heritage minute pt 2
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- Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Elliot Trudeau implemented federal bilingualism.
- From then on, events hosted by the federal government have both English and French Variations to them for a wider audience to view. Now, the number of bilinguals is increasing every year. According to the federal administration, In 1982, New Brunswick was a completely bilingual Province
- They even started teaching about the different languages in schools to bring up more bilingual students.Naturally, other provinces followed. Even today, on average, bilingual graduates are much more likely to get a better-performing job than someone who only speaks English. Now I can just sit back and watch the kids of today get the luxuries I never did.
- Olga Melikoff, along with Murielle Parkes and Valerie Neale fought towards bilingualism and are the parent trio for the first bilingual education program. People today call them “the Founding Mothers of French Immersion”. Before they arrived, knowing only French was like living life as a ghost. These 3 shaped the education system in a way that helped millions of students to bloom.
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