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La voix des parents de Colombie-Britannique

CSF cultural and community policy!

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By Carole Watkins, Consultant to the CSF for Pedagogie 2010

Roughly a hundred members
a of the  Brifish = Columbia

francophone community took
the time to respond to the survey “Vers
un langage commun...un bon point
de départ!" The survey, prepared by
the French School Board (CSF) cultural
and community task force, gave
parents, teachers, administrators, and
members of francophone community
organizations an opportunity to ex-
press their opinions regarding general
concepts that could be used to
develop a cultural and community
policy.

In 1993, the task force on francophone
culture in British Columbia published a
report, entitled “L'école francaise — un
habitat de culture”, commissioned by
the office of official languages and
multicultural programs of the Ministry
of Education and the minister res-
ponsible for Multiculturalism. Forty-eight
the
have been addressed and today serve

recommendations from report
as points of reference for working group
members’ discussions. The pioneers of
this document will surely continue to

inspire us in the work ahead.

The French School Board, in launching
its 2005-2010 Strategic Plan and
Pédagogie 2010, has chosen to

develop a cultural and community

policy, in concert with its various
partners; therefore a working group
including students, parents, teachers,
and community agency and union
representatives has been established.
The group has met several times
already and outlined the bases of the
CSF cultural and community policy. The
group has identified three key priorities
for this year: disseminate information
concerning the work of the commitiee;
draft a preliminary policy; and consult

the community.

The student members of the working

group play a leadership role throu ha

website entitled “Place auxjeune
site was created with the cooper
of various people involved |
group, among them, Mr. Joél Tre:
of the Economic Developm
and Mr. Yves Perron of the
interactive site is designed
students to get actively
by submitting their comments
reactions to the various issues tt

are raised, particularly Developing an

identity.

Working group members report that
they are confident that, in the near
future, they will be able to draft specific
definitions, basic principles, guidelines,
and axes of intervention for the CSF
cultural and community policy.

Members of the francophone com-
mittee can follow working group
progress by consulting the Culture
et Communauté page of the CSF

website at www.csf.bc.ca.