Citizenship and Immigration Canada would like to thank the following people for their contribution to the development of the Language Companion.

Developed by: Toronto Catholic District School Board, Continuing Education Department: Anne-Marie Kaskens (managing editor), Anne Hajer (writer)

Expert Advisor: Joanne Pettis

Reviewers: Karen Geraci, Marisa Mazzulla

Special thanks to:

• Barb Krukowski, The Centre for Skills Development and Training, Burlington, Ontario for permission to use and adapt sections of the Newcomer Companion
  
• Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (www.language.ca) for permission to reprint the CLB mini-posters
• Administrators, teachers and students who participated in the Ottawa Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA) field-test, and provided valuable feedback on the Language Companion