The Vancouver School Board (VSB) is hoping that at least a few GTA French teachers are willing to go west and start a new life in British Columbia. She says the VSB is in dire need of both French teachers and specialty teachers for programs like technology. 'Chronic' problem across CanadaShortages of French teachers aren't limited to Vancouver. "That shortage of fully prepared French immersion teachers is chronic in Canada," she said at the time. Meanwhile, Statistics Canada has charted a steady uptick in the number of students enrolled in French immersion over the last seven years.

Source: CBC News April 20, 2018 20:17 UTC