Proceedings of the international symposium, Language Planning in Capitals and Urban Environments, held March 2526, 2010 at the University of Ottawa, with sponsorship from the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, Canadian Heritage, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages and the City of Ottawa.
Proceedings of the international symposium, Language Planning in Capitals and Urban Environments, held March 2526, 2010 at the University of Ottawa, with sponsorship from the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, Canadian Heritage, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages and the City of Ottawa.
The Language Planning in Capitals and Urban Environments Symposium brought together administrators and researchers from Canadian and European cities to discuss language planning in urban environments. Two important concepts emerged from the proceedings: municipal bilingualism as an asset that deserves to be promoted, rather than merely a question of regulation; and bilingualism as a symbol of openness and inclusion that cities can use to advantage to distinguish themselves from their competitors.
Preface
Language Planning in Capitals and Urban Environments
Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada
Introduction
Language Policies and Bilingualism in Urban Environments: Situated
Discussions
Sylvie A. Lamoureux and Richard Clément
Part 1: Bilingual Cities
Barcelona: A Bivalent Multilingual City
Emili Boix-Fuster, Gemma Cots and Georgina Rufo
Moncton: Symbol of Bilingualism and Symbolic Bilingualism
Daniel Bourgeois
Ottawa: One City, Two Languages: Managing Municipal Services in English and
French in Canadas Capital
Aaron Burry
The City of Ottawa: Symbolic Representation and Public Image
Caroline Andrew and Guy Chiasson
A Nation of Two Official Languages: Helsinki as Helsingfors
Maria Björnberg-Enckell
Part 2: Bilingualism in Multilingual Environments
Institutional Bilingualism in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland: Between Identity
Politics and Pragmatism
Christina Späti
Language Planning in Brussels: Two Opposing Policy Mindsets
Philippe Hambye
Administrative Management and Public Services in Barcelona
Jordi Font and Antoni Rodon
Biel/Bienne: A Linguistic Bridge at the Language Boundary
Pierre-Yves Moeschler
Conclusion
The City as Unequal Refractor
Colin H. Williams
Guy Chiasson (Contributor) Guy Chiasson is Professor of Political Science and Regional Development at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. His primary research interests lie in municipal policies and urban governance as well as natural resource policies. In 2017, he co-authored Minorités francophones et gouvernance urbaine with Greg Allain, and is the co-editor of Léconomie politique des ressources naturelles au Québec. He is Assistant Director of the Centre de recherche sur le développement territorial.
Richard Clément (Editor) Richard Clément is currently a member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and a Professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. Clément is a founding member of the Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL). He was Director of the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute from 2007 to 2017 and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 2003 he was University Research Chair on "Bilingualism and Society." His field of specialization is related to issues of language learning motivation, identity change, social adjustment and linguistic planning. Clément is especially interested in the role of inter-group language communication in psychological adjustment and social harmony. His research has been published in America and Europe in both French and English. He has received numerous national and international awards for his work and is currently a Fellow of both the Canadian and the American Psychological Associations. In 2008 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Caroline Andrew (Editor) Caroline Andrew has been at the University of Ottawa for over 30 years. She was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 1997 to 2005 and is currently a full professor in the School of Policy Studies and Director of the Centre for Governance Studies. Dr. Andrew is a leading Canadian authority on urban studies, feminist studies and cultural diversity.
