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Positive exposure and heightened recognition of the Government of Canada as a key partner in the 2010 Winter Games.

The 2010 Federal Secretariat was wound up, with responsibility for 2010 Winter Olympic files transferred to the Sport Canada Branch of Canadian Heritage.

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

Health Canada

Workplace Health

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

Health Canada

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

No expected results were planned for 2010-11.

Environment Canada

Canadians have greater awareness and understanding of sustainability initiatives associated with the 2010 Games.

With regards to sustainability awareness, projects such as the Biodiversity Profiles and the Vancouver Biokit –which provided legacy information on the Vancouver area – and additional funding for the video adaptations to the "Vancouver 2010 Sustainability Journey" were from the 2010-11 budget.

Canada's natural capital is restored, conserved and enhanced.

Canadians adopt approaches that ensure the sustainable use and management of natural capital and working landscapes.

Environmental effects of regulatory decisions are considered in a timely manner before regulatory decisions are made under the Fisheries Act.

Activities in relation to the stated expected result have ceased.

Contraventions Act Fund

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Signed agreement with Newfoundland-Labrador (NL) with a view to offering extra-judicial services and to undertake judicial activities in both official languages.

Four jurisdictions (British-Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia) and one municipality (Mississauga) have entered into an agreement containing language provisions with the Department and, as a result, are fully prepared, under the Official Languages Act to offer judicial and extra judicial services.

The Department has been actively pursuing negotiations with NL in 2010-11 with a view to signing an agreement.

The Department commenced correspondence with Sask. regarding implementation of the Act that would include language provisions.

Ongoing negotiations with PEI to sign a new agreement which will include provisions to increase PEI's capacity to offer judicial and extrajudicial services in both official languages made great strides and an agreement is expected to be signed in 2011-12. The current agreement with the Province signed in 1997 does not contain language rights provisions.

Initiative of support to access to justice in both languages (new component: justice training)

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

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

The Department has been actively working with its partners to ensure sound implementation of the Support Fund including the training component. In 2010-11, the Department funded 50 projects that responded to the needs of official-language minority communities across Canada, namely:

• Fifteen projects aimed at increasing awareness or providing public legal information.
• Eight projects to support the ongoing activities of French-speaking jurists associations and their Federation.
• Twelve projects that provide advance training focusing on legal terminology for bilingual justice professionals.
• One project that contributes to the development of a curriculum for bilingual students interested in pursuing a career in the field of justice.
• Eight projects that are aimed at elaborating a recruitment strategy and the promotion of justice-related careers.
• Six projects that are focused on developing linguistic training tools.

Canadian Health System
Official-language minority community development

Training, Networks and Access to Health Services

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Increased number of health professionals to meet health service needs of OLMCs in both official languages.

2) Increased coordination and integration of health services for OLMCs within institutions and communities.

3) Increased partnerships, interaction of networks in provincial, territorial health systems.

4) Increased awareness among stakeholders that networks are a focal point for addressing health concerns of OLMCs.

5) Increased dissemination and uptake of knowledge best practices to address health concerns of OLMCs.

In 2010-11, Health Canada entered into new funding agreements with two community-based stakeholders (primary funding recipients) under two components of the Official Languages Health Contribution Program. Anticipated outcomes are as follows:

• Société Santé en français: Three to four new funding agreements under the Official Languages Health Projects component will be initiated in 2010-11 to fund projects aiming to improve the health of French-speaking language minority communities, for a value of $5.5 M.
• Consortium national de formation en santé: A new funding agreement for the Cultural and French-language training subcomponent of the Support for Training and Retention of Health Professionals component will be initiated in 2010-11 for a value of $1M.

In addition, 19 multi-year funding agreements with community-based stakeholders were initiated in 2009-10 and will all conclude in March 2013, comprising a total investment of $30.2 M in 2010-11. These funds are for:

• Health Networking: $5.0 M;
• Training and Retention of Health Professionals: $22.2 M;
• Official Languages Health Projects for English-speaking minority communities: $3.0 M.

In 2010-11, Health Canada will undertake consultations with official-language minority communities to assess Health Canada's progress in implementing the Official Languages Health Contribution Program and to ascertain community perspectives regarding program renewal in April 2013. Anticipated outcomes are as follows:

• Official-language minority communities are satisfied with Health Canada's progress in administering the Official Languages Health Contribution Program.
• Community perspectives are summarized.

