Education & Language

Francis has litigated and negotiated numerous cases in the field of language rights and education law in Canada since 2010 and has been involved on several leading cases in Canada before trial and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
 

Francis has also dedicated several years of service to French language professional associations, including Chair and Vice-Chair of the French Speaking Lawyers Association of Saskatchewan (AJEFS)

and Treasurer of the Federation of French Speaking Lawyers Association of Canada (FAJEF).

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• Education law (section 23 of the Charter)

  • School board governance

  • Education Act, regulations and policies

  • Capital funding for public schools

  • Operational funding for public schools

  • Admissions
     

• Minority language rights litigation 

  • Official Languages Act (Part X Federal Court remedy)

  • Office of the Commissioner for Official Languages

  • Provincial / Territorial  language legislation, regulations, policies

  • Challenging decisions by administrative tribunals, boards and public officials with respect to minority language rights