All timeline stories.
First Vice-Regal Patrons
CPF received the patronage of Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada, and the Honourable Maurice Sauvé.
First Joint Policy Statement
CPF and the Fédération des Francophones hors Québec signed a statement regarding mutual cooperation in achieving their objectives and calling on governments and others to improve minority language education and FSL instruction.
First National Public Opinion Poll
Conducted for CPF by Gallup, the poll asked about attitudes toward children learning French. Further surveys were done for CPF in 1989 and 1992 by Environics and in 1995 and 2000 by COMPAS.
Booklet for Immersion Students is Published
Co-sponsored and widely promoted by CPF, French Immersion: The Trial Balloon That Flew was published by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education to encourage FI students in grades 6-9 to continue learning French.
Launch of the CPF Book Club
French-language books for children were advertised in the CPF newsletter for parents to order through the national office. Over the years CPF has provided a variety of opportunities, either through the office or directly from publishers, for parents to order ...
First School Board Mailout
An information package of CPF materials was sent to all school boards offering immersion, provincial education departments, and faculty of education libraries.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Established the right for official language minorities to be educated in their mother tongue, but did not grant any right for children to learn their second official language.
First Speech by a Federal Cabinet Minister at a CPF Conference
The Secretary of State for Canada addressed delegates at the national conference banquet.
First Meeting with the CMEC
CPF representatives met with the Liaison Committee of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.
Postsecondary Campaign
Articles in the national newsletter signaled the beginning of a multi-year campaign to improve FSL teacher training and postsecondary opportunities for immersion graduates to continue to improve their French. A series of regional conferences culminated in a national colloquium in ...
Call for a National Clearinghouse of Information on Second-Language
An article in the national newsletter highlighted efforts to have a central repository of information on second-language teaching established. CPF collaborated in this campaign with a number of other national organizations. In 1985 the Department of the Secretary of State ...
First Directory of Immersion Programs
With information gathered by CPF volunteers throughout the country, CPF prepared the first Canadian directory of French immersion programs. From 1982 to 1996 it was published annually as The CPF Immersion Registry. Beginning in 2001, CPF provided a searchable directory of ...