Matthew Rankin’s Farsi- and French-language offbeat homage to Iranian cinema bowed in Cannes and will also screen in Toronto. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The absurdist comedy in the Farsi and ...

The impact of of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s 2024-25 department plan, released about a year ago, are only now starting to become clear in cities across Canada. Whether it’s colleges ...

The Canadian government has announced a multi-million-dollar cash injection over five years to support official language minority communities across the country. The funding, which will be provided ...

The 2024 annual report from Languages Canada found a 56% decline in languages-to-postsecondary pathways, raising worries about the knock-on effect on higher education. “Language education is often the ...

At a time when Canada is clamping down on immigration, there is now a clear strategy for settling permanently in the country: Learn some French. In 2025, the federal government invited 48,000 people ...

There’s a notion in the film industry that comedies don’t travel. Jokes have a regional audience, and humor gets lost in translation, the thinking goes. But director Matthew Rankin thinks more of ...

The North American Gaeltacht has launched a virtual exhibit exploring the history of the Irish language in Canada, revealing an unrecognized part of the Irish-Canadian experience. The free exhibit is ...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has set a Feb. 12 release date for Matthew Rankin‘s “Universal Language,” Canada’s Oscar entry. Represented in international markets by Best Friend Forever, “Universal ...