Tastes of Notre Home "FriendRaiser" Promotes Quebec Products - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Keeping the Door Open for Young English-speaking Adults in Québec : Language Learning in English Schools and Centres - Advisory Board on English Education (2016)
During a committee hearing in April 2015, Premier Philippe Couillard responded to a question from Mr. David Birnbaum (MNA for D’Arcy-McGee) about “what our government has done and plans to do to ensure that young anglophone Quebecers are full and valued participants in building our future,” by saying that he wanted to hear from the English-speaking community. About the same time, then-Minister of Education Bolduc asked the Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE) to advise him on how to encourage English-speaking youth to remain in Québec. In May 2016, Premier Couillard identified the English educational sector as a model for the system as a whole, and the Board proposed some reasons for this success in its most recent brief. It should be noted that students in the English sector achieve this success while receiving instruction in two languages from kindergarten onward. The ability to function in two languages is recognized as a crucial socio-economic skill for young Anglophones, and has an impact on their decision whether or not to stay in Québec. How can the education system contribute to developing this skill? This brief is respectfully presented to the Minister of Education with recommendations that respond to this question.

Ouvrir grande la voie aux jeunes adultes anglophones du Québec : Apprentissage linguistique dans les écoles et les centres de formation anglophones - Advisory Board on English Education (2016)
En avril 2015, pendant les débats de la Commission des relations avec les citoyens, M. David Birnbaum (député de D’Arcy-McGee) a demandé au premier ministre « [TRADUCTION] ce que le gouvernement a fait et prévoit faire pour que les jeunes anglophones du Québec participent à part entière à l’édification de notre avenir et que leur contribution soit appréciée ». Le premier ministre Philippe Couillard a répondu vouloir entendre la voix de la communauté anglophone. À la même époque, M. Bolduc, qui était alors ministre de l’Éducation, a demandé à la Commission de l’éducation en langue anglaise (CELA) de lui suggérer des moyens d’encourager les jeunes anglophones à demeurer au Québec. En mai 2016, le premier ministre a présenté le secteur anglophone de l’éducation comme un modèle pour le système dans son ensemble, et la CELA a suggéré dans son plus récent mémoire quelques raisons pouvant expliquer ce succès. Il est à noter que les élèves du secteur anglophone obtiennent d’excellents résultats alors qu’ils apprennent l’anglais et le français dès la maternelle. Cette capacité de fonctionner dans les deux langues, considérée comme une compétence socioéconomique essentielle pour les jeunes anglophones, influe sur leur décision de rester ou non au Québec. Comment le système d’éducation peut-il contribuer à l’acquisition de ces compétences? Les recommandations formulées dans le présent mémoire, respectueusement présenté au ministre de l’Éducation, répondent à cette question.

Cultural Tourism and Touring Research - Nasrallah, Dimitri (2016)

Cultural Tourism and Touring Research : Funded by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada - Nasrallah, Dimitri; English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) (English-Language Arts Network (ELAN), 2016)
ELAN Quebec’s core objectives over the next four years are to cultivate and expand upon communication, research, and market-access networks that the organization has already initiated in the English-speaking communities of Quebec (ESCQ). ELAN will execute its network-development strategy through the pursuit of numerous concurrent activities that involve existing and future partnerships with different stakeholders. Activities have been devised across two broad phases: Phase 1 focuses on cultivating and strengthening various networks within Quebec. Phase 2 focuses on expanding the various networks cultivated in Phase 1 beyond Quebec’s borders, to find new audiences for ESCQ culture in Ontario, the Maritimes, and the northeastern United States.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

A New Multi-year Official Languages Plan to Support Canada’s English Linguistic Minority Communities - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
This aim of this document is to outline the strategic priorities of the English-speaking Community of Quebec (ESCQ), and its high-level expectations from a new multi-year Official Languages Plan to support Canada’s English linguistic minority communities. Sector and regional leaders have developed their own priorities and expectations, which the strategic priorities contained hereunder support.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Network News - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Number of pages: 14

Tree of Life : Poetry Anthology - The Ett LadyZ (2016)
Number of pages: 12

Annual Activity Report : June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016 - Literacy Quebec (LQ) (2016)
Literacy Quebec continued to provide support to its members by offering training and assistance via web, email and telephone. Members were brought together once in person and once online via web-conference for professional development sessions and networking opportunities.

