Become an ambassador of the Language Portal of Canada

By the Translation Bureau

Join the community of ambassadors dedicated to promoting and creating trusted, high-quality language resources.

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Objectives

As an ambassador, you play an important role in promoting and creating our language resources:

  • You help us promote our content
  • You tell us what kind of content you want and need
  • You share your stories about how our resources have helped you
  • You uncover online treasures for us to publish

Ultimately, we want to build a large, active and representative community to make sure we are offering you what you need.

Together, we can help Canadians communicate effectively—in both official languages.

It's easy to become an ambassador! If you're interested, contact the Language Portal of Canada.

To see how you can get involved, look through the rest of the tabs on this page.

Ambassador roles

You already know and love the resources available on the Language Portal of Canada. Now you can help us tell more Canadians about them.

You can participate in the Ambassador Program as an individual or as an organization.

We have three roles for you! Pick the one—or two or three!—that best suits you and your interests, and then register with us to be an official ambassador.

If you're interested, contact the Language Portal of Canada.

Networker

Who you are

  • You love social media and language in equal measure
  • You always want to be the first to know, and you like to share your knowledge with others
  • You have a solid network of contacts and want to share quality content

What you can do

  • Follow, like and comment on Portal content
  • Share your favourite pages through your social media accounts
  • Share our prepared messages under the Social media tab
  • Publish the visuals you find under the Infographics tab
  • Ask your employer to add links to the Portal on your intranet site, in the employee newsletter, etc

Guest blogger

Who you are

  • You love language, and you itch to write about it
  • You've always wanted to be a blogger but never had the time to build a whole blog
  • You want to share what you know about language

What you can do

  • Let us know what topics or types of posts interest you
  • Tell us about your writing experience. (Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a professional!)

Partner

Who you are

  • You recognize how our language tools and resources can promote bilingualism and help Canadians
  • You're looking for cross-promotion opportunities
  • You want to become more involved in the work we do

What you can do

  • Tell us about your projects or cross-promotion ideas—we might be able to help you
  • Ask us what projects we are working on or will be working on—we would love some help
Social media

We have many ways for you to receive and share content—just click on Stay up to date on Canadian language news.

But we’ve also prepared some tweets that you can share right now!

The Language Portal of Canada wants you to be an Ambassador! Find out more:

Already sharing content from the Language Portal? Why not become an official Ambassador?

Have a question about writing? Ask the Portal’s Language Navigator!

Answer: TERMIUM Plus®. Question: Where do I find the official translation of a term?

We have hundreds of short quizzes on the Language Portal of Canada—try one today.

Have you been looking for a list of top Canadian language resources? Look no further!

Infographics

Share these infographics online or print them to make the Portal’s language resources better known:

Infographic: The Portal’s flagship tools

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    The Language Portal of Canada is a website that provides free language-related tools and resources to help you find fast answers to your language questions in English and French.

    The Language Portal’s two flagship products are TERMIUM Plus® and Language Navigator.

    1. TERMIUM Plus®

      TERMIUM Plus® is the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank, with millions of terms in English and French, abbreviations and definitions, in a wide variety of specialized fields. In this data bank, you can find answers to questions like these:

      • How do you say selfie in French?
      • What is the postal abbreviation for Saskatchewan?
      • What do you call people who live in Halifax?
    2. Language Navigator

      Language Navigator is a bank of language articles and quizzes on subjects like grammar, spelling and vocabulary, to help you write more effectively. It contains answers to questions like these:

      • Do you need a comma after the year in a date?
      • Will this change have a huge affect or effect?
      • How do you write a 10-digit telephone number?

    In addition to looking for answers to language problems, you can have fun testing your knowledge with our language quizzes.

    Where to find us

    Website: http://canada.ca/our-languages
    Email: noslangues.ourlanguages@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
    Twitter: @Our_languages
    Facebook: Ourlanguages.ca

  • Download the infographic The Portal’s flagship tools (PDF format, 619 Kb) (Alternative formats and plug-ins).

Infographic: Myths and realities about the Portal

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    Resources of the Language Portal of Canada can be found at ourlanguages.gc.ca.

    People are often confused about what the site Resources of the Language Portal of Canada is and what it offers. Be careful not to believe these four myths about the Language Portal:

    1. Myth: The Portal is for experts only.
      Reality: The Portal has something for everyone, from language pros to language beginners.
    2. Myth: The Portal is accessible to public servants only.
      Reality: Anyone can access the Portal, so why not check it out!
    3. Myth: The Portal is just Termium Plus®.
      Reality: The Portal also has a bank of language articles and quizzes and a collection of links to language resources.
    4. Myth: The Portal’s resources are not free.
      Reality: The Portal is completely free. That’s right, free!

    Check out the resources of the Language Portal of Canada to find the answers to your language questions!

    Where to find us

    Website: http://canada.ca/our-languages
    Email: noslangues.ourlanguages@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
    Twitter: @Our_languages
    Facebook: Ourlanguages.ca

  • Download the infographic Myths and realities about the Portal (PDF format, 139 Kb) (Alternative formats and plug-ins).

To share your ideas for future infographics, contact the Language Portal of Canada.

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