1147 new student registrations were accepted in 2010-11 into training programs funded under the coordination of the Consortium national de formation en santé. There were 518 graduates from these same programs for the academic year ending in May/June 2010. A follow-up survey of training graduates from 2008-09 - which was released in 2010-11 - revealed that 86% of graduates surveyed were employed in health professions serving official-language minority communities.

McGill University coordinated language training activities in 2010-11 for some 1325 health professionals in Quebec to improve their ability to serve English-speaking minority communities.

Approximately 70 projects are being launched during 2010-13 in French-speaking minority communities outside Quebec. Examples of projects launched in 2010-11:

• A three-year project (2010-13) to facilitate the delivery of health care services in French in retirement homes and to provide support to family caregivers in three French-speaking communities of three regions of Newfoundland and Labrador: Avalon, Port-au-Port and Labrador City.
• Another three-year project (2010-13) to create and distribute public health education and awareness tools for French-speaking and Acadian preschool children in Nova Scotia.

A total of 38 projects have been launched in English-speaking minority communities in Quebec over 2010-2013. Examples of projects launched in 2010-11:

• A project designed to co-ordinate recruiting efforts of regional stakeholders in order to fill the need for bilingual workers in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region.
• English translation of health information documents in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

Further information regarding these projects is available from the Websites of Program recipients:

• Société Santé en français
• Community Health and Social Services Network
• Consortium national de formation en santé
• McGill University

Minority-Language Education

Component: Support to Minority-Language Education.

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Improved access of OLMCs to a quality education in their own language and their environment.

Minority-Language Education

Component: Official-language Monitors

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Improved access of OLMCs to a quality education in their own language and their environment.

Odyssey enabled 274 young Anglophones and Francophones across Canada to work as language monitors in minority language schools.

Minority-Language Education

Component: Summer Language Bursaries

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Improved access of OLMCs to a first-rate education in their own language and their milieu.

Community vitality

Component: Youth Initiatives.

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Increased capacity of OLMCs to live in their own language, in their environment and increased access to a range of programs and services delivered in their language (especially for youth).

Community vitality

Component: Support to Official-language Minority Communities

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Improved capacity of OLMCs to live in their own language in their milieu and improved access to a range of programs and services offered in their language.

Community vitality

Component: Intergovernmental Cooperation.

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Increased access of OLMCs to provincial, territorial and municipal services in the minority language.

Community vitality

Component: Cultural Development Funds

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Increased access to provincial, territorial and municipal services in the minority language (especially in culture).

2) Increased capacity of OLMCs to live in their own language in their milieu and increased access to a range of programs and services delivered in their language (especially in culture).

In 2010-11, the Cultural Development Fund supported over 30 projects across Canada in various fields of interest.

A meeting with the community was held in October 2010 to evaluate the program's mid-term results and to explore future actions.

Strengthening NGOs' means for Early Childhood Development

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

The capacity of NGOs in early childhood in minority environment will be increased.

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

The National Framework for Collaboration is a roadmap to guide the initiatives of national, provincial, territorial and community partners. To ensure implementation of the National Framework, the partners under the Table nationale en développement de la petite enfance have agreed to harmonize their activities.

The National Framework will enable groups interested in early childhood development, stakeholders, parents and, ultimately, children to benefit from a continuum of integrated services.

Intersectoral collaboration in Early Childhood Development (ECD) has improved. Note, for example, the partnerships with the health, justice and education sectors.

ECD partners are in a better position to intervene in their communities and are better equipped to develop common initiatives and action plans. 

Educational tools and products to improve programs for children and families have been developed for use in homes and centre-based settings in OLMCs. These include video clips, a guidebook demonstrating various concepts of Early Childhood and Family Centers and resources for professionals in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and French language development. Research related to models for Early Childhood and Family Centres was produced and was useful in the implementation of several centres put in place in different provinces.

A data collection strategy has been developed to measure the number of French speaking children from 0-6 years, the type of services offered for ECD and the number of interveners in OLMCs. This information helps partners identify the appropriate approach to serving Francophones in OLMCs.

