Official Languages Hub promotional toolkit


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Would you like to promote the Official Languages Hub®? The team at the Language Portal of Canada, a website managed by Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau, has put together a promotional toolkit to equip you with everything you need.

The kit includes background information on the project, bilingual promotional messages, and graphics for use with different means of communication and promotion.

We encourage you to review the PDF version of the Promotional toolkit below, and then go to the Downloadable version section on this page to access the turnkey products that are best suited to your communication needs.


Web Banner for the Official Languages Hub® - canada.ca/our-languages



DOWNLOADABLE VERSION


In this section, you’ll find turnkey promotional messages that you can download.


SOCIAL MEDIA


Please note that you should use the hashtags #OL_Hub in English and #Carrefour_LO in French. They have been included in the social media messages prepared for publication.

TWITTER
Twitter message #1 – English

Bilingual banner (English first) for Twitter message number 1 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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To easily find all the information on #OfficialLanguages and #LanguageOfWork in the federal public service, check out the Official Languages Hub®. #OL_Hub @Our_Languages https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/carrefour-hub
Twitter message #1 – French

Bilingual banner (French first) for Twitter message number 1 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Pour trouver facilement toute l’information qui touche les #LanguesOfficielles et la #LangueDeTravail dans la fonction publique fédérale, empruntez le Carrefour des langues officielles®. #Carrefour_LO @Nos_langues https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/carrefour-hub


Twitter message #2 – English

Bilingual banner (English first) for Twitter message number 2 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Discover the Official Languages Hub®: a useful search tool to help you find answers to all your questions on #OfficialLanguages. #OL_Hub @Our_Languages https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/carrefour-hub
Twitter message #2 – French

Bilingual banner (French first) for Twitter message number 2 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Découvrez le Carrefour des langues officielles®: un outil de recherche utile pour trouver réponse à toutes vos questions liées aux #LanguesOfficielles. #Carrefour_LO @Nos_langues https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/carrefour-hub


FACEBOOK
Facebook message #1 – English

Bilingual banner (English first) for Facebook message number 1 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Need to quickly find information on everything related to Canada’s #OfficialLanguages and #LanguageOfWork in the federal public service? Go to the Official Languages Hub®. #OL_Hub https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/carrefour-hub
Facebook message #1 – French

Bilingual banner (French first) for Facebook message number 1 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Besoin de trouver rapidement de l’information sur tout ce qui concerne les #LanguesOfficielles du Canada et la #LangueDeTravail dans la fonction publique fédérale? Direction: le Carrefour des langues officielles®. #Carrefour_LO https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/carrefour-hub


Facebook message #2 – English

Bilingual banner (English first) for Facebook message number 2 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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All roads lead to the Official Languages Hub®! Try this search tool to find answers to all your questions on official languages. #OL_Hub https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/carrefour-hub
Facebook message #2 – French

Bilingual banner (French first) for Facebook message number 2 to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Tous les chemins mènent au Carrefour des langues officielles®! Essayez cet outil de recherche pour trouver réponse à toutes vos questions sur les langues officielles. #Carrefour_LO https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/carrefour-hub


LINKEDIN
LinkedIn message – English

Bilingual banner (English first) for LinkedIn message to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Are you looking for best practices for bilingual meetings? Policies on official languages? Information about second language tests? Find all the information you need in a single location: the Official Languages Hub®! #OL_Hub #OfficialLanguages https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/carrefour-hub

LinkedIn message – French

Bilingual banner (French first) for LinkedIn message to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Vous cherchez des pratiques exemplaires en vue d’organiser une réunion bilingue? Des politiques sur les langues officielles? Des renseignements sur les examens de langue seconde? Trouvez toute l’information dont vous avez besoin à un seul endroit: le Carrefour des langues officielles®! #Carrefour_LO #LanguesOfficielles https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/carrefour-hub


INSTAGRAM
Instagram message – English

Bilingual banner (English first) for Instagram message to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Are you looking for best practices for bilingual meetings? Policies on official languages? Information about second language tests? Find all the information you need in a single location: the Official Languages Hub®! #OL_Hub #OfficialLanguages https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/carrefour-hub

Instagram message – French

Bilingual banner (French first) for Instagram message to promote the Official Languages Hub®.

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Vous cherchez des pratiques exemplaires en vue d’organiser une réunion bilingue? Des politiques sur les langues officielles? Des renseignements sur les examens de langue seconde? Trouvez toute l’information dont vous avez besoin à un seul endroit: le Carrefour des langues officielles®! #Carrefour_LO #LanguesOfficielles https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/carrefour-hub



INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ON TV SCREENS


The banners provided are unilingual and must be displayed on screen one right after the other.

BANNERS
English banner

Unilingual English banner for a television screen. Official Languages Hub®. Check out this search tool for official language resources in the Language Portal of Canada.

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French banner

Unilingual French banner for a television screen. Official Languages Hub®. French equivalent for “Check out this search tool for official language resources in the Language Portal of Canada.”

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COMMUNICATIONS AND NEWSLETTERS


The Language Portal team has prepared two bilingual promotional texts for you to use in your internal communications (for example, in an employee newsletter).

First bilingual text – Target audience: federal public servants
(130 words in English / 161 words in French)
Visit the Official Languages Hub®!

Looking for best practices for bilingual meetings? Policies on official languages? Information about second language tests? Find all the information you need in a single location: the Official Languages Hub®!

