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<big>'''Our languages in ACTION!'''</big>
<big>'''Uniting Around Canadian Books!'''</big>
Official Languages Day is an opportunity to promote official languages and celebrate our rich linguistic heritage across the country. This annual event highlights the central role official languages play in shaping Canadian identity and the values of the public service.
Official Languages Day is an opportunity to promote official languages and celebrate our rich linguistic heritage across the country. This annual event highlights the central role official languages play in shaping Canadian identity and the values of the public service.
With Under the theme Uniting Around Canadian Books, the event highlights the diversity of Canadian discourse voices and the importance of literature in discovering, learning about and building bridges between the major language communitiestwo broad official language communities.
With Under the theme '''Uniting Around Canadian Books''', the event highlights the diversity of Canadian discourse voices and the importance of literature in discovering, learning about and building bridges between the major language communities two broad official language communities.
Participants will discover diverse talent and literary works that reflect different Canadian realities, and will appreciate new perspectives on the role literature plays in Canadian intercultural dialogue. The experience relayed through literature thus becomes a powerful lever for better understanding how recognition and appreciation of the other official language community contribute to Canada’s unity and vitality as a whole.
Participants will discover diverse talent and literary works that reflect different Canadian realities, and will appreciate new perspectives on the role literature plays in Canadian intercultural dialogue. The experience relayed through literature thus becomes a powerful lever for better understanding how recognition and appreciation of the other official language community contribute to Canada’s unity and vitality as a whole.