Horizontal Initiatives

 Continued and increased access to justice services in both official languages through the implementation of the Contraventions Act, including linguistic clauses, in Newfoundland and Labrador, the amendment of the existing agreement in Prince Edward Island to include linguistic clauses and the commencement of negotiations with Saskatchewan.

With the signing of a new agreement with Prince Edward Island in December 2011, there are now five jurisdictions (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) and one municipality (Mississauga) that have entered into an agreement that includes language rights provisions with the Department and, as a result, are fully prepared to ensure on behalf of the federal government judicial and extra judicial services in both official languages in compliance with the Criminal Code and the Official Languages Act.

The Department has continued to actively pursue its undertakings with Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011-12 and planned with the province in February 2012 to meet in person in late May 2012 with a view to discuss and agree on specific steps towards the signing of an implementation agreement containing language rights provisions.

The Department also exchanged relevant information with Saskatchewan regarding the implementation of the Act.

Implementation of the pan-Canadian study on justice training needs in both official languages.

Continued judicial awareness and information activities in order to promote increased access to justice services in both official languages.

The Department, through the Access to Justice Support Fund, financed a total of sixty-one projects.

The Department worked in collaboration with its partners to implement the justice training in both official languages component for which seventeen projects related to advance training focusing on legal terminology for bilingual justice professionals were funded.

The Department financed numerous projects related to continued legal awareness and information activities in order to promote increased access to justice services in both official languages. The funded projects consist namely in:

• Eight projects to support the ongoing activities of French-speaking jurists Associations and their Federation.
• Two projects that contribute to the development of a curriculum for bilingual students interested in pursuing a career in the field of justice.
• Six projects that are aimed at elaborating a recruitment strategy and the promotion of justice-related careers.
• Nine projects that are focused on developing linguistic training tools.
• Nineteen projects aimed at increasing awareness or providing public legal information

In 2011-12, Health Canada will enter into new funding agreements for Cultural and French-language training ($1.5 M) and for new Official Languages Health Projects ($1.6 M) within French linguistic minority communities.

In addition, 22 multi-year funding agreements were initiated with community-based stakeholders in 2009-10 and 2010-11. These agreements, amounting to $34.9M in 2011-12, will all conclude in March 2013 and are for the following activities:

• Health Networking: $5M;
• Training and Retention of Health Professionals: $22.8M;
• Official Languages Health Projects for English and French linguistic minority communities: $7.1M.

During 2011-12, Health Canada will complete a mid-term review of its Official Languages Health Contribution Program.

In addition to funding agreements totaling $38.0M in 2011-12, a further $900,000 has been identified for operations and accommodation relating to the Official Languages Health Contribution Program.

New funding agreements were signed and training and project activities launched according to plan.  

Activities related to these multi-year funding agreements are in progress as planned for completion in March 2013.  

The results in 2011-12 are as follows: 

• New and enhanced partnerships of the Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), the Société Services en français (SSF) and their regional networks and Provincial/Territorial/Regional and community stakeholders to improve access to health services for OLMCs.
• Increased number of health professionals in 2011-12:
• 1,024 new registrations on Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) programs.
• Total of 596 graduates from CNFS programs.
• 86% of graduates in 2008-09 from CNFS programs, who were surveyed in 2011, were employed in health professions in OLMCs.
• 1,534 health professionals in Quebec were trained to improve their ability to serve in the minority language.
• Projects being implemented to improve access to health services in OLMCs: 38 in English-speaking minority communities in Quebec and 70 in French-speaking minority communities outside Quebec.

Review was completed as planned.

Operational funds were spent as planned.

Maintain the investment levels from Provinces and Territories for educational programs and activities that promote access to a minority language education.

Implement a Protocol of agreements with the Council of Ministers of Education (Canada) and 13 education agreements with all provinces and territories. These agreements have helped almost 240,000 young Canadians in minority communities study in their language in over 900 schools across Canada and supported the work of 40 minority language school boards and 39 minority language post-secondary institutions in all regions of Canada.

