International Day of Francophonie

Dear Colleagues,

Today we celebrate the International Day of Francophonie, part of this month’s Les Rendez Vous de la Francophonie. Celebrating La Francophonie is recognizing the potential of language and culture to unite people, to create spaces of solidarity and mutual understanding, and to reflect on the impact of Francophone culture on the work we do.

Let’s Talk French Culture

From 1:30pm to 3:00pm today, join the Canada School of Public Service and Heritage’s event celebrating the Francophone Art Community. Featuring songwriters, comedians, and multi-disciplinary artists, celebrate our differences and similarities across languages.

RVF

As Co-Champions for Official Languages we’re excited to be greeting the Parks Canada community for the first time this year, and with our newest Co-Champion, Andrew Campbell. We encourage employees to take a moment to celebrate and learn about Francophone culture through one of the many activities in person and virtually available on the RVF website and our intranet page. This includes:

• Free films made available by the National Film Board of Canada, exploring francophone culture
• Putting your language skills to the test with the Franco Tour contest
• Trying some trivia on Francophone music, literature, or the variety category with the Franco Sphere quiz

… and much more on the RVF website!

We hope you’ll take this day to learn something new and explore Francophone culture from coast to coast to coast.

Happy International Day of Francophonie!

Andrew Francis and Louis Lavoie

Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer / Executive Director, Visitor Experience and Market Development

Co-champions for Official Languages for the Parks Canada Agency