Dyane Adam, CM OOnt (born 1953 in Casselman, Ontario) was the Canadian Official Languages Commissioner from 1999 to 2006.
[1] After she had led a campaign to preserve bilingualism at York University and Montfort Hospital, then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed her Official Languages Commissioner.
She had a key role in the 2005 modification of the Official Languages Act, which expanded the prerogatives of part 7 of the Act, requiring all federal departments and agencies to take positive actions for the development of Canada's Official Languages minority communities.
[2] In September 2006, after her term had been extended by several months, it was announced that Graham Fraser would replace her.
[5] In September 2016, Dr. Adam was appointed by the provincial government to chair the French Language University Planning Board[6] [7] which led to the creation of the Université de l'Ontario français (UOF) in 2018.