Maintain the number of participants in the Odyssée program which allows students to work as language assistants in minority language classrooms.

Odyssey enabled 301 young Anglophones and Francophones across Canada to work as language monitors in minority language schools.

Support the Destination Clic program to maintain its yearly enrolment. This program helps young francophones outside Québec enrich their first language while discovering new communities in Canada.

The Destination Clic program enabled 100 young Francophones from minority language communities to improve their first language while discovering other Francophone communities in Canada.

Nothing in 2011-12. The initiative was for 2009-10 only.

Nothing in 2011-12. The initiative was for 2009-10 only.

Continued investment in the creation, improvement and delivery of activities, and services intended for OLMC that promote a sense of belonging.

Support to over 400 community organization across Canada in their efforts to promote the development and enhanced the vitality of OLMCs (131 cultural organization, 29 community centres, 27 community radio and 74 newspapers, 24 youth organization (under 24 years old) and 13 parent organization that help create an environment allowing OLMCs to participate in Canadian society).

Improvement of signed Federal-Provincial/Territorial agreements on services and on approved special projects.

Support to the provinces and territories through 13 agreements to enable them to offer services in the minority language, particularly in the areas of justice, health, culture, economic development and municipal services.

An agreement with the City of Ottawa as the national capital.

Continue to support cultural projects that promote a sense of belonging for the OLMC.

In 2011-12, the Cultural Development Fund supported over 41 projects in the cultural, artistic and heritage fields across Canada.

The implementation of the National Framework for Collaboration on Early Childhood Development in Minority Francophone Communities in Canada will continue.

The following initiatives will be realized:

• a summative evaluation;
• two Web-based video clips on models of Early Childhood and Family Centres;
• a transformative analysis in Early Childhood Development; and,
• tools to help national, provincial and territorial partners, as well as parents living in French minority communities.

Ongoing implementation of the National Framework for Collaboration on Early Childhood Development in Minority Francophone Communities in Canada.

The Commission nationale des parents francophones (CNPF) undertook a summative evaluation of the Table en développement de la petite enfance (DPE) resulting in a report.

The Table en DPE produced three videos to promote early childhood development/family centre models.  The videos include and present best practices.

The CNPF completed the transformative analysis of the early childhood development services.  The data was collected and a report was prepared.

The CNPF designed the cultural facilitator’s toolkit for early childhood development.

The CNPF developed a self-evaluation grid for early childhood development/family centres in Canadian minority francophone communities.

Results of 11 research projects will be available. These projects will identify literacy needs and specific tools required for new targeted groups such as: Francophone immigrant women living in remote communities, parents from Francophone military families, exogamous families, new parents, grand-parents, seasonal workers, fathers, integrated immigrants, and parents with precarious situations living in rural and urban environments.

Eight new family literacy models will be developed, including five designed for new targeted groups, which will be tested and adapted.

Seven new partnerships with various provincial and territorial stakeholders will be created to increase networking and knowledge sharing.

Evaluation tools will be developed to report on results.

Nine research reports were conducted with identified target groups. Two studies are underway and will provide results for the following target groups: Francophone military families based in Alberta and the three regions of Newfoundland and Labrador with Francophone concentration.

Ten family literacy models have been developed or adapted and tested with the following target groups: fathers of children aged 3 to 5 years, fathers of children aged 6 to 8 years, families with children school age, refugees, newcomers, exogamous families (2 models), new parents with children aged 1 to 2 ½ years, new parents with children aged 0 to 12 months, and families with children from 2 to 3 years old.

Twenty-two new partnerships have been established in addition to maintaining the networks already in place. Network capacity has increased and can better meet the literacy and essential skills needs of minority Francophone communities.

Evaluation tools (questionnaires, progress report form, and process map sheet references) have been developed and are used by members of the Network of Experts in Family Literacy.

Child Care Pilot Project:

• The results in the research report on the short-term impact of the French-language preschool program on children’s development and readiness to learn will be updated to include data from the second cohort of participants.  This will add to the collective knowledge of what works with respect to early childhood development services.
• The project will assess children and survey parents to continue to measure the impact of the French-language preschool program on the development of the children, one year and two years after the end of the preschool program.