Following consultation with parents in French minority communities, integrated childhood and family initiatives and programs have been implemented. These programs increase the profile of ECD and the importance of introducing and sustaining French use in early childhood.

Family Literacy Initiative

2008-2013 Roadmap:

Community stakeholders can act in the area of family literacy, and tools and support are available and used by those members of OLMCs that need them.

The launch of three research projects on new groups, such as immigrant women, parents of francophone military families and Newfoundland and Labrador's Francophones, to identify specific literacy needs and tools required for these groups.

The development, testing and adaptation of six new family literacy models designed to address the needs of new groups.
The development of two promotional strategies to increase the awareness of literacy partner organizations of new family literacy models for new groups.

Conception and methodology of three research projects targeting immigrant women, parents of francophone military families and Newfoundland and Labrador's Francophones are being finalized.

Research reports were produced for seven projects designed to identify specific tools and needs in family literacy for various target groups including: exogamous families, seasonal workers, grandparents, fathers, new parents in precarious situations in rural and urban areas, and immigrants.

Five family literacy approaches were developed and/or adapted and tested with five different target groups: newcomers, families with school-age children, new parents, fathers and exogamous families.

The network capacity has increased to better meet the literacy and essential skills development needs of Francophone minority communities.

Two strategies designed to promote and raise awareness of partner organizations were developed and implemented.

An environmental scan to identify the country's French language literacy and essential skills issues was produced.

Literacy and essential skills promotional tools were developed and published.

Promotional activities were organized for Family Literacy Day.

Child Care Pilot Project

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

New knowledge on child care services for minority Francophone communities.

A research report will be prepared on the short-term impact of the French-language preschool program on the development and readiness for school of children. The report's results 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 measure the impact of the French-language preschool program on the development of the children, one year after the end of the program.

A portion of the 2010-11 money could be spent on other projects to better understand issues relating to early childhood development, literacy and/or immigration

A research report has been completed describing the short-term impact of the French-language preschool program on the development and readiness for school of children.

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

Production and release of provincial and territorial portraits of official language minorities in Canada by Statistics Canada.

Integration

Recruitment and integration of immigrants

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

French-speaking immigrants obtain reinforced services of establishment in OLMCs.

For 2010-11, CIC will maintain its existing activities in order to foster immigration to Francophone minority communities (FMCs). It will also continue working towards achieving the priorities of the Strategic Plan to Foster Immigration to Francophone Minority Communities.

More specifically, CIC will work towards to:

• Increasing coordination, cooperation and research activities among main partners
• Intensifying the promotion and recruitment activities of French-speaking people
• Supporting targeted recruitment strategies to facilitate the twinning of potential immigrants and labour market needs
• Strengthening the existing networks, forming new networks and strengthening settlement services in FMCs

CIC continued its consultations with Francophone Minority Communities (FMCs) and stakeholders by holding regular meetings the CIC-FMCs Steering Committee, the Implementation Committee and its working groups to ensure continuity in the implementation of the Strategic Plan.

The CIC-FMCs Steering Committee held its annual meeting on May 10, 2010 and the following three priorities were established for 2010-11:

• Strengthening of immigration networks in the Provinces and Territories;
• Economic integration of French-speaking immigrants into FMCs; and
• Promotion and recruitment.

To facilitate the implementation of the three priorities, the CIC-FMCs Implementation Committee continued to rely on better communication and information-sharing by the various partners, an improved performance measurement and data collection strategy, and research.

A meeting of the Implementation Committee was held on October 4, 2010. Two meetings of the working group on international and economic integration issue were held on December 16, 2010 and on February 16, 2011. The discussions focused primarily on issues in relation to the economic integration of newcomers and their needs. International priorities were also discussed related to the recruitment activities abroad, university recruitment and retention of international students in Canada.

A Working Group on Francophone Immigration, made up of employees from headquarters and regional offices, met monthly to improve communication and address current various priorities, such as ways to improve the data collection mechanisms for the ongoing performance measurement and evaluation of the Recruitment and Integration of Immigrants initiative, and challenges and successes related to the needs of FMCs, as well as funding to Francophone service provider organizations (SPO).

