Modern Greek is taught in Canada primarily as a heritage language (HL) through a semi-official education system that involves both public school boards and immigrant communities. The institutions responsible for administering HL programs, as well as the participating teachers and students, are faced with several organizational and educational challenges. This study follows a community-based research (CBR) approach to investigate aspects of Greek heritage language education (HLE) in Ontario. Centered on the findings of a series of research projects that took place between 2014 and 2017 with the collaboration of researchers, educators and community stakeholders, the article examines various aspects of teaching and learning the Greek language at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels and suggests new directions for HLE in Canada and the Hellenic diaspora at large.