Two action-research projects are led by the Enabling Fund (see Enabling Fund section below for details).

Oversampling of OLMCs within the Program for the International Assessment for Adult Competencies (PIAAC):

• This project will include an oversampling of OLMCs to have a better comprehension of how individuals of OLMCs are ready to face challenges of the knowledge economy.

Research project using Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 data:

• This project is a comprehensive analysis of skill levels in reading, mathematics and science of 15-year old Canadian students attending minority language schools across Canada.

The results in the research report on the short-term impact of the preschool program have been updated and include data from the second cohort of participants.

Data collection activities (evaluations of children and surveys of parents) have been undertaken to measure the impacts of the program one year and two years after the end of its delivery.

Financial support to research projects on economic development in OLMCs undertaken by Skills and Employment Branch (see Enabling Fund section).

The PIACC survey includes an oversample of OLMCs.

Financial support to a research report establishing a profile of minority-language students and schools in Canada using PISA 2009 data. Statistics Canada published the report in September 2011.

Financial support to the production and release of provincial and territorial portraits of official language minorities in Canada undertaken by Statistics Canada.

Develop and implement a communication strategy for the Francophone Immigration Initiative in order to ensure consistency of the message and better engage stakeholders.

Consolidate strategies of promotion and recruitment of French-speaking immigrants by coordinating the participation of provinces and territories, community representatives and employers and facilitating the holding of promotion and recruitment events at several Canadian missions abroad.

Consolidate and harmonize Francophone immigration networks, and develop an accountability framework for networks.

Accelerate the economic integration of immigrants to Francophone minority communities by increasing employers' engagement and facilitating matching processes between employers and newcomers.

Conduct the evaluation of the “Recruitment and Integration of French-Speaking Immigrants to Francophone Minority Communities” initiative and use the evaluation’s recommendations to further support Francophone immigration to Francophone Minority Communities.

CIC’s activities to support OLMCs through immigration are organized around three pillars. These are:
1) Recruitment and promotion abroad
2) Francophone immigration networks
3) Coordination, cooperation and research mechanisms within OLMCs.

Recruitment and promotion abroad
Destination Canada Job Fair is an annual event for promotion and recruitment with most of the provinces and territories and various Canadian Francophone minority communities (FMCs). Destination Canada is organized in France, Belgium and Tunisia to provide an overview of Canada, CIC’s programs and to enable Canadian employers to recruit candidates selected by the public employment agencies in France, Belgium and Tunisia.

Promotion and recruitment activities have been gradually extended to include the missions in Abidjan, Bucharest, Damascus, Cairo, Rabat and Tunis because of the potential for Francophone immigrant recruitment in those areas. As well, the regular information sessions that were offered in Paris are now being offered in other large cities in France and in the French-speaking regions of Belgium and Switzerland. CIC organized liaison tours to various parts of Canada to facilitate contact between the French, Belgian and Tunisian governments and Canadian provinces, Francophone communities and Canadian employers. In addition, CIC also participated in press tours allowing French-speaking journalists to discover Canada’s diversity and the potential for being able to live in French in FMCs.

As a result, the number of French-speaking immigrants landing in Canada and settling outside of Quebec was 3,482 in 2010 and 3,543 in 2011. In 2010, French-speaking immigrants made up 1.5% of the total number of permanent residents settling outside of Québec. This share rose to 1.8% in 2011.

Francophone immigration networks
CIC currently supports 13 Francophone immigration Networks within FMCs throughout the country in order to solidify and strengthen efforts to economically, socially and culturally integrate French-speaking immigrants.

Francophone immigration Networks, platforms for cooperation at the regional and local level created by CIC in collaboration with FMCs, are structures tailored to the regional realities. The Networks have helped foster a more integrated approach to the services offered to respond to the needs of French-speaking immigrants in FMCs and to mobilise local and regional partners and employers. They also help enhance leadership, coordination and cooperation among the communities and federal and provincial departments in the areas of Francophone immigration.
 
