international organizations, the European Union as well as individual countries.Her research has been funded by the European Commission, governments and private foundations. In additio...n to her academic career, Prof. Malloy has served in the Danish Foreign Service in numerous positions and represented the Danish Government in international fora on post-conflict resolution for Rwanda and Bosnia, transition and development for Albania as well as on indigenous affairs issues. She has authored numerous articles about minority issues. Come and listen to her exchanges with our other experts. Register https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym See more

#IALCconference2019 June 26-27, Toronto Welcome to our portrait’s series: @Pam_Palmater, Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University, public speaker and media commentator considered one of Canada’s Top 25 Influential Movers and Shakers by the Financial Post and one of the Top 5 Most Influential Lawyer in Human Rights by the Canadian Lawyer Magazine. She is frequently called as a legal expert before Parliamentary and United Nations committees dealing with laws and policies impacting Indigenous peoples. #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties Come and meet her! Register https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

#IALCconference2019 June 26-27 Toronto Welcome to our weekly series of panelists portraits: Dr Mpho Monareng, Chief Executive Officer of @PanSALB, the Pan South African Language Board, established to promote multilingualism, to protect language rights in South Africa, and to develop the 11 official languages. The Board was established in Act 59 of 1995 by the Parliament of South Africa. #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties Register today to hear about best practices around the world: https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

#IALCconference2019 June 26-27 Toronto Welcome to our series of panelists portraits #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties - Meet @vinczelorant, President of the Federal Union of European Nationalities FUEN - European umbrella organization of the autochthonous, national minorities/ethnic groups in Europe. @FUEN_Info has around 100 member organizations altogether. Join us to take advantage of their exceptional insight on minority languages! Register here : https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym

The Right Honourable Richard Wagner heads Canada's highest Court. We look forward to hearing his speech at the #IALCconference2019 on June 27 in Toronto! Join us: https://eventdex.force.com/BLN_RegistrationDym #ProtectingLinguisticMinorities #BuildingStrongerSocieties

As of May 1, the Office of the French Language Services Commissioner will become part of the Ontario Ombudsman's Office. This account will shift to focus on the upcoming International Language Commissioners' Conference in Toronto, on June 26-27. For information about French language services, complaints, and investigations conducted by the French Language Services unit, please follow the Ontario Ombudsman's Office. @Ont_Ombudsman Thank you for your support over the years, and we look forward to working with you in the future!

#LastCommissionersBlog I want to express my genuine gratitude. Thank you for all those wonderful moments that we shared, your professionalism, and your dedication to the Francophonie. [] I am ending this blog post without giving in to too much sadness, because I had a fantastic job and I gained a great deal from it. What an immense privilege it was to have served Ontario! So this is not goodbye.