CCLB, with funding from, and in consultation with the College of Veterinarians of Ontario, will benchmark the language demands (both French and English) of veterinarians in Ontario. The project will unfold during a one-year period beginning in late January 2024. The final report, expected to be issued in December 2024, will describe the benchmarks of the listening, speaking, reading, and writing tasks required of veterinarians in Ontario. It will provide a clear blueprint of the language requirements needed to work safely as a veterinarian in Ontario, based on Canada’s national language standards: Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and Niveaux de compétence

Start date: September 1, 2023 End date: March 31, 2025 Funded by: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Three main activities will be developed during this project, summarized below: 1. National CLIC Curriculum Framework: Documenting the key concepts (context, standards, principles, practices) associated with planning, developing, adapting or selecting instructional content for Literacy to NCLC 8. 2. National CLIC Online Curriculum: Developing French online courseware for niveaux de compétences linguistiques canadiens (NCLC) levels 3 to 5 across all skill areas (L/S/R/W). Moreover, the project aims to enable CLIC instructors across Canada to use an ELBP supported, ready-made solution for their

Start date: July 11, 2022 End date: March 31, 2024 Extension: March 31, 2025 Funded by: Government of Canada’s Skills for Success program The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks has received a one-year extension to develop additional resources for its Language for Success digital toolkit in English and French. The Language for Success digital toolkit supports the integration of Skills for Success in second or other language training, which benefits the employment sector in Canada by increasing the knowledge, skills, and resources of second language instructors preparing individuals in Canada to meet the needs of employers, use the talents they bring, and contribute

Start date: April 1, 2020 End date: March 31, 2025 Funded by: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) This project will provide professional development, resources, and training tools to support the use of l’Evaluation basée sur le portfolio (ELBP) in CLIC classrooms. The project’s activities will clarify processes and support the use of ELBP. CCLB will partner with the developers of the National Curriculum Guidelines, Learning Management System, Tutela, and collaborate with service providers nationally. The project will also include a stronger ELBP presence at conferences to support high-quality settlement programming. While many programs and teachers have successfully implemented ELBP

Start date: April 1, 2021 End Date: March 31, 2025 Funded by: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) This project will help immigrants who are either: Francophone, identify French as their first official language, or who live and work in French. The two groups may have different objectives. For example, a Francophone immigrant going to a federally funded assessment centre may need information in French about English language assessments and programs to facilitate becoming bilingual, whereas an immigrant who identifies French as his first official language may need a French language assessment for placement into a CLIC program. CCLB, a

Start date: January 26, 2022 End date: March 31, 2024 Funded by: Employment and Social Development Canada  (ESDC) CCLB has been funded to review current reading competency levels of English and French Red Seal Examinations as provided by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) using the Canadian Language Benchmarks and Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens. Main Outcome: Ensure consistency of language benchmarks in the development of Red Seal examinations over the years.

Start Date: April 1, 2020 End date: March 31, 2025 Funded by: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) provides professional development, resources, training tools and activities to increase expertise and reliability, clarify processes and support the use of PBLA in a diverse range of LINC/CLB classrooms. CCLB partners with the developers of the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG), Learning Management System (LMS), Tutela and collaborates with service providers nationally to support PBLA integration. Project activities ensure teachers have excellent classroom ready resources and professional development to help them deliver CLB task-based programming and assessment

Start date: September 18, 2020 End date: March 31, 2025 Subcontracted by: Achēv and funded by: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Until March 2025, the National LINC Online Curriculum (NLOC) and Online PBLA project will develop Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) online courseware for Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels 3 to 5 across all skill areas (L/S/R/W). The project will contribute to building the infrastructure to support LINC service providers across Canada in the delivery of efficient and effective online language training. The project aims to enable LINC instructors across Canada to use a PBLA supported, ready-made

Start date: June 7, 2021 End Date: March 31, 2023 Funded by: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Since 2011, IRCC has entered into contribution agreements with CCLB to design, validate, pilot and administer an English high-stakes test (“Milestones”) and a French high-stakes test (“Batterie de tests de rendement des niveaux de compétence linguistique candiens” – BTR-NCLC). CCLB will: License up to 4 designated assessment centres across the country to use Milestones/BTR-NCLC (3 EN, 1 FR) and train staff at those centres on the administrative and assessor roles required to deliver the test; Use the 4 designated assessment centres to