In the Ontario Region, the following initiatives have been implemented to support the economic and social integration of Francophone immigrants:

• Four job fairs have been organized by Bilinguallink.ca as part of the project “Toile des carrières” to promote employment opportunities to immigrants in the administration, communications, and collections sectors. The fairs were held in September, November and March 2012 and 28 companies participated at these events. A total of 3,552 immigrants participated in these fairs in person and over 5,000 immigrants participated on-line. There were a total of 2,721 job offers made as a result. 

• “La Bonne Affaire” is a project that has the purpose of integrating francophone immigrants within small and medium-sized businesses and encourages entrepreneurship. More than 1,000 newcomers have been made aware of the realities of the labour market in Ontario and more than 300 newcomers have been educated and prepared to respond to the requirements of employers. More than 150 potential entrepreneurs have been identified and supported in their elaboration of business plans with the goal of starting their own business. More than 500 small and medium-sized businesses have been made aware of the advantages of hiring newcomers.

• The project “An immigrant on the path to success” is sponsored by the “Regroupement de développement économique et employabilité de l’Ontario.” In 2011-12, more than 300 immigrant men benefited from workshops offered by the Auberge francophone de Toronto and received support services that help them counteract the cultural shock of the immigrant experience.

• The French Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) courses on-line were launched in 2011-12. French LINC on-line represents a new system for learning French at levels 3-7 and provides immigrants with the flexibility of participating in courses everywhere in Ontario.

• Information sessions were held in Sudbury and Thunder Bay with employers and representatives from the federal government (the Canadian embassy in Paris, CIC regional office in the Ontario Region, Service Canada), the Ontario province (the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation), as well as from the public employment services in France (Pôle emploi international), in Belgiun (FOREM), and Tunisia (ANETI).

Coordination, cooperation and research mechanisms within OLMCs
CIC continued its consultations with FMCs and stakeholders through regular meetings of the CIC-FMC Steering Committee and the Implementation Committee to ensure continuity in the implementation of the Strategic Plan to Foster Immigration to Francophone Minority Communities. Both committees, co-chaired by CIC and community representatives, bring together partners from the federal, provincial and territorial governments, as well as representatives from the communities themselves, to make possible an ongoing dialogue among the various players in the area of Francophone immigration. A number of working groups help explore sectoral themes related to Francophone immigration. CIC is responsible for the coordination of both committees as well as working groups in cooperation with a national organization representing FMCs – currently, this is the “Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada” (FCFA). A contribution agreement lasting until 2013 is currently in place between CIC and the FCFA.

CIC has initiated a number of research projects looking into immigration-related issues in the FMCs; among others, a study of the three Francophone immigration support Networks in Ontario is currently under way. The study is intended to provide an exhaustive portrait of the Networks and their activities, identify areas of complementarity among the Networks and the local immigration partners in the province, and highlight the actions and challenges faced by the Networks against those of the local immigration partners in Ontario.

Communication Strategy and Evaluation of the “Recruitment and Integration of French-Speaking Immigrants to Francophone Minority Communities” initiative
Given various assessment exercises that are currently conducted with regard to the Initiative, the development and implementation of a communication strategy was postponed for the fiscal years 2012-13 and 2013-14.

CIC retained the services of an external consultant to conduct a summative evaluation of the Recruitment and Integration of Immigrants initiative. The evaluation report is expected this coming fall. The management response currently under development will allow CIC to refine measures to efficiently support FMCs through immigration.

Other Results benefitting FMCs
CIC has improved the offer of settlement and integration services to foster Francophone immigration to FMCs. CIC administrative regions allocate funding to agencies and individuals offering services to newcomers, notably in the FMCs. For the fiscal year 2011-12, services in French were available through 170 points of services which amount to $11.7M in settlement spending. In 2010-11, the amount reported under the Linguistic Duality Roadmap included a portion of settlement services.

N/A. The report has been published.

