ILEA is the International Languages' Educators' Association and it is the subject association that the Ministry of Education works with in matters related to the teaching of International Languages at the elementary and secondary level. ILEA is particularly focused on promoting multilingualism and global learning via strong language and culture learning programs. MEETING DETAILS The meeting will take place starting at Albert Education Centre (formerly known as Ottawa Technical Learning Centre).  The address is 440 Albert Street at Bay Street. Parking lot is available across the street … [Read more...]

The next ILEA  Institutional Forum Meeting will take place at the York Region District School Board on  Friday February 27 from 10:00 am to 3:00pm. Thank you to Ivy Chan, Principal of Continuing Education, for hosting  this meeting. The meeting will take place at: Dr. Bette Centre for Learning, 36 Regatta Avenue in  Richmond Hill, L4C 9N9. Room 202 on the second floor. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided - thank you to Ivy, her staff and school board for being our hosts. If you have items that you would like to put on the agenda, please email Luca (Chair) and/or … [Read more...]

Learn more about ILEA Ontario Memberships here Download the registration forms here Pay for your Individual or Institutional Membership via PayPal here … [Read more...]

STS and ILEA believe in the value of language learning and the opportunity for young people to study abroad through an exchange program. ILEA is happy to have various exchange organizations as partners in our association and one of them, STS has offered scholarships for ten students wishing to participate on an exchange program in 2015. Please see the attached document that outlines the information, due dates and application. Applications are due on Friday, June 27, 2014. Please share this with students in French and International Language programs within schools or school boards that are … [Read more...]

Please see attached information from the TDSB re workshops for teachers or instructors offered in China - July 2014 offered through their Memorandum of Understanding with Qiaoban (Overseas Affairs Office of the State Council). Information on their student camp is also attached. … [Read more...]

URGENT: Our website ilea.ca has been hacked. Some links, text, posts may have been edited without authorization. We were able to revert some of the unauthorized changes but probably not all of them. If you find anything out of place or any inappropriate text within our pages or posts, please let us know info@ilea.ca … [Read more...]

The ILEA Institutional Forum for Winter 2014 will take place on Monday February 10, 2014 (9:30 am to 3:00 pm)!  The meeting will take place at the GOETHE INSTITUT in Toronto, Ontario. The Goethe-Institut is a super resource that promotes the learning of German around the world with many programs and initiatives that support the learning of German or establishing partnerships with Germany. Location: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/tor/uun/anf/enindex.htm Educators involved with international languages, exchanges or any programs that promote multilingualism, first and additional language and … [Read more...]

Good day ILEA Institutional Forum! By now everyone has become settled in for the school year and it is time for our fall meeting to be hosted by the York catholic district school board Thank you to our president elect Luca Buiani who is our host and will be providing lunch for us. Agenda items include: -placement of students in IL secondary -ministry updates -the ILE resource guide and it's home on Edugains including discussion on further ILE support -ILEA project updates including future workshops for ILS and the future revised curriculum guidelines -promotion of multilingualism -alliances … [Read more...]