NEWS FROM THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT - APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW BY

NEWS FROM THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW BY THE AFNQL AND FNEC: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS On April 20,2023, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) and the FNEC filed an application for judicial review with the Superior Court of Québec, seeking to have 14 sections of the Charter of the French Language declared null, invalid, unconstitutional and of. [...] The Chiefs also denounced the discretionary power over college diplomas conferred on the Minister by the Regulation to authorize the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology to make an exception to the application of section 88.0.17 of the Charter of the French language. [...] Finally, in the wake of the FNEC’s awareness-raising efforts, the acting National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Joanna Bernard, and the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, Ronald E. [...] PROVINCIAL ROUND TABLE ON THE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS OF INDIGENOUS STUDENTS, (THE ‘‘TABLE’’) A new era is beginning… The October 25th meeting of the Provincial Round Table in the Educational Success of Indigenous Students (or the ‘’Table’’) saw the election of a brand-new co-chair, Ms. [...] Under his chairpersonship, the Table adopted its first work priorities, which were renewed several times, and guided the allocation of funds as part of the government’s response to the Viens Commission report, and continue to guide the Table’s work to this day.