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Results for 2011-12 include:
Through four new immigrant resource centres and three urban centres:

• Issued 10 work-holiday visas;
• Served 853 newcomers;
• Held 96 information sessions for newcomers;
• Provided employment counseling to 695 newcomers;
• 171 newcomers secured employment;
• 75 newcomers secured employment in their field of study;
• 26 immigrant entrepreneurs opened their own business.

Industry Canada – FedNor
Development of 10 new projects and completion of 23 projects currently under way. The new projects will target business development in support of improved economic development of OLMC.

Industry Canada
Funding of and participation in research and analysis projects on OLMC economic development; participation in the organization of OL Symposium on research.

Industry Canada – FedDev Ontario
Support the development of 40 projects which will support community strategic planning, as well as business and economic development of Francophone Communities in Southern Ontario.

Industry Canada – FedNor
FedNor approved one new project to provide business development support to francophone immigrants, and administered funding to 37 project agreements already underway, improving OLMC economic development in Northern Ontario.

FedNor implemented one research project - Environmental Scan of Northern Ontario OLMCs.

Industry Canada
Funding of and participation in 7 research and analysis projects on OLMC economic development.
Participation in the organization of OL Symposium on research.

Industry Canada –  FedDev Ontario
Fourteen projects were approved during 2011-12, bringing the total number of EDI projects since 2008 to 30.
Of the 14 projects approved in 2011-12, three included large, strategic, partnerships large projects focused on key issues within southern Ontario:  Francophone youth; business counselling; and micro loans.

Funding is expected to be allocated via a proposal-driven process in 2011-12.

This funding is expected to support the social and economic development of official-language minority communities in the territories.

Funding was allocated via a proposal-driven process in 2011-12.

This funding supported the social and economic development of official-language minority communities in the territories.

Result 1:

• 1) Innovation
  1 project – $0.210M (5%)
• 2) PME support
  12 projects – $2.52M (60%)
• 3) Partnership
  2 projects – $0.420M (10%)
• 4) Diversification
  5 projects – $1.049M (25%)

20 EDI projects underway in 2011-12.

Result: Increased capacities of SME’s and communities: 6 projects which support partnership activities to promote integration of OLMC’s and participation in local development.

Result: Developed SME’s : 6 projects which support the development/maintenance of OLMC SME’s or capacity development.

Result: Created SME’s : 6 projects supporting OLMC SME’s creation.

Result: Community Development: 2 projects supporting OLMC development.

Pursue the implementation of the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) through contribution agreements with organizations supporting the economic development of the Official Languages Minority Communities (OLMC);

• Enhanced capacity of OLMCs as reflected by: number of partnerships created or maintained; and project funding leveraged.
• Development of francophone enterprises as reflected by: number of enterprises created, maintained or expanded; and project funding leveraged.
• Development of francophone communities as reflected by: number of projects, initiatives, or studies that contribute to the diversification or expansion of the economic base of the OLMCs; and project funding leveraged.

WD’s commitment in 3 G&C projects totalled $1.7M and leveraged $2.2M in other funding.  The projects included a Smartphone application to promote Francophone tourism in Western Canada, support for distance learning capacity that supports French language business development across Western Canada; and support for economic activities related to rural diversification and green projects, youth retention and entrepreneurship, and business export development and advisory support to new Canadians.  The latter project, to date, has created or maintained/expanded 137 businesses.

Maintain the financing of already approved Economic Development Initiative (EDI) projects and that of new projects in the OLMC.

Sixteen projects were approved in 2011-12. These projects resulted in increased capacity for the communities and support to SMEs.

EDI Funds committed through ACOA: $1,373,888
Other funding sources: $1,573,479
Funds leveraged: For every dollar invested by ACOA via EDI, other funding sources invested $1.15

The governance structure of the National Committees for Economic Development and Employability will be reinforced to strengthen the commitment of communities and federal partners.

Two action-research projects will be developed and implemented in communities, one on economic integration of immigrants in OLMCs and another on the development of entrepreneurial skills among OLMC youth. Two interdepartmental/community driven working groups will guide the development and implementation of these projects.

