This radio documentary tackles a simple question. How do bilingual Albertans utilise English and French to make a living? It’s a complicated business and CJSR Correspondent Marie Fontaine turns to three Albertans to find out how they have succeeded in keeping both of their cultures alive. Lisette Trottier is a French immersion teacher at J.H. Picard in Edmonton, Alberta. She has been instrumental in helping French speaking Newcomers establish themselves in Edmonton’s French speaking quarter. Jason Kodie is a musician who has become a household name in the English and French music scene in Alberta. He is an active member of numerous bands such as Captain Tractor and Allez Ouest. Eric Fontaine is a literary translator who lives in Montreal. His first translation of the book You Comma Idiot by Doug Harris earned him the 2012 Cole Foundation Prize for translation.
This documentary was originally produced for Les Rendez-Vous de la Francophonie.