Regional and provincial committees and subcommittees consisting of other federal departments, provinces and Francophone organizations implemented action plans reflecting the goals and objectives of the CIC-FMCs Strategic Plan, as well as identified regional priorities.

CIC commissioned Statistics Canada to prepare a Statistical Portrait of the French speaking Immigrant Population outside Quebec (1991 to 2006). This report, published in March 2010, presents information on the demographic, linguistic, social and economic characteristics of Francophone immigration in FMCs.

CIC is taking part in the research project Economic integration of immigrants in OLMCs being conducted by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

CIC is still involved in the CIC-QCGN research project entitled Anglophone communities and the benefit of attracting and retaining immigrant populations in the four regional communities of Quebec - in complement to the research being conducted in the three regions of Quebec on the dimensions of the benefit of attracting and retaining immigrants.

In 2010-11, research reports were drafted on areas where measures are needed to promote the presence of Francophone minorities outside Quebec and the presence of Anglophones in Quebec through immigration and various CIC programs. Roughly ten research activities on official languages were completed at the Department.

The 7^th Destination Canada job fair was held in Paris and Brussels in November 2010. Nine provinces and two territories took part in the event. Officers from seven other visa offices (Bucharest, Dakar, Damascus, Rabat, Tunis, Nairobi and Mexico City) shared information on the potential recruitment of French-speaking immigrants from their respective regions with Canadian employers and provincial and territorial representatives. A total of 2,600 participants were selected to attend the event. 364 job profiles covering more than 1,500 openings were posted on the event Website by 68 employers or their authorized representatives.

Also, mini Destination Canada events were held in other Canadian missions in November 2010 in Tunisia and Romania, and four education, employment and international mobility fairs were held in Paris, Brussels and Geneva.

CIC encouraged and supported P&Ts in their participation at Destination Canada. Three liaison trips were organized in eight P&Ts in June and September 2010 and in March 2011.

Two Press trips were also organized in September and October 2011 and one in March 2011.

In 2010-11, CIC collaborated with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to support post-secondary recruitment of French-speaking foreign students.

CIC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Province of Alberta to fund and support overseas French-speaking student recruitment from Morocco, Senegal, Lebanon, Tunisia, China, France and Cameroon.

The Ontario Region participated in the Salon des études et des carrières in Paris, in January 2011, in order to attract Francophone students to Francophone universities and colleges in Ontario.

In Ontario, CIC provided funding to College Boreal for a project focusing on the attraction and retention of French-speaking foreign students in Northern Ontario. The college has organised job fairs to augment the employment opportunities for foreign students and a number of socio-cultural activities fostering their integration into Canadian CIC signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Atlantic Provinces, provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and the Northwest Territories to support Destination Canada activities. In addition, a MOU was signed with the Province of Saskatchewan to support recruitment activities in Mauritius. L'Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF) also received funding for its participation in Destination Canada.

CIC signs a contribution agreement each year with the Governments of B.C. and Yukon for Francophone immigration recruitment projects. The majority of the funding is used by the Governments of B.C. and Yukon to send representatives of the FMCs to represent their respective jurisdictions and regional employers at Destination Canada.

CIC continued to implement projects to raise awareness among employers and foster the economic integration of French-speaking immigrants.

For instance, CIC organized job fairs for immigrants, and participated with HRSDC in a research project on the economic integration of immigrants in OLMCs.

In the Ontario Region, the RDÉE Ontario was funded for the project La Bonne Affaire, focusing on economic integration of French-speaking immigrants in small and medium-size businesses and through entrepreneurship. Employers have a better awareness of the economic potential of French-speaking immigrants and can offer them employment.

The funds received by the College Boreal in Ontario allowed organizing job fairs to augment the employment opportunities for foreign students and a number of socio-cultural activities fostering their integration into Canadian society.

As a result of consultations between CIC and the Consortium National de Formation en Santé (CNFS) in better preparing French-speaking immigrants working in the health sector for their economic integration to FMCs, discussions are under way for the funding of a study to be conducted by the CNFS in partnership with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges to identify the needs of skilled French-speaking immigrants and the possibility of offering pre-arrival orientation services for this clientele.

Building on the programs already in place to meet the needs of immigrants, CIC concluded nearly 80 contribution agreements with either community organizations or provinces this past year in support of the integration of Francophone immigrants outside Quebec.

