June 23, 2023

Francophone Immigration in Canada: Why, Who and How? The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) brings together experts from various professional fields to discuss fundamental issues relating to Francophone immigration. About the online panel discussion: Join our panelists for an online discussion where they will discuss issues related to the intersection of francophone immigration, integration, and language. The event aims to provide French-speaking public a multidisciplinary perspective, a stimulating and informative discussion, and an opportunity to engage with questions such as: Why is it important to increase Francophone immigration in the current era? What is the definition of “Francophone”? Where

Letter of congratulations from the Minister

CCLB is happy to have received a letter from the Honourable Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, congratulating us on our 25th anniversary of supporting Canada’s national language standards and developing training and tools to support their use across Canada.   Over the past 25 years, immigration has become increasingly critical to Canada’s long-term success. CCLB has played an active role in supporting immigration in Canada and looks forward to fully harnessing its potential to create the best experience for newcomers in the future. The Centre is here because of and thanks to the entire ESL

CSS Edmonton is hiring full-time language assessors

Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for one (1) Full Time Language Assessor position at 37.5 hours per week in Edmonton, AB.  You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta. “As a Catholic social services agency, we are guided by faith to care for and

January 27, 2023

Tackling Challenges in Immigration CCLB is excited to announce that we are bringing together speakers from diverse professional backgrounds to participate in an online panel discussion around questions affecting immigration, the labor shortage and the role of language in these contexts. About the online panel discussion: What are challenges affecting immigration today in Canada? Join our panelists for an online discussion as they tackle questions around immigration, the labour shortage and the role of language from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This session aims to provide participants with a thought-provoking and informative discussion related to: The labour shortage and ways to reduce

Opportunity to Participate in Research

Opportunity to Participate in Demonstrating Sufficient Evidence PBLA/ELBP Research Activity As part of the ongoing agreement to provide professional development, resources, and training to support the use of Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA) and évaluation linguistique basée sur le portfolio (ELBP), CCLB will be coordinating research pilots in LINC and CLIC programs to re-examine the number of artefacts required to demonstrate sufficient evidence and assign benchmarks. What type of activity will this be? This research activity will provide SPOs the opportunity to participate in research to examine the number of artefacts required to demonstrate sufficient evidence and assign benchmarks in