Gérard Pelletier
The Secretary of State /Le Secrétaire d'État
Canada
OTTAWA
KlA OMS
I am writing to you concerning the proposal to establish a French language teacher training institution at St. Boniface, Manitoba.
As I mentioned during our meeting in Winnipeg in December, I hoped that I would be in a position at this time to respond to the request submitted on behalf of your Government by the Honourable Saul A. Milier.
This question has been examined in the light of the estimates provided by your officials and of the funds allocated for the period ending March 1974 for the programme of cooperation for bilingualism in education. Consideration has also been given to the results of discussions held with your officials and with other interested federal departments.
I am now in a position, subject to your agreement, to recommend to my Cabinet colleagues the arrangements outlined in the annex to this letter relating to the establishment and operation of a French language teacher training institution over the next two fiscal years. While the exact amount of the federal contribution will naturally depend upon enrolment and operating cost figures, present estimates would place it at $1,200,000.
I have asked my officials to contact your Associate Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. G. M. Davies, to provide such additional information as may be required, and to arrange, in due course, for a simultaneous public announcement.
In closing, may I indicate how sincerely I appreciate your cooperation in seeking, through this project and many others, to improve the educational opportunities available in your province to citizens of both official languages.
Yours sincerely,
Gérard Pelletier
N.B. These arrangements would be valid over the fiscal years 1972-73 and 1973-74.
Capital Costs
A. Academic Buildings: Reimbursement at the rate of 75% of capital costs incurred, the ceiling of the federal contribution being $1,000,000.
B. Cafeteria and Residence: A federal contribution additional to the normal mortgage facilities offered by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation for these types of buildings is not contemplated under this arrangement.
Operating Costs
Reimbursement at the rate of 25% of the operating expenditures of the institution . To take into account the possibility that the operating expenditures of this institution might exceed those of similar anglophone institutions in Manitoba, provision would be made for this reimbursement formula to apply to actual operating costs, up to a maximum of 25% more than those of similar anglophone institutions. The institution will of course be eligible for grants under the measure announced on January 20, 1972, concerning assistance for minority-language education at the university level in the amount of l0% of its provincial operating grant. The remaining portion of the operating costs would also be subject to the sharing provisions of Part II of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, 1967
Library Acquisitions
A. Purchase of books. A $25,000 reimbursement for the purchase of a basic collection of books in the French language.
B. Other costs, associated with library acquisitions (e.g. ordering, cataloguing and shelving). These costs would be included in operating expenditures, and thus be subject to the 25 federal share mentioned under the section "operating costs".
Understandings
A contract would be signed between the Secretary of State and the Manitoba Universities Grants Commission and would include the usual provisions in such contracts. It would also include the following undertakings on the part of the UGC:
a) that it agree to make arrangements for the institution to accept candidates from the other Western Provinces and that such candidates not be required to pay tuition or other fees in excess of those paid by students from Manitoba;
b) that it agree to negotiate satisfactory arrangements with the other Western Provinces concerning admission standards, equivalent certification and other such matters affecting students from those provinces wishing to study at the institution.
Ottawa, January 31, 1972.
| Name | Courses | % of Load | Salary | % of Salary | |
| Sr. Chaput | Three half courses | 75 | $14,800 | $11,100 | |
| plus full-time super- | |||||
| vision of student teaching | |||||
| Marie Fenez | Two half courses | 50 | $ 9,700 | $ 4,850 | |
| plus half-time super- | |||||
| vision of student teaching | |||||
| Cecile Ungrin | One half course | 25 | $11,800 | $ 2,950 | |
| plus one-third time | |||||
| supervision of student | |||||
| teaching | |||||
| Total | $18,900 |
2. That the three staff members remain on the payroll of the University of Manitoba;
3. That St. Boniface College pay to the University of Manitoba an amount equal to the stated fractions of salaries and of staff benefits;
4. That the amount to be paid to the University of Manitoba be adjusted in accordance with annual salary changes as determined from the annual budget of the University of Manitoba, and
5. That payments be made on the schedule previously established under and agreement between the Faculty of Arts and St. Boniface College.
I hope that these arrangements will be satisfactory.
Yours sincerely,
J. M. Brown
Dean
JMB*McK
cc Dr. J. C. Gilson
MANITOBA
AREA CODE 204
October 30, 1979.
Dr. Roland Cloutier, Rector,
Dear Dr. Cloutier:
It was with pleasure that the Society's Provincial Executive learned that your letter of intent requesting authorization to offer Education courses at the 500 and 700 levels was approved in principle by the University Grants Commission.
As you know, the Society has advocated such a role for your institution since March 1978, and has presented resolutions to that effect to the University of Manitoba and to the Minister of Education. The Society's policy, adopted at its 1978 Annual General Meeting states that "...the Society urge the University of Manitoba to alter the agreement between the University of Manitoba and the Collège de Saint-Boniface, including the Institut pédagogique, so that the Collège and the Institut can respond to the needs of teachers in French language education by offering suitable graduate courses."
Since the majority of our members who use French as the language of instruction are holders of at least a Bachelor of Education degree, this development should give them the opportunity to pursue their studies in that language. We welcome this development and hope for its speedy implementation.
Yours truly,
JJG/MT/ j m
TEACHERS'
SOCIETY
McMASTER HOUSE 191 HARCOURT ST. AT PORTAGE AVENUE., WINNIPEG, MANITOBA R3J 3H2 TELEPHONE 888-7961
St. Boniface College,
200 Cathedrale Avenue,
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
R2H OH7
Marilyn Thompson, President.
cc: J. Lévesque,
0. Fillion.