Existing and new Réseaux de soutien en immigration francophone (13 in total) received funds through a national call for proposal process to make it possible to pursue a more integrated approach to services (cooperation activities) in order to meet the need of French-speaking immigrants. The Réseaux also increased leadership capacity, as well as coordination and cooperation between the communities, the federal and provincial governments in the area of Francophone immigration.

CIC continued to fund SPOs to deliver new and enhanced settlement and integration services outside Quebec, such as language training, newcomer information, and community transition and employment assistance services to Francophone clients across Canada. SPOs will be reporting on their obligations under the official languages clauses in their agreements.

A total of 121 service points in French are offered by Francophone SPOs in 24 cities across Canada outside Quebec.

CIC funded organizations to deliver settlement services in French in schools and with a point of service in French in various schools, provided a conceptual and practical framework of training and continuing education for teachers of French as a second language, and organized bilingual job fairs for immigrants.

CIC funded a one-stop shop service for French-speaking immigrants in Moncton, Regina, Saskatoon and Winnipeg, in partnership with the Provinces, and recently in Sudbury, where a coordinated delivery of settlement and employment services is provided to French-speaking immigrants.

French LINC on-line courses have also been created for levels 3-7. The delivery of levels 3-4 was piloted in Northern and South-Western Ontario.

Web traffic to the "Francophone immigration outside Quebec" page was monitored in 2010-11 to assess awareness of the new tool that was implemented on this page in 2009-10 to direct newcomers to free settlement services (http://servicesfornewcomers.cic.gc.ca/index.php). The French version of the page received 51,712 visits and the English version received 24,074 visits. A benchmark for Web traffic to the Francophone immigration page was established in 2010-11.

The Francophone immigration outside Quebec page has been revised to ensure that all information and links posted on this page are current. The general mailbox which has been set up to allow visitors to provide feedback on the page content (Immigration.francophone@cic.gc.ca) continues to be monitored for incoming feedback, and page content is revised accordingly.

CIC also continued to address issues important to English-speaking communities in Quebec: the Department continued working with those communities, and supporting them through research projects (i.e., research conducted in the three regions of Quebec regarding the benefit of attracting and retaining immigrants that will help in identifying the issues and the needs of the English-speaking communities).

Official Languages

CTRC Study

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) CRTC report is issued on the availability and quality of broadcasting services to English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada.

2) The findings of the report will inform policy and decision-making on the availability and quality of broadcasting services in English and French linguistic communities in Canada.

Support to francophone immigration in New-Brunswick

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Enhanced capacity to support francophone immigration in New Brunswick.

Twenty-six projects have been funded for a total investment of $1.24M in New Brunswick communities. Funding was mainly invested in four welcome centres for newcomers in northern New Brunswick's francophone regions (Chaleur, Madawaska-Victoria, Restigouche, Acadian Peninsula) and support was also provided to other organizations in the province's large urban centres (Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John) dealing with francophone immigrants. 

The welcome centers provided services to nearly 615 newcomers, and in doing so, enabled close to 670 volunteers to help out with the planning of community activities that have facilitated the settlement process for newcomers in French.

Through these welcome centres, 137 newcomers were able to receive employment assistance services, which helped 89 of them to find a job. 120 of the 137 newcomers were given access to language courses adapted to their needs.

Industry Canada--FedNor

Community, Economic and Regional Development (of Ontario)

Economic Development Initiative

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Development of new expertise through innovation, diversification of activities as well as partnerships and increased support of small businesses.

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)

Economic Development Initiative

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Development of new expertise through innovation, diversification of activities as well as partnerships and increased support of small businesses.

Funding is expected to be allocated via a proposal-driven process in 2010-11.

Economic Development Initiative

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Community Development

Economic Development Initiative

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Development of new expertise through innovation, diversification of activities as well as partnerships and increased support of small businesses.

• Innovation
  2 projects - $ 180k (5%)
• Support to Small and Medium Enterprises
  10 projects - $ 540k (15%)
• Partnerships
  6 projects - $ 900k (25%)
• Diversification 12 projects - $ 1.98 million (55%)

11 EDI projects underway in 2010-11

Result: Increased capacities of SME's and communities: 2 projects which support partnership activities to promote integration of OLMC's and participation in local development.