The program will implement an improved set of reporting tools with recipient organizations to focus on the achievement of tangible outcomes for communities. Work on the development of a Community Maturity Model will continue.

The program will develop contribution agreements with 14 OLMC organizations responsible for enhancing community economic and human resource development. These agreements will take effect on April 1, 2011.

In June 2011, a meeting of the National Human Resources Development Committee for the English Linguistic Minority resulted in the creation of a federal-community working group on strategic planning whose mandate is to develop a Strategic plan to orient the National Committees future actions.

RDÉE Canada has consolidated its network and built relationships with other key organizations and stakeholders representing the interests of OLMCs and/or active on community economic and human resource development.

RDÉE Canada put in place new mechanisms to ensure ongoing network engagement and representation including a new governance structure with representative from each province/territory RDÉE organization as part of its Board of Directors.

In March 2012, a first joint meeting of the two National Committees (English and Francophone Linguistic Minority) was held. The Strategic Plan was presented and discussions were held on the expansion of the federal-community working group created in June 2011 to explore governance mechanism and operations.  Information on best practices, studies and other relevant information were shared and partners at all levels were mobilized.

HRSDC has developed a project model, including a resource kit, for engaging employers in recruiting and integrating immigrants who speak the minority language. Enabling Fund beneficiary organizations can better support employers in this regard.

A draft youth entrepreneur mentorship model has been developed in collaboration with members of RDÉE and CEDEC.

A Community Economic Development Capacity Self-Assessment Tool to measure the capacity of OLMCs to plan, implement and sustain community economic and human resource development was developed. A few OLMCs have started to implement it and preliminary feedback suggests that the tool is an effective means to engage communities and support their community economic and human resource development efforts.  OLMCs are better informed of emerging challenges facing the community and better able to identify opportunities for development.

In August 2011, a workshop was held to identify priorities for research in the area of community economic and human resource development of OLMCs.  63 participants from the federal government and the academic community participated. This provided an opportunity to take stock of current OL research, to discuss a common approach to pooling data, and to create synergies among all participants.

Fourteen agreements were signed with OLMC organizations, including one with RDÉE Canada, a national umbrella organization for francophone minority communities; twelve Francophone provincial and territorial organizations (RDÉEs) outside Québec; and one for the Anglophone minority in Québec (CEDEC).  

These agreements enabled community-based partnerships through a network of organizations that employ a total of 135 employees working in 50 different locations across Canada which in turn results in CED and HRD activities capitalizing on local development opportunities such as creation of supply chains, new tourism markets and products, attracting skills, labour mobility and support OLMCs as they seek to strengthen their labour markets and labour forces.

In 2010-11, recipient organizations leveraged $21.5M in additional funding for projects from a variety of public, private and not-for-profit partners, and 1,298 partnerships were developed which generated investment and supported nearly 300 activities in OLMC economic and human resource development.

Increase in the number of students registered in a translation program in Canada.

The number of students registered in a Translation Program in 2011-12 had an increase of more than 25% compared to the student registration prior the Canadian Language Sector Enhancement Program.

In addition, the Internships project of the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française, through the Program, offered 125 internships for the year of 2011-12, which adds on to the 69 internships offered last year.

Increase in the participation rate of private and non-profit enterprise in the activities organized by project sponsors for the Canadian Language Sector.

Result 1: Collaboration with key partners in the implementation of a R&D strategy responsive to industry needs.

Number of collaborative agreements and memoranda of understanding: 4

Number of innovative translation aid tools and content management tools for multilingual and multicultural content developed or in the process of development: 2 + 2 = 4

Number of Institute for Information Technology (IIT) / Language Technologies Research Centre (LTRC) / Association de l'industrie de la langue (AILIA) seminars and presentations at the national level: 3 + 10 = 13

Result 2: Research competency in the target domains recognized globally.

