Canada-Wide Analysis of Official Language Training Needs in the Area of Justice

Report Submitted to Department of Justice Canada
by PRA Inc. on March 31, 2009

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Executive Summary
  
  
• 1.0 Introduction
  
  
• 2.0 The training context in the area of justice
  • 2.1 The main stakeholders
  • 2.2 The obligations with respect to official languages
  • 2.3 The notion of the institutionally bilingual court
  • 2.4 To summarize
    
    
• 3.0 Methodology
  • 3.1 Literature review
  • 3.2 Document review
  • 3.3 Analysis of socioprofessional data
  • 3.4 Interviews
  • 3.5 Case studies
    
    
• 4.0 The training needs
  • 4.1 Public interaction with the judicial system
  • 4.2 Language proficiency of the stakeholders
  • 4.3 A command of legal vocabulary
  • 4.4 Basic training
  • 4.5 On-the-job training
  • 4.6 Access to tools and reference material
    
    
• 5.0 Priority strategies
  • 5.1 Guiding principles
  • 5.2 Basic training
  • 5.3 Intensive activities
  • 5.4 Regular activities
  • 5.5 Complementary activities
    
    
• 6.0 Management structure of the new fund
  • 6.1 The training advisory committee
  • 6.2 The process of fund allocation
    
    
• 7.0 Conclusion
  
  
• Appendix A Extract from the Criminal Code (Official Languages)
  
  
• Appendix B Research Issues

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