Best Practices Forum on Official Languages/Events
EVENTS |
ARMCHAIR DISCUSSIONS |
From linguistic insecurity to linguistic security: Coaching, resilience and risk taking To answer these questions, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat has brought together experts who will share their experiences with regard to certain skills related to building language security on an individual and organizational basis.
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, President of the Treasury Board
Speakers Nancy Chahwan, Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Raymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages Nikolay Slavkov, Associate Professor, Director, Canadian Centre for Studies and Research in Bilingualism and Language Planning, Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI), University of Ottawa David Carter, Senior Advisor, Official Languages, Human Resources and Workplace Management Branch, Corporate Management and Services Sector, Natural Resources Canada Louise Varagnolo, Strategic Advisor, Official Languages Centre of Excellence, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Sue Duguay, President, Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française
Carsten Quell, Executive Director, Center of excellence in Official Languages, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Date and time: March 3, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (ET) Registration: Canada School of Public Service or csps.learningevents-evenementsdapprentissage.efpc@canada.ca |
Armchair discussion on official languages leadership: Walking the Talk Across Canada! Canadian Heritage hosts public service executives recognized for their leadership in the promotion of English and French to share their experience. The guest speakers will inspire you by discussing their leadership style with respect to official languages and how they help foster workplaces that are bilingual, inclusive and diverse within the federal public service. They will address a range of official languages issues, such as using our second official language, tolerance and linguistic security, awareness and the influential role of senior managers.
Hélène Laurendeau, Champion of the Official Languages Community, and Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage
Dr. Martine Dubuc, Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada Valerie Gideon, Associate Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada Daniel Quan-Watson, Champion for Visible Minorities, and Deputy Minister, Crown‑Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Vice-Admiral Haydn C. Edmundson, CMM, MSM, CD, Canadian Armed Forces
Stéphan Déry, Chair, Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions; Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Services Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Date and time: March 3, 2021, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. (ET) Registration: Canada School of Public Service or csps.learningevents-evenementsdapprentissage.efpc@canada.ca |