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Visions Quest Productions et Transporteurs de Réves, en colla-
boration avec le Conseil scolaire francophone de la C.-B., pré-
sentent un camp de formation des arts du cirque en francais
pour les 3-8 ans du 12 au 16 mars 2012 a l'école Jules-Verne
située au 5445, rue Baillie @ Vancouver. Les formulaires d'ins-
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activité de cirque pour votre région (atelier, camp, Circo-cir-
cuit, spectacle, animation, etc.) dés maintenant pour le prin-
temps, |'6té ou l'automne 2012 ainsi que pour le printemps
2013. Pour plus de détails sur les dates de tournée, consultez
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876-2294; vous pouvez aussi Communiquer avec Benoit Ran-
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Conseil jeunesse 4 Vancouver!

Le 4 mars prochain aura lieu, dés 15h, a l’école
Jules-Verne, le 2° tournoi de la Ligue d'impro-
visation franco-colombienne. Venez encoura-
ger la vingtaine de jeunes

s'affronteront
une discipline qui allie la
créativité du thédtre et
l'ambiance du hockey.
Animation, musique, fous
rires et prix de présence
pour toute la famille! Pour
plus d'information, visitez
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Report from the Parents’ Conference 2011

Based on comments from the
hundred or so parents, educa-
tors and other participating part-
ners, last November's conference was
clearly a success. Guest speaker Rod-
rigue Landry captivated his audience,
sharing his views of the major trends im-
pacting the francophone community.
These trends include, for example, the
growing rate of exogamy (intercultural
families, 87% in British Columbia), the low
rate of enrolment of eligible students in
francophone schools (22% in BC), and
the falling rate of linguistic continuity
(however, this rate has remained steady
in our province at .30 since 1971).
Among other items, Mr. Landry
called upon each of us to support a so-
cietal project that he referred to as cul-
tural autonomy in an effort to ensure the

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sustainability of francophony in Canada.
This concept underscores the import-
ance of early learning and education to
the future of our francophone way of life.
The discussions following his presentation
were most interesting. Many parents and
community partners suggested a num-
ber of ideas for actions in their environ-
ment, in their school community, that
would make a positive contribution fo
francophony.

A copy of Mr. Landry's presentation
is online at the Federation website. Click
on the FPFCB tab and select Congres et
AGA. Mr, Landry's PowerPoint presenta-
tion, along with presentations by other
facilitators and speakers, is also avail-
able.

Lastly, we must congratulate the
André-Piolat parents’ association for win-

ning the 2010-2011 APE of the Year award
during the 2011 FPFCB conference. Also,
for the first time this year, the Teacher of
the Year award went to Josyane Testa,
preschoo! educator at Des petits pas in
mission, a school-based preschool at
Ecole des Deux-Rives. Congratulations,
all!

Preparations are already underway
for the 2012 conference and annual
general meeting, which will take place
at Jules-Verne school in Vancouver on
November 23 and 24, 2012. Mark your
calendars!

We hope you enjoy this issue
of Parenthése!

Marie-Andrée Asselin,
FPFCB Executive Director