{"id":10750,"date":"2022-07-18T10:46:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/?post_type=nouvelles&p=10750"},"modified":"2022-07-18T10:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T14:46:56","slug":"reading-vanessas-blog","status":"publish","type":"nouvelles","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/news\/reading-vanessas-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Vanessa\u2019s blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

I learn a lot about Francophones and the Francophonie by reading my colleague Vanessa Lisbelle\u2019s <\/span>blog posts<\/span><\/a>. Vanessa blogs in French, so I need to use an online translator and a dictionary to help me understand the finer points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since this year\u2019s blogging season is drawing to a close, I thought I\u2019d write about three of Vanessa\u2019s posts that I greatly enjoyed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, Vanessa <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a> about an important and complicated topic, the passage of Bill 96 through Quebec\u2019s Parliament. The Bill amended the province\u2019s <\/span>Charter of the French Language<\/span><\/i> and introduced two new articles into Canada\u2019s Constitution through article 45, which allows provinces to add articles that do not affect other provinces or the authority of the federal government. Vanessa wrote about the various perspectives on the bill, from the perspectives of young Mohawks in Kahnawake to those of English-language teachers, to those of Francophones who would like to see the bill go further in supporting the use of French in Quebec. Vanessa encourages\u00a0 readers to open up the discussion by considering what life is like for French speakers in other provinces and visiting Francophone communities outside Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the RVF theme was traditions that forge identities. In one of her March posts, Vanessa <\/span>talked about<\/span><\/a> a few of her traditions:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n