And just like that, it’s Canada Day, and we are sharing last minute updates to welcome you for the CPF National Annual General Business Meeting (AGM) on Friday, July 7^th, 2023, open to all CPF members in good standing and for the CPF Leaders Networking Event, July 7^th (afternoon) to Sunday July 10^th, 2023 for all those who have signed the CPF Network Affiliation Agreement.

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 This past week the CPF National office received news that our original hotel would be unable to receive us for our event due to a labour dispute and immediate strike action. Thankfully, we were able to secure a new location to proceed with our planned program. All CPF registered participant bookings have been accommodated at this new location.

Please take note of the new hotel name and address, Chateau Cartier Hotel and Resort Gatineau, 1170 Chem. D’Aylmer, Gatineau, QC. For more details about the hotel, visit their website : https://chateaucartierhotelresort.com.

All those participating in the CPF Leaders Networking Event, are asked to please confirm their travel plans with with Debbie Murphy, dmurphy@cpf.ca or Cathy Stone, cstone@cpf.ca, including should child minding be required to enable your full participation in the event. Thanks!
 

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Program
All materials which relate to the CPF National AGM and the CPF Leaders Networking Event are posted on the website, https://cpf.ca/en/agm/ and https://cpf.ca/en/cpf-leader-networking-events/ respectively.
For convenience, this Program Schedule provides meeting times and room names. 

Two pre-reading documents have been circulated and posted on the website. We appreciate that all participants will have read them and will be ready to share ideas and perspectives on these topics to help plan our strategic Network path forward.

Looking Forward to CPF 2.0  - CPF Membership Voting Rights and New Structures - The Discussion Paper is available to read here.

Looking Forward to CPF 2.0 - Official and Indigenous Languages Education in Canada - The Discussion Paper is available to read here.

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CPF National AGM Voting Delegates who will be participating in the AGM virtually are invited to register via Zoom at this link.

In person participants will register on-site one hour before the start of the meeting.
All Branches are asked to confirm the name of their Voting Delegate with Debbie Murphy, dmurphy@cpf.ca, up to one hour before the start of the meeting.

All AGM participants wishing to submit a question, please do so using this Google Form.

The Canadian Parents for French National Board has a vision for a strong, equitable and resilient Network, focused on building shared leadership, supporting engaged membership and volunteers, and delivering relevant, quality programming to parents and youth learning and using French.

The CPF National Board recognizes the mutual trust required between Branches and National for a respectful working relationship and we believe the NAAs will help improve CPF decision making and accountability. We believe we have much to celebrate and to discuss in Re-imagining CPF 2.0 as we plan for a stronger future working together!