TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Linguistic Duality Network
What is Linguistic Duality?
Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions
Official Languages Champions' Toolbox
Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions website
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Community of Official Languages
Modernization of the Official Languages Act
Language Training Hub
Burolis - Find an office
CBC/Radio-Canada
Mauril : a fun and engaging way to learn. Discover the free Mauril app to learn French and English or improve your language skills with content from CBC/Radio-Canada. Watch Giovanna, Catherine and David— sharing their experiences with Mauril!
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Our complaint form
Language rights in the federal public service
Infographic: Better Understanding the Obligation to Take Positive Measures
Tool for the linguistic identification of positions
Best practices to encourage linguistic security in the hybrid workplace
Teams backgrounds
Effective practices for chairing bilingual meetings and externally sourced presentations
Language Portal of Canada
Inclusive writing – Guidelines and resources
Content designed to help the federal public service and any other organization produce writing that is free of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity or any other identity factor.
Canada’s official languages come alive through our actions and interactions; they shape our daily lives and our collective identity.
The Language Portal of Canada invites you to explore the vitality of our official languages through a series of blog posts and fun quizzes.
Let’s celebrate the strength and beauty of “Our Languages in Action” together!
Blog posts
My love affair with English poetry
A knack for languages and a nose for wine
The call to volunteer
Nourishing minds: The role of food education in second language classrooms
Projects BY and FOR official language minority communities
Quizzes
Gallicisms we use in English
The little schoolhouse: Review your English lessons from grades 1 to 12!
Travel idioms
Everything but the kitchen sink
Flowers sweet to smell but hard to spell
Gardening 101: Tools
Warning: Severe weather ahead
Official Languages Hub®
A search tool you can use to access a wide array of Government of Canada resources on various aspects of official languages. Search by keyword or by theme.
Collection of Canadian language resources
A large collection of links to high-quality Canadian resources. For example:
Writing resources
Indigenous languages
Sign languages
Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies
The Bureau publishes various glossaries and vocabularies listing terms specific to federal departments’ different areas of activity. For example:
Glossary on Climate Change and Public Health
Gender and sexual diversity glossary
Personal Information and Privacy Glossary
Guide on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Terminology
Canadian Heritage
Overview of the modernized Official Languages Act
Taking Official Languages Act Part VII Obligations into Account in Decision-Making – Checklist
2023–2024 Achievements for the Implementation of Section 41
Youth Exchanges Canada
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