Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers

McGill Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society. Soehl, a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Canada Research Chair in International Migration, has been awarded $249,000 for his project, titled Le français entre amis: réseaux sociaux et usage du français chez les immigrants au Québec. The funding comes from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) in partnership with the ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI), as part of the Programme de recherche en immigration, intégration et relations interculturelles.