{"id":1532,"date":"2026-07-07T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:33:46","slug":"the-grace-dart-foundation-celebrates-lasalle-dd-50-centres-first-fasttrack-french-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/2026\/07\/07\/the-grace-dart-foundation-celebrates-lasalle-dd-50-centres-first-fasttrack-french-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"La Fondation Grace Dart c\u00e9l\u00e8bre les premiers dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s du programme FASTTrack French du Centre LaSalle D&D 50+"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LaSalle D&D 50+ Centre, FASTTrack French Graduates, June 17, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The first cohort of students celebrate. Seated with them, far left: Diane Doonan, vice-president of the LaSalle D&D 50+ Centre; far right, Alex Pitcher, activity program co-ordinator and one of the facilitators of the Fast Track French program. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Diane Doonan, vice-president of the LaSalle D&D 50+ Centre, adjusts Patricia Hernandez's cap before the start of the graduation ceremony. \"Our seniors, you have no idea how eager they are \u2014 and always have been \u2014 to speak French,\" she said. (Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Graduates including Keith Howell, centre, at a ceremony at the LaSalle D&D 50+ Centre. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Gloria Sandy, a 78-year-old retired nurse, dances her way to the front of the room to accept her diploma. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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La Fondation Grace Dart est fi\u00e8re de souligner le succ\u00e8s du programme FASTTrack French du Centre LaSalle D&D 50+ ainsi que l'enthousiasme qu'il suscite au sein de la communaut\u00e9 montr\u00e9alaise.<\/span><\/h5>

Constatant un besoin grandissant chez les a\u00een\u00e9s de communiquer avec plus d'aisance en fran\u00e7ais, le Centre LaSalle D&D 50+ a cr\u00e9\u00e9 le programme FASTTrack French avec le soutien financier de la Fondation Grace Dart. La premi\u00e8re cohorte, lanc\u00e9e en 2025, s'est conclue par une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de remise des dipl\u00f4mes remplie d'\u00e9motion le 17 juin 2026, au cours de laquelle les premiers dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s ont re\u00e7u leur certificat avec fiert\u00e9.<\/p>

La c\u00e9r\u00e9monie a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e par les allocutions de Diane Doonan, vice-pr\u00e9sidente du Centre LaSalle D&D 50+, d'Alex Pitcher, coordonnateur du programme, ainsi que des dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s eux-m\u00eames, qui ont chacun pris la parole en fran\u00e7ais pour partager leur exp\u00e9rience d'apprentissage. Jennifer Bradley, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la Fondation Grace Dart, a \u00e9galement f\u00e9licit\u00e9 les participants et soulign\u00e9 leur d\u00e9termination, leur confiance grandissante et leur engagement tout au long du programme.<\/p>

Le programme FASTTrack French est une formation pratique ax\u00e9e sur des situations de la vie quotidienne. Con\u00e7u sp\u00e9cialement pour les a\u00een\u00e9s, il leur permet d'acqu\u00e9rir les connaissances et la confiance n\u00e9cessaires pour communiquer en fran\u00e7ais dans leurs activit\u00e9s de tous les jours au Qu\u00e9bec. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des mises en situation concr\u00e8tes, l'apprentissage est pertinent, utile et directement applicable \u00e0 leur quotidien.<\/p>

Le programme FASTTrack French pour les a\u00een\u00e9s est offert gratuitement au Centre LaSalle D&D 50+.<\/p>

Pour en savoir plus sur le programme<\/b>,\u00a0cliquer ici<\/a>\u00a0ou visitez\u00a0la page Facebook du Centre LaSalle D&D 50+<\/a>
<\/em>Pour vous inscrire<\/strong>, composez le 438-882-7771 ou \u00e9crivez \u00e0 alex.p@lasalledd50.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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M\u00e9dias locaux<\/h5>
\u00a0\u00a0The Gazette |<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>22 juin 2026<\/div>
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innovative language program are busting myths about anglophones.<\/i><\/span><\/div>
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\u00a0\u00a0The Suburban<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1 juillet 2026
Seniors on the fast track to learning French<\/a><\/div>
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\u00a0\u00a0Radio-Canada<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2 juillet 2026
Cours de fran\u00e7ais pour a\u00een\u00e9s (Le 15-18)<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Entrevue avec Joy Ibrahim, Centre LaSalle D&D 50+ (8 min)<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\u00a0 CBC Listen 88.5 |\u00a0<\/span>3 juillet 2026
LaSalle seniors take part in community centre French class<\/a>
<\/span>Entrevue avec Joy Ibrahim, Centre LaSalle D&D 50+ (8 min)<\/div><\/div>
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\u00a0\u00a0CJAD 800 |\u00a0<\/span>5 juillet 2025
This LaSalle-based group is offering seniors free French classes<\/a>
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Entrevue avec Diane Doonan, Centre LaSalle D&D 50+ (13 min)\u00a0<\/span>LaSalle D&D 50+ (13 mins)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Fondation Grace Dart est fi\u00e8re de souligner le succ\u00e8s du programme FASTTrack French du Centre LaSalle D&D 50+ ainsi que l'enthousiasme qu'il suscite au sein de la communaut\u00e9 montr\u00e9alaise.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationgracedart.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}