Annual Report 2013-2014

Rooting for Francophones

The Office of the French Language Services Commissioner welcomes you to the interactive version of its 2013-2014 Annual Report.

In addition to the full contents of the print version of the Annual Report, this interactive version provides access to videos, photos, appendixes, supplementary information and hypertext links to a plethora of useful resources. For the first time, you can also comment on and share the various sections of the report on social media.

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Table of Contents

• Letter to the Speaker
• Summary and Recommendations
• Foreword
• An Independent Commissioner
  • An exciting time
  • A key moment
  • Recommendation 1
• Reaching out to Ministers
  • Action plan for disadvantaged population
  • Directive on the active offer of French-language services
  • Directive on a human resource plan for French-language services
  • Leadership begins at the top
  • Recommendation 2
• Three Interested Parties
  • Vision
  • Mission
  • Citizens
  • Ontario Government
  • Members of the Provincial Parliament
• A Few Updates
  • Postsecondary Education
  • Justice
    • Regulations
    • Results of the legal experts committee’s work
    • Bilingualism of judges
  • National and International interventions
    • National relations
    • International Association of Language Commissioners
• Strategic Priorities
  • Global priorities
    • Future priorities of the Commissioner’s Office
  • Health
    • A work in progress
    • Helping the most vulnerable when they need help the most : HIV/Aids
    • Taking the pulse of a community through healthcare
  • Immigration
    • The 5% target
    • Actions undertaken
    • The importance of accountability mechanisms and an experts group
    • Recommendation 3
  • Children and Youth
    • Children
    • Youth
  • Senior Citizens
  • Justice
    • Holistic access to justice in French
    • Family law
    • Administrative tribunals
    • Recommendation 4
  • Francophiles
  • Third Parties
    • A serious threat
• Some Good Moves
  • Best practices
    • Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Francophone Minority Community Committee
    • Consultation with Francophone social enterprises
    • Ontario Open Government Initiative – Open Data Catalogue
    • Towards Excellence – Improving quality and results
    • LHIN-Entity-Ministry Forum
    • Coalition for Healthy Francophone Communities in Scarborough
    • Adult Day Program for Francophone in Durham Region: 2014-2015 Community Sector Investments
    • Democracy at your fingertips: TonDroit.ca
    • OPP Hawkesbury Detachment
    • LegalAid Ontario – Study on Francophone Women’s Needs
  • Noteworthy initiatives
    • Newcomer Settlement Program
    • Connexions Théâtres
    • Memorandum of Understanding: Translation Criteria for the Purpose of Publication in the Environmental Assessment Process
    • French Language Advisory Panel
    • Community initiatives supports through the Action Research
    • Centre Passerelle
  • Honourable mentions
    • Commitment to Core French, Extended French and French Immersion Students in Ontario
    • Ontario Job Creation Partnership for the London Francophone Consultation Group
    • Seatbelt campaign, Road Safety Challenge and and Road Safety Community Partnership Program
    • French-Language Training for Communications Directors and Assistant Directors
    • Le français au travail: a professional development day for bilingual agency and OPS staff
    • Collaborative Care Project Enabling Francophone Seniors to live at home longer and Senior Strategy community engagement
    • French Language Services Toolkit
    • Improve Access to Mental health
    • Identified Health Service Providers Group
    • Strategic Plan cycle 2 – Evolution of FLS in the Justice Sector
    • OLG supports nine dedicated Francophone events across the province
• Statistics
• Conclusion