Why Speaking English is Important for a Military Doctor - Sources

 What am I writing about?

So, for my essay, I used three different articles. One of them is already summarized on my other blog "Reliable articles" (article #1). 

Indeed, I wrote my essay about how English is important in my field of study. Since it is the Canadian Armed Forces, it is important to be able to speak English to represent Canada's bilingualism and to be able to exchange when posted elsewhere. 

1. Théberge, Raymond. (2018, April 12). Notes for an address to the Canadian Forces College: The importance of bilingualism in the Canadian Armed Forces. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. https://www.clo-ocol.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2018/2018-04-12?wbdisable=true

It is an article by a man named Raymond Théberge. As you might have noticed, his name is pretty French. Indeed, he is from a French-Canadian family in Manitoba. The article is about how important it is to be able to speak both English and French. Even though the article preaches both official languages, he explained why it is important to speak both. He talked about Canada's values, the laws, and why being bilingual has helped in the past using the example of the major floods in 2019, in Québec and Ontario. I used his argument about bilingualism to explain the importance of English in the army. 

2. Adams, Sharon. (2019, Sept. 11). Canadian Armed Forces, officially bilingual for 50 years. Legion Canada's Military History Magazine. https://legionmagazine.com/en/2019/09/canadian-armed-forces-officially-bilingual-for-50-years/

This article retraces the bilingualism's history of the Canadian Armed Forces. Of course, in the beginning, francophones were a minority in the army. However, as time passed, it became more and more important to speak both languages. We have helped a lot of countries because of our resourceful quality, our bilingual army. The article has a lot of historical statistics to demonstrate the evolution of bilingualism in the army. They used as an example the 22e regiment which was made entirely of French-Canadians. Overall, the article highlighted the importance of representing a united Canada by linguistic unity.