MCIS Newsletter 2020-09 - Virtual AGM, Testimonial, Blogs, Weekly News

SAVE THE DATE: MCIS’ AGM is Going Virtual

As online events, meetings and conferences have become the new normal, MCIS decided that its next Annual General Meeting will be held virtually. So, we’d like YOU to save the date for Thursday, October 29.

Our Planning Committee has already been meeting on a regular basis and we have an amazing keynote speaker lined up. And even though we won’t be able to meet in person this year, and share a wonderful dinner, we hope that you’ll still join us for what will certainly be a memorable evening.

Testimonial from School Mental Health Ontario

MCIS’ translation team recently completed a project and received wonderful feedback:

"Au nom de tous mes collègues de Santé mentale en milieu scolaire Ontario, je tiens à vous remercier de votre travail assidu ces derniers mois. Avec votre aide nous avons pu accomplir un petit miracle. Tous les commentaires élogieux que nous avons reçus des conseils scolaires et des membres du personnel enseignant attestent de la qualité et de la pertinence du matériel rédigé et traduit pour la 'Trousse pour favoriser la santé mentale lors du retour à l’école.'

"Dans les conseils scolaires, les gens consultent fréquemment les ressources hébergées sur notre Portail de leadership et celles qui sont disponibles au site Web de SMS-ON. Selon notre équipe de communication: 'We have over 1000 views on the toolkit main page on the English portal and 375 in French.'” (depuis le 27 août)

English Translation:

“On behalf of all my colleagues at School Mental Health Ontario, I would like to thank you for your hard work over these past few months. With your help we were able to accomplish a small miracle. All the compliments we have received from the school boards and their staff are telling proof of the quality and relevance of the material developed and translated for the "Mentally Healthy Return to School Toolkit"

School board staff often consult the resources hosted on our Leadership Portal and the SMHO website. According to our communications team: “We have over 1000 views on the toolkit main page on the English portal and 375 in French.” (since August 27)

- Marsha Gillis, Translation Coordinator at School Mental Health Ontario

Five Trends in the Language Services Industry

The steady growth of the language services industry is an indicator that an increasing number of businesses are recognizing the importance of implementing translation, localization and transcreation in their overarching growth strategies. With constantly evolving technology, many trends have a focus on integrating language solutions in a digital space.

Click to read our blog: Five Trends in the Language Services Industry

Highlights of Challenges Facing Ontario’s Language Services Sector

Over the summer, the Language Advocacy Day Canada team conducted a survey investigating Ontarians’ experiences with the language services sector, and the results point us to the next steps as we build towards Language Advocacy Day 2021.

Click to read our blog.

Back to School – Information and Services

With a return to school for many on the horizon, MCIS wants to make sure educators, students and parents all have access to the critical information and services they require, in their language of preference.

MCIS has curated useful multilingual information specific to COVID-19 that can be found here.

In addition, we have also compiled many resources related to mental health. You can read the blog here.

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