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Lancement d’un centre de recherche francophone
New francophone research centre launched
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L’Université de Regina vient de créer un
nouveau centre de recherche au sein de l’Institut
français. Le Centre canadien de recherche sur les
francophonies en milieu minoritaire (CRFM) va
remplir le mandat de recherche de l’Institut
français établi en 2002 pour répondre aux
besoins en éducation postsecondaire des
communautés fransaskoises et francophiles de la
Saskatchewan.
<<La recherche est l’un des moyens-clés dont
nous disposons pour répondre à ces besoins,>>
déclare Peter Dorrington, directeur du nouveau
centre. Il précise que le CRFM va rassembler des
chercheurs pour étudier le vécu des communautés
francophones en milieu minoritaire, en
particulier celui de la communauté fransaskoise.
<<Nous allons élaborer des concepts, des outils et
des modèles qui pourront être utilisés pour le
développement des communautés francophones
en situation minoritaire, d’une part dans des
domaines tels la politique publique, l’éducation,
la santé et le développement économique et dans
le domaine de la culture, de la langue et de
l’identité, d’autre part.>>
M. Dorrington explique que le centre se
concentrera surtout sur la recherche-action et la
recherche appliquée menées en collaboration avec
des chercheurs et des organismes de
communautés francophones. Le CRFM projette
également d’encourager la recherche comparative
en explorant les similitudes et les différences qui
peuvent exister entre les communautés
francophones et d’autres peuples ou groupes qui
se trouvent en situation minoritaire.
<<Le centre est particulièrement bien placé
pour encourager une recherche comparant
The University of Regina has created a
l’expérience francophone à celle des Métis et des new research centre wit hin t he Institut
peuples des Premières Nations en milieu f r a n ç a i s . T h e C e n t r e c a n a d i e n d e
minoritaire, >> déclare M. Dorrington. recherche sur les francophonies en milieu
m i n o r i t a i re ( C R F M ) w i l l c a r r y o u t t h e
<<L’Université de Regina, qui regroupe sur son
campus l’Institut français, l’Université des research mandate of the Institut français,
Premières Nations du
which was established
Canada et l’Institut
in 2002 to meet t he
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and
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Saskatchewan.
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taire, les institutions
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research,” says Peter
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in
munautés francophones
minority settings,
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especially that of the
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minoritaires. Le CFRM peut donc contribuer de munity, Dor r ington explains. “ We’ll be
façon unique et concrète á une meilleure developing concepts, tools and models that
compréhension et au développement des can be used by francophone communities
communautés francophones en milieu in minority situations on fronts such as
minoritaire, non seulement au Canada mais dans public policy, education, health care and
le monde entier,>> conclut M. Dorrington.
economic development, as well as culture,
Thurs., Mar. 24 – 10:30 a.m.
Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy
Armchair Series
“Saskatchewan’s Early Learning and Child Care:
From the Present to the Future”
Speaker: Martha Friendly
Gallery Bldg., College Ave. Campus
Info/RSVP: 585-5869
Thurs., Mar. 24 – 1:15 p.m.
Chemistry seminar
“Cyanobacterial Iron Acquisition: Effects of
Chelator Strength of
and Interactions with Other Organisms”
Speaker: Harold Weger
Rm. 408, Classroom Bldg.
Info: 585-4146
Thurs., Mar. 24 – 4 p.m.
Geography seminar
“An Interval of Resonance: The Historical
Geography of the Canadian-American
Borderlands, 1784-1989”
Speaker: Randy Widdis
Rm. 125, Classroom Bldg.
Info: 585-4222
Thurs., Mar. 24 – 7:30 p.m.
Coffee House Controversies series
“Kyoto-Will It Make Any Difference?”
Speaker: Monika Çule
Chapters
Info: 585-4226
Fri., Mar. 25 – 7:30 p.m.
Musica Sacra
Featuring: Lynn Channing, David McIntyre,
Cameron Lowe & Kelly Henderek
Chapel, Campion College
Info: 586-4242
Child care advocate to
speak as part of SIPP series
Today the Saskatchewan Institute of
Public Policy (SIPP) at the University of
Regina will add to the discussion over child
care policy in Saskatchewan and Canada. As
part of its Armchair Discussion Series, SIPP
will host a presentation on early learning and
child care policy by high profile researcher and
child care advocate Martha Friendly. She is a
senior research associate at the University of
Toronto and co-ordinator of the Childcare
Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) at the U
of T. The CRRU specializes in policy research
in early childhood education and care.
Friendly’s presentation in Regina comes
soon after the federal government committed
money to the provinces for the development
of a national early learning and childcare
system. However, in her view, much work
remains to be done in the areas of planning
and policy development to achieve the high
quality, universal and affordable system
promised in last summer’s federal election.