Result: Develop SME's: 7 projects which support the development/maintenance of OLMC SME's or capacity development.

Research and Analysis
Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment
Business Development and Entrepreneurship Innovation

Economic Development Initiative

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Development of new expertise through innovation, diversification of activities as well as partnerships and increased support of small businesses.

Enhanced capacity of OLMCs as reflected by:

• the number of partnerships created or maintained, and ;
• project funding leveraged.

Development of francophone enterprises as reflected by:

• the number of enterprises created, maintained or expanded, and;
• project funding leveraged.

Development of francophone communities as reflected by:

• the number of projects, initiatives, or studies that contribute to the diversification or expansion of the economic base of the OLMCs, and;
• project funding leveraged.

Manitoba (CDEM) initiative to support youth, rural diversification, and business development in the province:

• Youth: 31 youth related businesses created/ maintained/expanded.
• Planning: 2 CED planning project completed.
• New-immigrant: 19 businesses created/ maintained/expanded with 52 jobs created.
• $8.5 M business investment in rural economy and $9.6 M in urban economy.

Alberta (University of Alberta) initiative to purchase and implement a distance delivery technology to reach a widely dispersed western Canadian Francophone population, creating or maintaining 37 jobs and increasing capacity in the organization. Leveraged an additional $1.5M for other sources.

Economic Development Initiative

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Development of new expertise through innovation, diversification of activities as well as partnerships and increased support of small businesses.

Enabling Fund for Official-Language Minority Communities

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Contribute to synergies among Government of Canada programming relevant to OLMCs; Contribution recipients are informed and contribute to knowledge building and program/policy issues; Knowledge shared among federal partners, contribution recipients and OLMCs.

2) Program results are available to inform management and program policy issues.

3) OLMCs' access to Government of Canada programs and services.

4) Collaborative arrangements.

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

An interdepartmental research initiative on community economic and human resource development will be implemented to increase knowledge and share best practices.

The program will implement new reporting requirements with recipient organizations to focus on the achievement of tangible outcomes for communities.

The program will implement contribution agreements with 14 official-language minority organizations responsible to enhance community economic and human resource development. The contribution agreements will start on April 1, 2010.

Two meetings of the National Human Resources Development Committee for the English Linguistic Minority of Quebec were held. Federal representatives to these committees also had additional Interdepartmental Government Table Meetings, which allowed for information exchange on issues of common interest.

Federal partners of Anglophone and Francophone Government Tables were consulted on the governance structure of the National Committees. Discussions were also undertaken with community representatives.

The Interdepartmental Research Committee on Economic Development of OLMCs (IRCEDO) was created. IRCCED held three meetings and supported the production and publication of three reports :

• 1. Successful Programs for Developing Entrepreneurship Skills among Youth
• 2. Best Approaches for Economically Integrating Immigrants
• 3.Report on Promoting OLMC participation in the knowledge-based economy

A new reporting template was implemented allowing the Enabling Fund to better track and assess the results achieved by OLMC organizations.

Fourteen agreements were signed with OLMC organizations, including one agreement for each Province and Territory and one with a francophone national umbrella organization for francophone minority communities.

Linguistic Management and Services

University Scholarships Program in Translation

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Scholarships help encourage students to pursue post-secondary studies in translation, interpretation and terminology.

The CLSEP awarded 622 scholarships in translation between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

Linguistic Management and Services

Language Industry Initiative

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Funded projects help enhance the capacity, diversity and effectiveness of the language sector.

Offer compensated internships to students.

Grant contributions to businesses to supervise trainees.

68 internships were offered between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

Furthermore, the program has contributed to innovation, promotion, and language technologies project initiatives.

Languages Technologies Research Centre

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) Collaboration with key partners in the implementation of an R&D strategy responsive to industry needs.

2) Innovative tool prototypes for the support of translation, and the creation and management of multilingual and multicultural content.

Result 1 - Implementation of a functional R & D strategy to meet the needs of the industry:

• 3 collaborative agreements and (or) protocols for agreements
•  2 innovative tools to aid in translation and (or) management of multilingual and multicultural content developed or in the process of development
• 2 ILT seminars / LTRC / AILIA and 8 presentations at the national level.

