Lisa Balfour Bowen



Name
Lisa Balfour Bowen

Position on Board
Founding President/ Honorary Board member

Hometown
Toronto (born Hamilton, Ontario)

My day job
Fundraising for French for the Future

Favourite activity/hobby
Getting away from the computer

Biggest dream
Making every Canadian bilingual in French and English

Favourite French expression
Félicitations!

How I practice French in everyday life
By seizing every opportunity to talk, read or write French. Listening to the language is important too.

Why I think bilingualism is so important
Learning and speaking French broadens the mind and creates the glue that helps bind Canada together

Favourite food
Fresh, ripe Ontario fruit

Favourite artist/music
Attila Richard Lukacs/The Beatles

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Quiz of the Week

In the French language, one letter of the alphabet is generally only used in words borrowed from other languages. Which letter?

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