TFO joins campaign to help address French teacher shortage

TORONTO — Ontario’s French-language public broadcaster Groupe Média TFO today announced it is collaborating with the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE) on the national alliance’s campaign to address the shortage of French-speaking teachers in some parts of Canada. Under the banner “Enseigner, ça me parle” (Teaching, that speaks to me), the campaign was launched by the CTF/FCE in fall 2020 and aims to encourage young French-speaking students to see the significant value of becoming a teacher. While French-language schools in minority communities (outside Quebec) have faced teacher shortages for many years, the Covid-19 pandemic has intensified this critical issue, says TFO’s...