Special studies

A number of special studies have been published since the inception of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. We have provided you with those published since 1999, as well as a selection of our most popular studies. If you would like to obtain more information about our special studies published before 1999, which have been stored at OCOL's library, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please select a document:   2006   Towards Real Equality of Official Languages: Language of Work Within Federal Institutions of New Brunswick Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 797 KB) Survey Conclusions and Recommendations News Release Highlights Drawing the line: The Impact of Readjusting the Electoral Boundaries on the Official Language Minority Communities Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 772 KB) News Release In Brief A Sharper View: Evaluating the Vitality of Official Language Minority Communities (May 2006) Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 1.85 MB) News Release Summary For Rent: In Search of Bilingual Services from Businesses in NCR Federal Buildings - Follow-up (February 2006) Follow-up Study Follow-up Study (PDF - 928KB) News Release Highlights Recommendations   2005   Bridging the Digital Divide: Official Languages on the Internet (September 2005) Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 1.3 MB) News Release Highlights Recommendations Making it Real: Promoting Respectful Co-existence of the Two Official Languages at Work (April 2005) Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 2.49 Mb) News Release Highlights Questions and Answers Tables Recommendations Official Languages on the Internet - Web Sites of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations: Follow-up (January 2005) Follow-up Study Follow-up Study (PDF - 288 Kb) Use of the Official Language Minority Press by Federal Institutions: Follow-up (January 2005) Follow-up Study Follow-up Study (PDF - 304 Kb) News Release   2004   Doorway to the world: Linguistic duality in Canada's international relations (November 2004) Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 1.22 Mb) News Release Backgrounder Going Forward: The Evolution of Quebec’s English-Speaking Community (November 2004) Study (HTML) Study (PDF - 1.25 Mb) News Release Presentation Walking the Talk: Language of Work in the Federal Public Service (March 2004) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 1,538 Kb) For Rent: In Search of Bilingual Services from Businesses in NCR Federal Buildings (March 2004) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 663 Kb)   2003   Linguistic Duality in Commercial Advertising and Sponsorship (September 2003) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 146 Kb) Follow-Up: Official Languages in the Canadian Sport System (June 2003) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 365 Kb) Press release The Single Window Networks of the Governement of Canada (January 2003) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF 5.454 Mb) Press release   2002   Official Languages and Immigration: Obstacles and Opportunities for Immigrants and Communities (November 2002) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 920 Kb) Recommendations (PDF - 427 Kb) Press release The Use of the Official Language Minority Press by Federal Institutions (November 2002) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 373 Kb) Press release Official Language Requirements and Government On-Line (June 2002) Special study (HTML) Press release A Senior Public Service that Reflects Canada's Linguistic Duality (June 2002) Special study (PDF - 1.953 Mb) Recommendations Press release Official Languages on the Internet: Websites of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations (April 2002) Special study (HTML) Highlights of the study Press release French on the Internet: Key to the Canadian Identity and the Knowledge Economy (March 2002) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 285Kb) Backgrounder Languages on the Web (PDF - 20 Kb) Press release Immigration and the Vitality of Canada's Official Language Communities: Policy, Demography and Identity (February 2002) Special study (HTML) Special study (PDF - 462 Kb) Main Trends Statement   2001   The Governance of Canada's Official Language Minorities: A Preliminary Study (November 2001) Special study (HTML) Press release National Report on Service to the Public in English and French: Time for A Change in Culture (April 2001) Special study (HTML) Press release Rights, Schools and Communities in Minority Contexts: 1986-2002 (March 2001) Special study (HTML) Press release 2000   Study of the Official Language Obligations of Federal Crown Agents in the Province of New Brunswick (December 2000) Special study (PDF - 198 Kb) Press release Official Languages in the Canadian Sports System (June 2000) Special study (PDF - 560 Kb) Press release Cooperation Between the Government and the Communities: New Models for Service Delivery (June 2000) Special study (245 Kb)   1999   The Government of Canada and French on the Internet (August 1999) Special study (HTML) Press release Use of the Internet by Federal Institutions (August 1999) Special study (HTML) The Equitable Use of English and French Before Federal Courts and Administrative Tribunals Exercising Quasi-Judicial Powers (May 1999) Special study (HTML) Motivations for School Choices by Eligible Parents Outside Quebec (January 1999) Special study (HTML)   1998   Government Transformations: The Impact on Canada's Official Languages Program (March 1998) Special study (HTML) School Governance: The Implementation of Section 23 of the Charter (August 1998) Special study (HTML)   1997-2000   Follow-ups on special study of Federal offices designated to respond to the public in English and French. British Columbia - May 2000 (HTML) National Capital Region - Febuary 1999 (HTML) Ontario - June 2000 (HTML) Quebec - March 2000 (HTML) Nova Scotia - November 1999 (HTML) Prince Edward Island - Febuary 1998 (PDF - 273 Kb) Manitoba - May 1998 (PDF - 235 Kb) New Brunswick - December 1998 (PDF - 383 Kb) Saskatchewan - September 1998 (PDF - 281 Kb) Yukon - Febuary 1998 (PDF - 190 Kb) Newfoundland - December 1997 (PDF - 175 Kb) The following items are not available online. Please select a publication to place an order: Alberta Interim Report   1997   Cost Impact Of Two-Language Packaging And Labelling On Small And Medium-Sized Businesses In Canada (February 1997) Special Study (HTML)   1996   Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission and Cable Broadcasting (December 1996) Special study (HTML) Use of the Internet by Twenty Federal Institutions (December 1996) Special study (HTML) Evaluation Report on the First Generation of action Plans for the Implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act of 1988 (May 1996) A Blueprint for action: Implementing Part VII of the Official Languages Act, 1988 (February 1996) Special study (HTML)   1995   The Equitable Use of English and French Before the Courts in Canada (November 1995) Service to the Public: A Study of Federal Offices Designated to Respond to the Public in Both English and French (February 1995)   1991   Official Language Minority Education Rights in Canada: From Instruction to Management, bu Angeline Martel (bilingual book, 800 pages; findings of research conducted for the Office of the Commissioner of Officiel Languages) (January 1991) For more information on studies published prior to 1999, which have been archived in the Office of the Commissioner's library, please contact us. 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