The upcoming ACFAS conference at uOttawa spotlights the challenges facing French-language research amid the increasing predominance of English. Martine Lagacé, uOttawa associate vice-president, research promotion and development, underscores the importance of addressing this imbalance, ensuring fairer evaluation criteria and working toward a national strategy to bolster French-language research in Canada. She points out the pressure on francophone researchers to publish in English for career advancement, which limits access to knowledge for French speakers and diminishes researchers’ contributions worldwide.
The University of Ottawa, as the largest bilingual (English-French) university in the world, is well placed to understand the challenges related to research in Canada’s two official languages. The 91st ACFAS conference will be a valuable platform for stakeholders to discuss and mobilize around strategies for the revitalization of French-language research.
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The 91st Acfas conference at the University of Ottawa
The conference will be held on our downtown campus from May 13 to 17, 2024. The proposed symposia will be held in French and cover a wide range of research topics.
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The 91st Annual ACFAS Conference at uOttawa
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