The Bibliothèque National du Québec was the site of the 2010 French for the Future Montreal Conference on April 21. Aimed at promoting bilingualism amongst Canadian youth, the theme is Respect, Culture and Integration into Québécois society. Over 280 students from eight Montreal high schools and two school boards will be present, while three additional high schools from across Quebec, from two other boards, will participate via videoconference. Participating schools were: John F. Kennedy High School in St. Michel, Westmount High School, Marymount

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Students ?dive? into French for the Future Conference with Olympian Marleau

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Academy in N.D.G., Lauren- Hill Academy in St. Laurent, Rosemount High School, and Vincent Massey Collegiate in Rosemount from the EMSB and Lakeside Academy in Lachine and Pierrefonds Comprehensive from the Lester B. Pearson School Board. Video conferencing through the Community Learning Centre (CLC) network was incorporated for the first time to allow Netagamiou and St. Paul?s River High Schools from the Littoral School Board and St. Michael?s High School from the Western Quebec School Board to participate. Marie-Ève Marleau, a diver who represented Canada at

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the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China, delivered the keynote address and was the conference?s honouree. She spoke on her experiences and how bilingualism has helped her achieve her goals. Noted vee-jay Malik Shaheed moderated a wide range of sessions, including a game show based on Canadian and Quebecois culture, with questions created by local students. Other programs included a presentation by N.D.G. native Elizabeth Stronach who detailed the Page program in Ottawa and representatives from Bureau en Gros, who spoke on ?Le Francais au travail.? Participants were treated to a video from Montreal artists called Show Some Luv to Haiti, directed by Great Things Studios and also a traditional Quebecois

Olympic diver Marie-Eve Marleau (middle) is thanked by committee member Charles Taker and some students

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musical group, Les Queteux. Francophone hip hop dance group GuettoNest from the Vise Haut dance school rounded out the morning schedule and the conference concluded with La Ligue D?improvisation Montréalais performing one of their entertaining skits in the afternoon. The wide vari- ety of programs allowing the students to be immersed in the French language over the course of an entire day will undoubtedly allow them to feel proud of being bilingual, but it will strengthen their connection to the Quebecois culture that surrounds them on a daily basis.

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