» Home » History » Highlights » Focus » Steps » Survey » Official Languages Legislation	Steps of the 2008-2009 Review The Standing Committee on Government Operations plans the following steps for the review of the Official Languages Act.  • Literature and document review      o Time line: Underway and on-going • Survey, interview and focus group with Aboriginal languages frontline workers and professionals (community language coordinators and workers, teachers, interpreters and translators)     o Awasis Education Inc. was contracted by the Legislative Assembly to assist the Committee with this part of the review      o Time line: Completed by the end of the summer 2008 • Public Committee meetings      o Witnesses with designated roles under the Official Languages Act      o Stakeholder and expert witnesses      o Time line: fall/winter 2008/09 • Community visits and public hearings      o Selected communities representing the NWT regions and Official Languages      o Time line: fall of 2008 • Other input from the public      o Questionnaire      o Written submissions      o Time line: starting at the end of summer 2008 continuing over the fall The Standing Committee on Government Operations will analyze and evaluate the findings of these different review steps and report back to the Legislative Assembly: • Interim report on the Official Languages Act review in the fall of 2008 summarizing the work underway and next steps • Final report on the Official Languages Act review in the spring of 2009 including:      o Findings of all steps of the review      o Possible recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness, administration and implementation of the Official Languages Act   {1} ##LOC[OK]## {1} ##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]## {1} ##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##