Experienced, highly qualified professors lead innovative courses and programs for students, professors and staff wanting to learn or increase their proficiency in French or in English. The Julien-Couture Resource Centre coordinates language conversation workshops to support active learning of French and English and provides learners and professors with  an extensive collection of materials perfectly suited for teaching and learning excellence. The general public, including Public, private and paragovernmental organizations also reach out to us for language training.
 

Resource center for active language learning & support for language teaching excellence

Julien Couture Resource Center

70 Laurier Avenue East, Room 02 D
Telephone: 613-562-5800 ext. 3387
[email protected]

Courses and Programs for students, staff and professors (Second Language Teaching, ESL, FLS, Immersion, Masters of Bilingualism)

French Immersion Stream
Language Support Service for Professors
70 Laurier Avenue East, Room 130
Telephone: 613-562-5800 ext. 3901
[email protected]

For students who need support to meet language requirements to study at university, you are in very good hands with the English or French for Academic Purposes Programs

Center for Language Learning
70 Laurier Avenue East, Room 101
Ottawa ON   K1N 6N5 Canada
+1-877-868-8292 (toll free)
+1-613-562-5980
[email protected]

Design, administration and updating tests (Second Language Certificate, ESL and FLS proficiency tests for future and current students, staff and professors)

Language assessment and testing
70 Laurier Avenue East, Room 117
Telephone: 562-5800 ext. 3461
[email protected]

The Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL) is the national and international hub for the study and design of public policy on bilingualism and linguistic duality. Our research allows OLBI and the University of Ottawa to assert their roles as catalysts and essential sources of expertise for the growth of bilingualism and support of language planning in Canada. We attract top researchers to our first-rate research infrastructure and promote interdisciplinarity via international and intercultural exchanges and discussions.

We are community-builders of internationally recognized researchers, prime consultants in dealing with issues related to language planning and social cohesion. We work with Canadian and international university communities, all levels of government and to public and paragovernmental agencies with bilingualism and official language responsibilities.

Our research chairs and research interest groups work on a wide array of specific aspects of bilingualism and language related to areas such as society and bilingualism, new technologies used in language instruction, evaluation of language skills and language policies.

Canadian Center for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL)
70 Laurier Avenue East, Room 028
Telephone: 613-562-5800 ext. 3882
[email protected]

OLBI’s Marketing and Development team promotes OLBI courses, programs and activities for students, as well as research forums and the CCERBAL Conference. It contributes to OLBI’s mission and promotion of its expertise in teaching English and French, as well as in research on bilingualism and language planning, both nationally and internationally.

We also establish formal partnerships with institutions in Canada and abroad interested in issues of bilingualism and official languages in Canada. We bolster the University of Ottawa’s reputation for excellence as an academic institution working towards research and innovation.

If you’d like to discuss furthering or establishing a partnership, email Renée Bélec, Director of Marketing and Development. 

For more general questions, email the Marketing and Development team.