Podcast #3: The Choice of a Francophone, Immersion, or an English School

Eric Galarneau is a community builder and proud Franco-Kingstonian. He sits on various boards of directors. It seeks to improve the cause of La Francophonie. He is also fond of social media. Eric has been involved in the education sector for twenty years. He is currently working as a Cultural Facilitator at Mille-Îles Public High School.

Sarah Lasko is a former core French student turned Francophile. She grew up in small town Southern Ontario when French immersion was not an option. Her experience as an exchange student in Quebec planted the seed for her to further her education in French at Queen’s University. Sarah shares that same delight in learning a second language with her students. She has taught immersion and core French in the elementary panel, in both rural and urban settings for several school boards in Ontario. She currently teaches Grade 7 students who are new to French immersion with the Limestone DSB using language as a path to further her students’ Canadian understanding and identity. Her own four children attend Francophone schools and self-identify as Franco-Ontarians.