On the New Canadian Perspectives Series

"This series offers a multidisciplinary perspective of language in Canada. ...of great interest to those concerned with sociolinguistic dynamics in Canada." 

Journal of Language and Social Psychology
June 2000

On the first edition of Francophone Minorities: Assimilation and Community Vitality

"...provides a fascinating macrosocial perspective on the matter, utilizing the concept of ethnolinguistic vitality as the organizing theme for the study.

...has significant implications for the study of language policy and language planning internationally, and its findings will be of importance and concern for those involved in many similar contexts.

...this is a very well-written and cogent text, and is a very enjoyable read."

Timothy Reagan
Language Problems and Language Planning
University of Connecticut
Summer 1999

"...this overview on assimilation and the vitality of Francophone minority communities gives us an encouraging portrait of the subject and opens the way to constructive research on and for the minority communities." (translation)

Sylvie Roy, University of Toronto
Canadian Modern Language Review,
December 1999