Result 2 - 60 citations by peers in the scientific community

• 1 award of excellence, internal and (or) external awards received by staff of the ITL Group
• 1 invitation for Canadian and foreign researchers
• 2 students at post-doctoral, doctoral and (or) master's degree received / formed by the ITL Group

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

• 2 writing scientific journals
• 1 task management of the committee or sub committee of international program conferences
• 20 tasks for editing journals and scientific conferences
• Number of scientific articles, patents, and licensing of research
• 10 scientific papers
• 1 Patent Applications
• 2 Licensing of Research

Result 3 - Number and quality of knowledge transfer and technology

• 3 collaborative arrangements of R-D: 3 collaborative projects for a total value of $ 600,000
• 1 business license for a total value of $ 30,000
• 2 participations in exchange activities with partners and businesses (e.g. LTRC, AILIA, trade shows, etc.):
• 3 pilot projects with institutional and industrial partners

2 collaborative agreements and memoranda of understanding concluded.

2 technologies transferred to industry (PORTAGE, WeBiText). Ongoing evaluations of 5 prototypes (CATÉGO-NLP, PORTAGE-NLP, TerminoContextuelle, PORTAGE-Parliament, CATÉGO--NVTC)

3 ILT/LTRC seminars and 10 presentations at the national level.

283 citations

1 Best Paper Award at the 2010 Traitement automatique des langues naturelles conference (TLAN-2010) and 1 internal award from the Institute for Information Technology of the National Research Council of Canada.

1 foreign researcher hosted for 2 years.

1 doctoral and 1 bachelor level students hosted.

7 articles edited

1 chair: Multilingualism committee of the COLING 2010 conference on Computational Linguistics

35 reviews

19 papers

2 patent applications

2 new research licences

4 collaboration agreements for a total value of $707,685

2 commercial licences, total value of $35,000 + royalties in the future.

Canada Language Portal

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Develop new articles for the Magazine section of the Portal.

Add new writing tools to the Collection section of the Portal.

Conclude agreements with partners to develop the Magazine section of the Portal.

Obtain authorizations given by our partners to establish links to online language resources.

13 articles in each official language

3 tools added (Le Rouleau des prépositions, Les mots du droit and Peck's English Pointers)

6 agreements signed

French : 251 links added, 27 withdrawn

Official Languages Learning
Language retention services
Development of new technologies, methodologies and products

Expanding Universities' Access to Language Learning

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

• Language learning tools meet university learners needs
• Access and support to language learning products is provided to learners in the selected universities

Three satisfaction surveys were sent to learners (April 2010, August 2010 and January 2011) to assess their satisfaction.

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

Second Language Education

Component: Support to Second-Language

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) More Canadians have a practical knowledge of both official languages.

13 education agreements signed with all the Provinces and Territories to support the instruction of English and French as a second language for 2.4 million young Canadians, including over 317,000 students in immersion programs.

Second Language Education

Component: Summer Language Bursaries

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Second Language Education

Component: Official-language Monitors

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component: Youth Initiatives

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) More young Canadians have a practical knowledge of their second language.

National Translation Program for Book Publishing

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Improved access to cultural expressions of both linguistic groups.

Canadian-owned publishers that benefit from the program select and translate Canadian-authored books in both official languages.

Canadian publishers produce more translations of books by Canadian authors in both official languages.

Funding was allocated to Canadian publishers for eligible translations.

Musical Showcase Program for Artists from Official-language Communities

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Improved access to cultural expressions of both linguistic groups.

Music showcases are organized and presented

Artists from OLMCs perform at these Showcases

Artists from OLMCs are exposed to a larger audience

OLMCs have access to more music showcases in their language

Accountability and Coordination Framework

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Support to the ministers with statutory or sectoral responsibilities for Official Languages and to work with them.

Continue training of DOJ employees in order to increase awareness of language rights.

Production of two framework opinions on key provisions of the Official Languages Act to better equip legal counsel within the legal service units.

The Official Languages Law Section gave 30 presentations on language rights during the 2010/11 fiscal year.

We currently have two framework opinions being drafted. We decided to prioritize the update of Charter-related records (sections 16 to 23). Out of eight records, seven were completed in February 2011.

