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Graham Fraser (other)
Graham Fraser (born 1946) is a Canadian former journalist and writer who served as Canada's sixth Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, Commissioner of Official Languages. He is the author of several books, both in English and French. Early life and education Fraser is the son of Blair Fraser, a respected newspaper and magazine reporter of the mid-20th century. Blair Fraser drowned on a canoe trip in 1968. Graham Fraser attended Upper Canada College and, later, studied at the University of Toronto where he obtained a BA in 1968 and an MA in History in 1973. In the summer of 1965, Graham Fraser went on an Archaeology, archeology trip at Fort Lennox, Quebec, with the intention to learn French language, French and learn more about Quebec, as the province was undergoing the vast social transformations of the Quiet Revolution. In his 2006 book ''Sorry, I Don't Speak French'', Fraser described that, in this trip, he felt like a "foreigner in his own country", because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office Of The Commissioner Of Official Languages
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, and massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms, an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
