Linguistic heterogeneity and non-traditional pathways to postsecondary education in Ontario / : Hétérogénéité linguistique et les voies d'accès non traditionnelles aux études postsecondaires en Ontario

This report discusses the evolution of various efforts made by the institution to better understand the challenges faced by francophone students. In particular, we are concerned with those students coming from communities across Ontario where the French language is in a minority context and is often minoritized to various degrees. Francophone students from such backgrounds are frequently confronted with linguistic insecurities upon arriving on campus, which in turn can adversely affect their social and academic integration. More specifically, the report documents a two-pronged project aimed at helping these students better integrate into the francophone community on campus through 1) the implementation of a novel peer mentoring program and 2) understanding students' needs in core foundation language courses. This understanding is achieved through detailed quantitative analyses of historical results in core foundation language courses (whether French or English) so as to better understand whether these courses respond to the needs of all our students.