Number of citations by peers from the scientific community: 60

Number of awards of excellence, internal and external awards received: 1

Number of invitation of Canadian and foreign researchers: 1

Number of students at post-doctoral, doctoral and master and bachelor's degree received / formed: 1

Number of tasks on the editorial scientific boards of journals, number of leadership roles in program committees of international conferences, number of reviews of articles for journals and scientific conferences:

• 2 scientific journal articles written.
• 1 management of a program committee or subcommittee of international conferences.
• 20 reviews of papers submitted to journals and scientific conferences.

Number of scientific articles, patents, and licensing of research:

• 10 scientific papers.
• 1 Patent Application.
• 2 Research licenses.

Result 3: Transfer of knowledge and technology.

Number and value of R&D collaborative agreements:

• Number of agreements: 3
• Cumulative value: $600,000

Number and value of commercial and technology evaluation licenses:

• Number: 2
• Cumulative revenues: $30,000

Result 1: Collaboration with key partners in the implementation of a R&D strategy responsive to industry needs.

Number of collaborative agreements and memoranda of understanding: 1 (new collaborative agreement)

Number of innovative translation aid tools and content management tools for multilingual and multicultural content developed or in the process of development: 7

Number of Institute for Information Technology (IIT) / Language Technologies Research Centre (LTRC) / Association de l'industrie de la langue (AILIA) seminars and presentations at the national level: 10 (1 IIT-LTRC seminar, 9 national level presentations)

Result 2: Research competency in the target domains recognized globally.

Number of citations by peers from the scientific community: 259

Number of awards of excellence, internal and external awards received: 0

Number of invitation of Canadian and foreign researchers: 1

Number of students at post-doctoral, doctoral and master and bachelor's degree received / formed:
1 (bachelor level student)

Number of tasks on the editorial scientific boards of journals, number of leadership roles in program committees of international conferences, number of reviews of articles for journals and scientific conferences:

• 6 scientific journal articles written.
• 6 management of a program committee or subcommittee of international conferences.
• 43 reviews of papers submitted to journals and scientific conferences.

Number of scientific articles, patents, and licensing of research:

• 6 scientific papers.
• 1 Patent Application.
• 0 Research licenses.

Result 3: Transfer of knowledge and technology.

Number and value of R&D collaborative agreements:

• Number of agreements: 2
• Cumulative value: $1,103,500 (includes one new agreement and one active agreement)

Number and value of commercial and technology evaluation licenses:

• Number: 4 licences in place
• Cumulative revenues: $91,188 in 2011-12

Number of participants to exchange activities with partners and enterprises (for example: LTRC, AILIA, trade shows, etc.): 1 (participation at the LTRC AGM)

Number of pilot projects with industrial and institutional partners: 2

Develop new articles for the Portal.

Add writing tools to the Portal.

Conclude agreements with partners to develop the Portal.

In 2011-12, 33 articles were added to the Portal in each official language.

Also, 551 other contents (Quizzes, Tip of the Week, Gateway to English, Headlines) were added to the Portal.

To continue the Portal development, 3 agreements were signed with partners in 2011-12.

The Translation Bureau also updated its list of links to online language resources provided by its partners, in both official languages, where more than 150 links were added and 64 were withdrawn.

Learners have a better understanding of the benefits of linguistic duality.

Students and universities are satisfied with the tools.

Tools help students maintain or improve their proficiency level in their second language.

New approach facilitating access to Canada School of Public Service’s language learning tools.

An event for the students was organised with the Commissioner of Official Languages in November 2011.

Students are satisfied with the tools and they help students maintain or improve their proficiency level.

Three satisfaction questionnaires were sent to learners to assess their satisfaction (May 2011, September 2011 and January 2012).

Participating students have been tested by the Public Service Commission from September 2011 to February 2012.

Access was provided to 16 of the School’s language learning tools.

Weekly bulletins were sent to learners to provide guidance in the use of the School’s tools.

Maintain the investment levels in Provinces and Territories for programs and activities that promote the learning of French and English as a second official language.

Maintain or increase the proportion of Canadians who learns French and English as a second language.

Implement a Protocol of agreements with the Council of Ministers of Education (Canada) and 13 education agreements with the provinces and territories to support the teaching of English and French as a second language which helps 2.4 million young Canadians, including over 325,000 immersion students.

