Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics (McGill); M.A. Second Language Education (Université de Montréal); DELF/DALF Examiner
Dr. Amélie Fontaine is a bilingual education specialist at NextSchool and one of Canada's leading researchers on French immersion outcomes. She earned her Ph.D. at McGill University, where she studied language acquisition trajectories in early and late French immersion programs across Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Amélie has consulted for three provincial ministries of education on bilingual program design and has been cited in the Globe and Mail and CBC on the state of French immersion in Canada. A native Montrealer who grew up in the French-language school system, she brings both academic rigor and lived experience to her analysis.
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