The Official Languages Hub® is a search tool available on the Language Portal of Canada, a website managed by Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau.

With the Hub, you can easily find standards and policies, promotional tools, best practices, learning resources and useful information on various aspects of official languages in Canada. It gives you access to resources from many federal institutions.

The Hub was created in response to one of the recommendations in the report The next level, which examines the state of bilingualism in the federal public service.

Search efficiently: consult the Official Languages Hub®!
Visitez le Carrefour des langues officielles®!

Vous cherchez des pratiques exemplaires en vue d’organiser une réunion bilingue? Des politiques sur les langues officielles? Des renseignements sur les examens de langue seconde? Trouvez toute l’information dont vous avez besoin à un seul endroit : le Carrefour des langues officielles®!

Le Carrefour des langues officielles® est un outil de recherche accessible sur le Portail linguistique du Canada, un site Web géré par le Bureau de la traduction de Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada.

Facile à utiliser, le Carrefour permet de trouver des normes et politiques, des outils de promotion, des pratiques exemplaires, des ressources d’apprentissage ainsi que des renseignements utiles sur différents aspects des langues officielles du Canada. Il donne accès aux ressources de nombreuses institutions fédérales.

La mise en œuvre du Carrefour découle de l’une des recommandations du rapport Le prochain niveau, qui fait état de la situation du bilinguisme dans la fonction publique fédérale.

Soyez efficace dans vos recherches : consultez le Carrefour des langues officielles®!


Second bilingual text – Target audience: Canadians with an interest in official languages
(119 words in English / 174 words in French)
The Official Languages Hub®: A must-have tool!

Are you familiar with the Official Languages Hub®? The Hub is a search tool available on the Language Portal of Canada, a website managed by Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau.

The Hub provides centralized access to wide array of official languages resources provided by the Government of Canada. Launched in 2019, the tool was recently expanded, thanks to the joint efforts of the Language Portal of Canada and the Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions. The contents of the Collection of Official Languages Resources, which was originally posted on the Dare! Osez! website, have been added to the Official Languages Hub®.

With this simple and user-friendly tool, you can find information on official language regulations, the promotion of linguistic duality, second language learning or any other topic relating to official languages.

To access the Canadian government’s official languages resources in a single location, visit the Official Languages Hub®!

Le Carrefour des langues officielles® : un incontournable

Connaissez-vous le Carrefour des langues officielles®? Il s’agit d’un outil de recherche accessible sur le Portail linguistique du Canada, un site Web géré par le Bureau de la traduction de Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada.

Le Carrefour permet de centraliser l’accès à une foule de ressources sur les langues officielles offertes par le gouvernement du Canada. Lancé en 2019, l’outil a récemment été bonifié dans le cadre d’une collaboration entre le Portail linguistique du Canada et le Conseil du Réseau des champions des langues officielles. Grâce à cette collaboration, le contenu du Recueil de ressources sur les langues officielles, autrefois publié sur le site Osez! Dare!, a été versé dans le Carrefour des langues officielles®.

Cet outil simple et convivial permet de trouver de l’information sur la réglementation en langues officielles, la promotion de la dualité linguistique, l’apprentissage d’une langue seconde ou sur tout autre sujet touchant les langues officielles.

Pour trouver en un seul endroit des ressources créées par le gouvernement du Canada sur les langues officielles, visitez le Carrefour des langues officielles®!



WEB BANNERS


Web banners of various sizes can be used to promote the Official Languages Hub® on your intranet pages and in carousels on your web pages.

SIZE: 653 X 194
653 X 194 web banner – English

Unilingual English web banner for the Official Languages Hub®, in 653 X 194 format.

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Link text
Check out the Official Languages Hub®, a search tool available on the Language Portal of Canada.

653 X 194 web banner – French

Unilingual French web banner for the Official Languages Hub®, in 653 X 194 format.

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Link text
Découvrez le Carrefour des langues officielles®, un outil de recherche du Portail linguistique du Canada.

SIZE: 1400 X 338
1400 X 338 web banner – English

Unilingual English web banner for the Official Languages Hub®, in 1400 X 338 format.

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1400 X 338 web banner – French

Unilingual French web banner for the Official Languages Hub®, in 1400 X 338 format.

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SIZE: 1500 X 300
1500 X 300 web banner – English

Unilingual English web banner for the Official Languages Hub®, in 1500 X 300 format.

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1500 X 300 web banner – French

Unilingual French web banner for the Official Languages Hub®, in 1500 X 300 format.

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VISUAL SIGNATURES


Here are the various visual signatures for the Official Languages Hub® in both official languages:


VISUAL SIGNATURES IN COLOUR
Bilingual visual signature in blue for the Official Languages Hub®. English first.
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Bilingual visual signature in blue for the Official Languages Hub®. French first.
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Unilingual visual signature in blue for the Official Languages Hub®. English only.
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Unilingual visual signature in blue for the Official Languages Hub®. French only.
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VISUAL SIGNATURES IN BLACK AND WHITE
Bilingual visual signature in black and white for the Official Languages Hub®. English first.
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Bilingual visual signature in black and white for the Official Languages Hub®. French first.
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Unilingual visual signature in black and white for the Official Languages Hub®. English only.
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Unilingual visual signature in black and white for the Official Languages Hub®. French only.
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Contacting the Language Portal of Canada team

If you have any questions or would like more information on the Official Languages Hub® or this promotional toolkit, please write to the Language Portal team at the following address: noslangues.ourlanguages@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.