Rendez-vous de la Francophonie is an annual celebration of Canada's membership in the Francophonie and promotes the French language and its numerous cultural expressions. It runs March 6-22 in communities across Canada, check out the project website at www.rvf.ca.

La Francophonie is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is the first or customary language and/or where a significant proportion of the population are Francophones and/or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture. Canada is one of its 57 member states. A full list of all members and observers can be found here. The newly-appointed head of the organization is former Canadian Governor General Michaëlle Jean.

To help celebrate Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, nine NCRA member stations from across Canada are each producing 17 daily two-minute audio capsules that document local Francophone culture, highlight Rendez-vous de la Francophonie events, and the importance of bilingualism. Check out some of the capsules already produced here!

This project is funded by La Fondation canadiene pour le dialogue des cultures.

The participating campus and community radio stations are: CFMH-FM in Saint John, NB, CFRC-FM in Kingston, ON, CFFF-FM in Peterborough, ON, CJAM-FM in Windsor, ON, CJLY-FM in Nelson, BC, CKVS-FM in Salmon Arm, BC and three stations in Vancouver that are collaborating on the project together, CFRO-FM, CiTR-FM, and CJSF-FM.

This project is funded by La Fondation canadiene pour le dialogue des cultures.