Accountability and Coordination Framework

Results for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

1) The Government of Canada has official languages strategies.

2) The partners are supported in the implementation of their official languages initiatives.

3) The quality of information on results (financial and non-financial) provided by the partners is improved.

4) The results of the research on official languages are communicated to the partners.

5) The Minister of Official Languages is advised on official languages files.

Support to Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and senior officials in elaborating timely documentation and in insisting on quality assurance of given information and strategic advice.

To facilitate the implementation of the Roadmap by organizing regular meetings of interdepartmental committees of various levels, by consulting with the partners, by coordinating the collection of information for ministerial reports, by sharing timely financial and non-financial information and by preparing the organization of a symposium on research on official languages.

Implementation of the Horizontal Results-based Management Accountability Framework (HRMAF).

Support for the Minister of Official Languages and senior management
The Official Languages Secretariat (OLS) offered strategic advice and direction for policy development and decision-making.

The OLS also coordinated the Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in June 2010, for the federal government and helped drive progress in priority issues, particularly economic development and Francophone immigration.

Facilitating the Roadmap's implementation
The OLS helped to coordinate the federal governments' official languages activities through regular interdepartmental meetings.

The OLS supported the Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage in restructuring the horizontal governance model for interdepartmental committees to improve functioning and effectiveness.

In May 2010, the OLS organized a three-day dialogue session in Ottawa to identify the official-languages needs and priorities. The event brought together 165 participants from the community sector and key linguistic-duality organizations, and all of the Roadmap partners.

The OLS organized the Symposium on Official Languages Research, slated for September 1 in Ottawa.

HRMAF implementation
The OLS developed the Official Languages Performance and Information Management System (OLPIMS) to follow-up on the objectives of the federal government's Roadmap partners. The OLS updated the performance measurement strategy.

Centre of excellence

Result for the 2008-2013 Roadmap:

Linguistic duality is reinforced in the federal public service.

Continuous support to the review of policy instruments on human resources management to ensure the instruments on official languages are simplified, modernized and include general principles.

Support to the development and review of policy instruments from other policy centres on all issues pertaining to official languages.

Policy interpretations on horizontal issues.

Monitoring the status of official languages in institutions subject to the Official Languages Act, through risk based annual reviews on official languages.

An assessment of the official languages performance of institutions as part of the Management Accountability Framework (MAF).

An annual report on official languages submitted to Parliament that presents a strategic overview of the Official Languages Program, and is integrated into the Report on the Human Resources Management of the Public Service of Canada.

Almost 60% of the work has been completed to date. The new set of policies on official languages will include 4 instruments^[2]. A draft of these new instruments was prepared. The consultation process is underway.

6 policy instruments from other policy centres were assessed. The guidelines on internal use of social media were distributed.

The interpretation for the implementation of CALDECH and a corresponding analytical grid were sent to the institutions in June 2010.

11 interpretation requests affecting one institution were processed.

73 annual reviews were requested from the institutions and 68 were received (93%).

The status of official languages was assessed under the MAF.

The Annual Report on Official Languages 2008-09 was submitted in October 2010.

The preparatory work is well underway. The overall schedule and detailed list of tasks have been established. The main tools and templates have been developed.

The preparatory work is well underway. The overall schedule and detailed list of tasks have been established. The main tools and templates have been developed.

The Departmental Advisory Committee and the Crown Corporations Advisory Committee on Official Languages have each held 2 meetings and 1 retreat. Average participation rate: 75% for the departments and 46% for the Crown corporations.

A Network of champion's conference was organized. The theme was leadership and working language. The Network also held 6 meetings.

The annual forum on best practices was held under the theme of communities at the heart of official languages.

20 information sessions and workshops were offered to federal institutions.

1 information session was offered to TBS analysts.

2 horizontal requests for advice and information were processed.

76 requests for advice and information affecting a single institution were processed.

10 requests for information from the public were processed.

7 pieces of correspondence were written.

5 Access to Information requests were processed.

A special study on the management of the Official Languages Program in institutions is underway and will be distributed during the next fiscal year.

Improvements were made to the Regulations Management System (RMS) in preparation for the compliance review of the Regulations. More improvements will follow next year.