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February 2024

  • Update on the Official Languages Regulations Reapplication Exercise
  • Launch of the Annual Official Languages Review Exercise
  • New official languages tool for institutions in the core public administration
  • Glossary: Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the

public) Regulations

  • New tools and Hub on language training
  • Federal public servants’ most frequently used languages of work in 2021
  • Official Languages: What you need to know about Section 91 of the Official

Languages Act

  • Best Practices Forum on Official Languages
  • Workshops offered by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
  • 2023 Student Exit Survey: Official Languages results


November 2023

  • Launch of the Official Languages Regulations Reapplication Exercise
  • Tabling of the Annual Report on Official Languages 2021–22
  • 2022 Public Service Employee Survey Results
  • Role and responsibilities of Persons responsible for official languages
  • Standardized (or Generic) Job Descriptions
  • Best Practices Forum on Official Languages


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Summer 2023

  • The upcoming Official Languages Regulations Re-Application Exercise
  • Royal Assent of Bill C-13
  • Update: CBC requirement for bilingual supervisory positions
  • End of second language evaluation temporary measure 3 for reading comprehension and written expression
  • System for Official Languages Obligations
  • Substantive equality in the context of communications and services with the public
  • Check out the Guidelines for inclusive writing!
  • Official Languages Day: Save the date!
  • Conference of Official Languages Champions
  • Subscribe to the Human Resources Council Newsletter
  • Contacting the Official Languages Centre of Excellence


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April 2023

  • New resource page on the Regulations
  • Non-imperative appointments and deployments: updates and reminders
  • New online self-study platform to learn English as a second language or French as a second language
  • Is my office subject to the Official Languages Regulations?
  • New list of official language minority schools in Canada
  • System for Official Languages Obligations: We need your support!
  • Hybrid meeting facilities
  • Rollout of the Translation Bureau’s GClingua solution continues!


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February 2023

  • System for Official Languages Obligations (SOLO)
  • Help us protect interpreters during your next virtual or hybrid meeting
  • New tool on official languages obligations in transfer payments
  • Next orientation session for Official Languages Champions
  • New National Coordinator of the Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions


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December 2022

  • 2023 Best Practices Forum on Official Languages
  • To use, or not to use, machine translation: that is the question!
  • 2022 Student Exit Survey: Official languages results
  • List of official language minority schools in Canada
  • Celebrate in both official languages!
  • Event: Supporting Indigenous Talent
  • Courses: Preparation for second language evaluations


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September 2022

  • Amendments to the Directive on the Implementation of the Official Languages Regulations - Communications with and Services to the Public
  • 2022-2023 Management Accountability Framework
  • Survey: GC Collaborative Platforms
  • Official Languages Summit
  • Official Languages Day 2022


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Summer 2022

  • The amended Directive on the Implementation of the Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations
  • Reminder: signature block requirements
  • Explore!Resources for persons responsible for official languages
  • Employment opportunity
  • Podcast: Let’s talk bilingualism!
  • Contact information for the Official Languages Center of Excellence (OLCE)
  • Important dates to add to your calendar


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May 2022

  • Changes to temporary measures for second language evaluations: what you should know
  • FAQ on non-imperative staffing
  • Increasing the representation of English-speaking public servants in Quebec
  • Spring cleaning: list of persons responsible for official languages, official languages champions and Section 41 coordinators
  • 2022 Conference of Official Languages Champions
  • Training for Executives on Linguistic Insecurity
  • Best Practices Forum on Official Languages: Thank you!


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February 2022

  • Best Practices Forum on Official Languages
  • Tabling of the Annual Report on Official Languages 2019–2020
  • Last call for input on the Directive on the Implementation of the Official Languages Regulations
  • Call out for best practices: official languages related signature block add-ons
  • Bootcamp on Official Languages and Information Session for Official Languages Champions
  • Bootcamp on Official Languages for persons responsible for official languages (PROL)



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