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====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZesSz5F5N8 Discover two new tools for Persons Responsible for Official Languages (PROL)]====
 
 
Watch the promotional video! It briefly introduces the brand-new Orientation Guide for PROL and the complementary video on their roles and responsibilities. <i>Published March 2026.</i>
 
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====[https://wiki.gccollab.ca/images/2/25/EN_-_The_OL_Connection_-_April_2026.pdf The OL Connection: April 2026]====
  
 
: Read the latest publication of the Official Languages Centre of Excellence (OLCE) newsletter, The OL Connection.  
 
: Read the latest publication of the Official Languages Centre of Excellence (OLCE) newsletter, The OL Connection.  
 
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'''<span style='color:#3095B4;'>[https://wiki.gccollab.ca/images/e/e2/Guidance_Document_on_WFA_and_OL.pdf Guidance Document - Workforce Adjustment and Official Languages Requirements]</span>''' 
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: This guidance document explains how the new official languages requirements for supervisory positions must be applied in the context of selection of employees for retention or lay-off (SERLO), and alternation processes. <i>Published March 2026.</i>
 
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'''<span style='color:#3095B4;'>[https://wiki.gccollab.ca/images/d/d0/June_2025_-_FAQ_Section_36.pdf FAQ: Implementation of Section 36]</span>'''
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'''<span style='color:#3095B4;'>[https://wiki.gccollab.ca/images/d/df/FAQ_-_Implementation_of_language_requirements_for_supervisory_positions.pdf FAQ - Implementation of language requirements for supervisory positions]</span>'''
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: This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about the application of the [https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/values-ethics/official-languages/workplace.html new linguistic requirements for positions that include the supervision of employees occupying a position in a bilingual region] since June 20, 2025. <i>Published March 2026.</i>
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====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZesSz5F5N8 Discover two new tools for Persons Responsible for Official Languages (PROL)]====
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Watch the promotional video! It briefly introduces the brand-new Orientation Guide for PROL and the complementary video on their roles and responsibilities. <i>Published March 2026.</i>
  
: Provides answers to questions about the application of the new provision under section 36 of the Official Languages Act which, as of June 20, 2025, gives all federal employees in bilingual regions the right to be supervised in the OL of their choice, regardless of the linguistic identification of their position.
 
 
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'''<span style='color:#3095B4;'>[https://wiki.gccollab.ca/Community_of_Official_Languages/Linguistic_requirements_supervisors Tools: Second-Language Requirements for Bilingual Supervisory Positions (CBC Initiative)]</span>''' 
 
 
: As of June 20, 2025, new appointments made to bilingual supervisory positions that involve the supervision of employees in bilingual regions are required to meet [https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/values-ethics/official-languages/workplace.html a superior level of second official language proficiency.]
 

Latest revision as of 09:10, 20 April 2026


Community of Official Languages


What's new?


Intro icon

The OL Connection: April 2026

Read the latest publication of the Official Languages Centre of Excellence (OLCE) newsletter, The OL Connection.


Tools icon

Guidance Document - Workforce Adjustment and Official Languages Requirements

This guidance document explains how the new official languages requirements for supervisory positions must be applied in the context of selection of employees for retention or lay-off (SERLO), and alternation processes. Published March 2026.


Tools icon

FAQ - Implementation of language requirements for supervisory positions

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about the application of the new linguistic requirements for positions that include the supervision of employees occupying a position in a bilingual region since June 20, 2025. Published March 2026.


Video icon

Discover two new tools for Persons Responsible for Official Languages (PROL)

Watch the promotional video! It briefly introduces the brand-new Orientation Guide for PROL and the complementary video on their roles and responsibilities. Published March 2026.