Last year she co-authored a report that
was part of a review of Canadian early
childhood education and care by the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD). A second report for
the review, prepared by the OECD,
characterized Canada’s national and
provincial early learning and child care policy
as “still in its initial stages.” Not much has
changed, Friendly says.
“I think that much of the thinking by
policy-makers is still in the early stages, so it
hasn’t really evolved yet,” says Friendly. “In a
general sense, some policy-makers are headed
in the right direction. For example, the federal
minister, Ken Dryden, is clear that child care
and early learning should be available to all
children, and that care and education should
be one and the same. However, it’s not yet
clear how that’s going to develop.”
Friendly has been a strong supporter of
the idea of combining child care and early
learning. Five years ago she presented the
Stapleford Lecture at the U of R on the topic
of blending child care and early childhood
education. In her lecture, while tracing the
history of child care in Canada, she noted that
care and education had evolved into two
separate silos.
“Overcoming this division is critical. The
silos have endured in spite of the recognition
that young children can learn at an early age
and must be cared for while their parents are
in the workforce,” she said at the time.
In a recent interview for this article she
stated, “I will be talking about why planners
and policy-makers in Saskatchewan should be
thinking about blending the two elements
into one as is the practice in many other
countries.”
of R Faculty of Fine Arts Presents
Mon., Mar. 28 – 2 p.m.
Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy
Budget Review 2005-06
Key commentators will discuss and analyze the
provincial budget’s impact on the Saskatchewan
economy and the citizens of the province.
Panelists: Joyce Green, Rose Olfert, Leah Sharpe,
Lindy Thorsen & Gary Tompkins
Gallery Bldg., College Ave. Campus
Info/RSVP: 585-5869
For a complete Calendar of Events at the University
of Regina visit our Web site at www.uregina.ca
Lilly, Alta.
directed by Janet Amos
As lovers Willy and Calla plot to escape the
clutches of Calla’s mother, the matriarch who
rules the town with an iron grip, they unleash
a series of events that alter the town forever. A
magical tale told with humour and music set
against the prairies of the 1930s.
March 30–April 3
8 pm Wed-Sat
2 pm Sun
University Theatre, U of R
it front and center
$8 Adult/$6 Student/Senior
Minister of State (Families and Caregivers) Tony Ianno (left), head of
the Seniors’ Education Centre (SEC) Kerrie Strathy (centre), and Minister
of Finance Ralph Goodale were on hand to announce a New Horizons for
Seniors grant at a March 17 event on the College Avenue campus. The
grant will be used to develop programs to help new retirees make the
transition to retirement. The SEC provides continuing learning
opportunities for students 55 and older in a university context.
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Friendly will also discuss her concern
about the open-ended funding for child care
to the provinces announced in the recent
federal budget. The budget papers make it
clear that while the federal, provincial and
territorial ministers have agreed on some basic
principles, a national child care system is far
from reality.
“I am concerned that the funding is too
open-ended,” says Friendly. “This year, the
funding is entirely open-ended, with no
federal recourse if a province spends it on
roads or health care. There are certainly
opportunities for the provinces to improve
child care and early education, but some will
use the funds well, and others less well.
“In order to ensure good accountability
for the funds, I would like to see requirements
set out by the federal government that are
reasonably prescriptive. One requirement
should be that as the provinces are developing
their plans, they use good evidence of what
makes early learning and child care “better” that is, better for children and families. There
is a lot of research and policy analysis to draw
on; the trick is to get the policy-makers to use
it,” Friendly concludes.
More information about the Armchair
Discussion Series and other SIPP activities is
available at: http://www.uregina.ca/sipp/
ubscription Series
004-2005
Fri., Mar. 25
Good Friday
University Closed
Tues., Mar. 29 – 4 p.m.
History colloquium
“In the Shadow of Dreyfus: Revising the History of
Military Justice in the Armies of the French
Revolution”
Speaker: Ian Germani
Rm. 348, Administration-Humanities Bldg.
Info: 585-4211
language and identity.”
Dorrington says the centre will focus
primarily on applied and action research
conducted in collaboration with
researchers and organizations in
francophone communities. The CRFM also
p l a n s to p ro m ote c o mp a r a t i ve re s e a rch
exploring similarities and differences that
may
exist
between
francophone
communities and other peoples and groups
in minority situations.
“The centre is especially well
positioned to foster research compar ing
the francophone experience to that of
other peoples in minority settings,” says
Dor rington. “With the Institut français,
the First Nations University of Canada and
the Gabriel Dumont Institute on its
campus, the U of R is the only university
in the country located in a predominantly
English region that gathers together in a
minority environment the post-secondar y
institutions of the other founding peoples.
The CRFM is also the only postsecondary research centre in Canada with
a mandate to work at the crossroads where
academic research into minority issues and
the actual francophone communities meet.
The CRFM will make a unique and
concrete
contribution
to
the
understanding and development of
francophone communities in minority
settings, not only in Canada but
t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d ,” D o r r i n g t o n
concludes.
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