Showcase meeting 5 – Tuesday, April 21, 2026

What promising projects related to FSL teaching and learning in Canada have been implemented in 2025?

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Jessica Miller, National Project Manager, Canadian Parents for French. Ms. Miller will tell us about the French Footprints program which promotes French second language learning across Canada amongst parents and educators of children in their early years (ages 0-6.) The Footprints program offers parents and educators tools such as the Parent Resource Hub, where parents can find podcasts, magazines, scholarship opportunities, and other useful resources to introduce French to their children at a young age. Educators also have access to a Training for Educators certification, which allows them to introduce French using practical strategies, confidence-building tools, and ready-to-use resources. The best part? Parents and educators don’t need to know French to participate. Join us in finding out more about taking the first steps towards bilingualism- one footprint at a time.

2. Olivier Alfieri, founder of Elearning.Studio and FLS-ESL.training, and Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, associate professor at York University (Toronto). Mr. Alfieri and Ms. Scheffel-Dunand will provide an overview of the next phase of the Camerise project’s development as a provincial mechanism to optimize the quality, consistency, and equity of French as a Second Language (FSL/FLA) and IF learning experiences for K-12 students in Ontario. Building on a digital educational infrastructure, community-co-created resources and tools, and partnerships developed since 2020, the project focuses on implementing and sustaining evidence-based teaching practices in classrooms.

By bringing together synergies between teachers, educational advisors, researchers, administrators, and institutional partners in a space for collaboration and mediation, Camerise Communities promotes educational innovation and continuous professional development.

Registration will open on February 24th, 2026.