Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba education reforms stoke fears French immersion will be left outside looking in Last Modified: 7:06 AM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021 | Updates RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Joël Ruest, an instructor of education at Saint Boniface University, is concerned that emphasizing parent voices will allow misconceptions about immersion programs to flourish. FRENCH immersion teachers and parents fear sweeping reforms to the public school system could put second language education on the sidelines in Manitoba if board staff who have long-advocated for quality programs lose their jobs. FRENCH immersion teachers and parents fear sweeping reforms to the public school system could put second language education on the sidelines in Manitoba if board staff who have long-advocated for quality programs lose their jobs.