The Translation Bureau is delighted to announce that it has recently launched the initiative: Language Portal of Canada Ambassadors! The Language Portal contains a host of resources to help Canadians communicate effectively in both official languages.
We would like as many Canadians as possible to get involved and show their passion for language. Therefore, we are writing today to ask if you would like to become a Language Portal Ambassador.
Your role as a Portal Ambassador will be quite simple: introduce the members of your network to the Language Portal and encourage them to become Portal Ambassadors.
Here are some easy ways you could serve as a Language Portal Ambassador:
- Share articles on the Language Portal with members of your network through your internal newsletter, your blog your intranet site, or on your organization’s website.
- Post a message about being a Language Portal Ambassador on your Facebook page.
- Tweet about being a Language Portal Ambassador or recommend the Language Portal via your social networks. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #ourlanguages.
- On your intranet site, your blog or your organization’s website, add a hyperlink to the Language Portal.
- Insert the Language Portal Ambassador signature block in your e-mails.
Here are some suggestions for tweets to share in your networks:
- Check this out! I’m a Language Portal Ambassador! http://goo.gl/jQ0g2 #ourlanguages
- Have you heard about the Language Portal of Canada’s Tip of the Week? goo.gl/Go4PaQ #ourlanguages
- You should try the Language Portal of Canada’s quiz of the week! goo.gl/Go4PaQ #ourlanguages
Also, are you using Canada’s best language mobile app—Ourlanguages.gc.ca on the go!?
This application gives access to TERMIUM Plus®, one of the world’s largest online terminology data banks. With a smartphone or tablet anyone can easily find, anytime and anywhere, English and French terms in various fields.
Want to learn more about the Portal?
Keep up with the latest updates to the Portal, follow the Language Portal on Twitter and subscribe to the Portal’s E-mail Notification service or RSS Feed.