Ensure the number of scholarship holders take advantage of the Explore program. This program offers a cultural exchange that helps students perfect their comprehension and competencies of their second official language.

The Explore program enabled over 7,900 young Canadians to take part in a summer program to enrich their second official language skills.

Ensure the number of participants in the Odyssée program is maintained. This program allows students to work as language monitors in second language classrooms across the country.

The Odyssey program enabled over 300 young people to work as second language monitors in schools across Canada.

Nothing in 2011-12.  The initiative was for 2009-10 only.

Nothing in 2011-12.  The initiative was for 2009-10 only.

Funding is allocated to book publishers for eligible translations.

Official language translations of books by Canadian authors are undertaken with support from the National Translation Program for Book Publishing.

Funding was allocated to Canadian publishers for eligible translations.

Funding agreements are in place with partners who organize showcases and finance the artists.

Music showcases are organized and presented.

Artists from OLMCs perform at these showcases.

Funding agreements signed with FACTOR and Musicaction, the third-party administrators responsible for delivering the funds to organize music showcases for artists coming from Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC).

More than 200 artists of OLMCs performed in over 400 music showcases presented at regional, national and international events, in addition to several touring opportunities.

Continue training and awareness activities in order to increase awareness of language rights.

Continue providing high quality and useful legal advice to partners.

Continue monitoring official language issues that could affect the federal government.

During the 2011-12 fiscal year the Official Languages Law Section (OLLS) provided several training sessions.  In addition the OLLS maintains and regularly updates an intranet site, directed to counsel within the Department of Justice, which contains numerous training and information tools on language rights.

During the 2011-12 fiscal year the OLLS provided legal advice on issues related to language rights and convened its Practice Group.  The OLLS prepared several issues of its summary of language litigation, which inform counsel in the Department of Justice of issues at stake in litigation files in which the Attorney General is party to or intervener in, as well as other litigation files which the OLLS is following.  

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Support to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and senior management
The Official Languages Secretariat (OLS) provided advice and strategic direction for policy development and decision making.

The OLS also coordinated, for federal government, the Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie, which took place in June 2011 in Dieppe-Moncton, New Brunswick, and contributed to the advancement of priority files, particularly in the areas of economic development and Francophone immigration.

Facilitation of Roadmap implementation
The OLS helped coordinate the federal government’s official languages activities through eight interdepartmental meetings. The annual planning and reporting requirements have been met.

The OLS did an initial data collection for the Official Languages Performance and Information Management System (OLPIMS) in summer 2011 and carried out the analysis. In 2011–12, the OLS worked on the development of the Roadmap Mid-Term Report, which was released in April 2012.

100% of the work has been completed to date. The new policy suite on official languages is written and should be submitted to Treasury Board during the spring 2012.

12 policy instruments from other policy centres were commented.

An analytical grid was prepared to help analysts to determine the impact of ministerial initiatives.

12 horizontal interpretation requests were processed.

60 interpretation requests from one institution were processed.

59 annual reviews were requested from the institutions and 55 were received (93%).

The status of official languages was assessed in 15 institutions under the MAF.

The Annual Report on Official Languages 2010-11 was submitted in June 2011. It was decided not to proceed with the integration.

Approximately 60% of the preparatory work is done. The overall planning is done. Several presentations were conducted. A program module for the management of the review exercise is being developed.

The Departmental Advisory Committee on Official Languages has held 1 meeting and 1 retreat. Average participation rate: 75%.

The Crown Corporations Advisory Committee on Official Languages has held 2 meetings and 1 retreat. Average participation rate: 45%.

A Network of champions conference was organized. The theme was Official Languages Program Governance. The Network also held 6 meetings.

The Good Practices Fair was held.

73 information sessions and workshops were offered to federal institutions.

2 information sessions were offered to TBS analysts.

45 horizontal requests for advice and information were processed.

289 requests for advice and information from one institution were processed.

19 requests for information from the public were processed.

121 pieces of correspondence were written.

17 Access to Information requests were processed.