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<b><u>Did you know?</b></u><br>
<b><u>Bilingual Meeting Invitation Template for MS Teams</b></u><br>
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The Official Languages Centre of Excellence consulted with TBS’ internal IT services team to find a solution to an issue that has been identified in many federal departments: unilingual automatically generated meeting coordinates from MS Teams. Meeting invitations in MS Teams are generated in the language of the user’s interface: either English or French.<br>
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As a best practice, and depending on your department’s region and status, often as an obligation, meeting invitations should be sent in both official languages, simultaneously.<br>
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<i><u>[https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/blogue-blog/francais-canada-french-eng Source]</i></u><br>
You can create a bilingual MS Teams meeting invitation with this template!<br>
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<b>[[Media: MS_Teams_Bilingual_Meeting_-Template_Modèle_-_MS_Teams_invitation_bilingue.pdf | Download the template and instructions here]]</b>.<br>
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The OLCE would like to thank Marc-Antoine Cotnoir-Roy for this helpful and creative solution that we encourage you to save and share with your colleagues.<br>
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Please e-mail us at {{em|OLCEInformationCELO@tbs-sct.gc.ca}} if you have any questions about this template.<br>
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<b><u>Bootcamp on Official Languages 2021 Calendar</b></u><br>
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The Community Development and Engagement Team will soon be informing you of 2021 Bootcamp dates.<br>
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We would like to thank the over 80 representatives from federal departments, Crown Corporations and separate agencies who participated in the Bootcamp and provided constructive feedback to improve the form and content of the training. Our teacher, Diane Desaulniers, is looking forward to meeting many more of you in the New Year!<br>
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Please be advised that the Bootcamp on Official Languages is open to only one employee per federal institution. Multiple registrations from the same organization will be referred to the PROL.<br>
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<b>Bootcamp for Official Languages Champions</b><br>
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A special session will be offered to Official Languages Champions in Winter 2021. More information will be communicated to the champions in January.<br>
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Do you have questions about the Bootcamp? Please e-mail us at {{em|OLCEInformationCELO@tbs-sct.gc.ca}}.<br>
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<b><u>Season's Greetings: Message from Carsten Quell, Executive Director, Official Languages Centre of Excellence</b></u><br>
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As 2020 draws to a close, it offers a wonderful opportunity to reflect on and review the past year, to show gratitude for our colleagues, friends and family, to celebrate, and to renew our focus for the year ahead.<br>
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What a unique year! 2020 presented challenges to all our organizations with challenges when the country found itself in a state of crisis in early March. For many of us, the pandemic prompted us to realign our priorities, to change the way we work and learn to work separately, together.<br>
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Nine months later, after going through some growing pains and adjusting our processes and priorities, I feel nothing but pride for my Official Languages Centre of Excellence colleagues. Their determination, resilience, flexibility and innovative ideas and dedication to their work became even more evident when faced with this crisis.<br>
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You, the members of our valued official languages community, have shown patience and understanding as we adapted to the new world of telework and faced new official languages challenges. Together, we found ways to meet the challenges we faced.<br>
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As we look to the future, exciting projects and opportunities lie ahead. Whether it is the modernization of the Act, the implementation of the new Regulations or countering linguistic insecurity, these are all great opportunities for us to continue building the linguistic duality we are committed to.<br>
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This holiday season, I hope that you will take the time to celebrate safely, and that you find yourself in 2021 recharged and ready to continue to be official languages leaders in your teams and organizations.<br>
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Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season! See you in 2021!<br>
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<i>Carsten Quell</i><br>
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<b><u>Winter Word Play</b></u><br>
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Are you looking for a fun and bilingual activity to do during your next virtual celebration? Check out the Chilly Expressions quiz on the Language Portal of Canada and test your colleagues’ knowledge of 8 wintery sayings!<br>
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[[https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-expression-hiver1-eng| Play Chilly Expressions]]<br>
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<b><i>[[Media:October 2020 - octobre 2020.pdf|View this publication in PDF.]]</b></i><br>
<b><i>[[Media:The_OL_Connection_-_December_2020_-_La_connexion_LO_-_Décembre_2020.pdf|View this publication in PDF.]]</b></i><br>
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