Conversaflex in the News: Le Devoir and the Government of Canada
Le Devoir on how Conversaflex helps employees practise French at work, and a Government of Canada announcement that names Conversaflex as a Mitacs AI partner.
Two recent mentions, in case you missed them.
Le Devoir: using AI to help employees learn French
July 15, 2026 · Mathilde Beaulieu-Lépine, Local Journalism Initiative
Le Devoir's technology section looked at how Conversaflex helps English-speaking employees practise French in work situations, and why it appeals to Ontario organizations that serve francophone communities.
The article follows Kristy McClatchey, who works at Kids Help Phone in Ontario. Her work is mostly in English, but she sometimes needs to work with francophone or bilingual colleagues. She had studied French through high school and picked it up again with an app, but hit a plateau: she knew the words she wanted to use, and wanted to be able to hold a conversation naturally. She told Le Devoir she struggled to find a voice tool that understood her and used Quebec French rather than European French, and that practising with Conversaflex helped her get past her nerves.
Our co-founder Alexa Love-Tremblay, a former French as a second language teacher, was clear about what the tool is and isn't: « Ce n'est pas un professeur » ("It's not a teacher"). Conversaflex lets employees practise, in situations from their own work, what they have already learned, with feedback from an AI trained to understand accents. As she told the paper, learning a language comes with a lot of nervousness, and she believes AI can give new learners confidence. The article also notes that we offer the same practice in English for Quebec companies.
Read "Utiliser l'IA pour aider ses employés à apprendre le français" in Le Devoir (in French; a subscription may be required).
Government of Canada: 10,000 AI work placements through Mitacs
September 25, 2026 · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, announced up to $162 million over five years, starting in 2026–2027, for Mitacs to support 10,000 co-funded AI work placements for post-secondary students, recent graduates and postdoctoral fellows. The program, Mitacs AI Advantage, has two streams: ADOPT, which helps businesses test and deploy AI, and AI+X, which applies AI to business problems and new technologies. It is part of Canada's National AI Strategy, AI for All, which aims to create up to 90,000 AI-related job and work placement opportunities for young Canadians by 2031.
The release names Conversaflex among the companies Mitacs has worked with:
"Since 2020, Mitacs has supported more than 4,200 AI-related innovation projects, partnering with companies such as Conversaflex on language learning, FluidAI on surgical patient monitoring and Qoherent on intelligent radios."
Read the news release on Canada.ca
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