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Congratulations to Erika Baldo, who successfully defended her master’s thesis in French titled: “Les défis auxquels les mères-enseignantes de l’immersion française en milieu langagier minoritaire canadien font face” on December 8, 2021. Erika was supervised by Dr. Heather Phipps. Committee members were Dr. Sara Schroeter and Nadine Bouchardon (La Cité). The external examiner was Dr. Karla Culligan, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick. Thanks to Dr. Sheila Petty (MAP) for chairing the defense.