QCGN Praises Commissioner Fraser for a Decade of Support to Quebec's English-speaking Community - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

72nd Annual General Meeting & Conference - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2016)

Annual General Meeting : Book of Reports - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2016)
Parallel title: HandS Working Together for Education

English-speaking Quebecers to Benefit from Investment Fund for Official Language Minority Communities - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Brief to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage: Nurturing Media Vitality in Quebec's English-speaking Minority Communities - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
English-speaking Quebecers have consistently signalled that access to information in their own language is both a need and a priority. In a world awash with English‑language information through CNN, Time magazine and Hollywood movies galore, this may appear a bit of a contradiction. But the crucial nuance is that English-speaking Quebecers need a full flow of information in their own language about their own local and regional communities. This is becoming increasingly more difficult to achieve and maintain on a consistent basis because of two elements: the francization of daily life in Quebec; and the decline and in many cases the demise of traditional community media.

Digital Steps Offer Renewed Vitality for Media Serving Quebec's English-speaking Minority - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Language Minorities Need Separate Rights Support Program - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Mémoire présenté au Comité permanent du patrimoine canadien : Cultiver la vitalité des médias dans les communautés minoritaires d’expression anglaise du Québec - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Les Québécois d’expression anglaise ont toujours exprimé leur besoin impérieux et prioritaire d’avoir accès à de l’information dans leur propre langue (sondage CROP réalisé pour le Réseau communautaire de santé et de services sociaux [RCSSS], diverses années). Cette affirmation peut sembler quelque peu contradictoire dans un monde inondé d’informations de langue anglaise par CNN, le magazine Time et la profusion de films hollywoodiens. Une nuance importante est que les Québécois d’expression anglaise ont besoin d’informations dans leur langue concernant leurs propres communautés locales et régionales. Il s’agit là de quelque chose qui est de plus en plus difficile à obtenir de façon régulière dans le contexte de la francisation de la vie quotidienne au Québec et de la disparition des médias communautaires traditionnels.

Application for Public Reading(s) by English-language Writers Published by AELAQ Members : Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts - Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) (2016)

Baseline Data Report 2015-2016 : English-language Health and Social Services Access in Québec - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2016)
This 2015-2016 Baseline Data Report relays the health and social service findings of the 2015 CHSSN/CROP Survey on Community Vitality. The commonalities and distinct features of regional communities within the English-speaking provincial population are delineated as well as sub-groups defined by gender, age, household income, health status and level of bilingualism. While this report is limited to the health and social service sector, the Survey on Community Vitality (2005, 2010, and 2015) also collects the opinions, perceptions and expectations of a representative sample of English-speaking Quebecers in most regions of Quebec with respect to issues in education, human resource development, justice, culture and communications. The 2015 study replicates previous surveys conducted by CROP in 2000 for the Missisquoi Institute and again in 2005 and 2010 for the CHSSN.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Report : Community Network Forum - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2016)
Health promotion is an activity that community organizations can adopt to enhance visibility and credibility in their communities. Health promotion activities can respond to real needs of different groups and create opportunities to engage the public system with the community organization and the constituencies it serves. For the public network, a community organization that has established a health promotion role has the potential to become a prime partner in helping an institution better serve its target population. In recent years, community networks have developed health promotion programs that have reached thousands of community members and can now demonstrate positive results. The Forum will discuss how this development is resulting in promising and best practices, and inspiring a range of public and community interests to engage in health promotion for English-speaking communities.

Literary and Historical Society of Quebec : General By-Laws - Morrin Centre (2016)

Bill 86 Tramples on Minority Rights and Should be Scrapped - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Building Community Capacity From Evidence to Action (2015-2016) - Pocock, Joanne (2016)

Quebec Youth to Discuss Their Place in Canada at Second Annual Youth Forum - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

A Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Artists in Quebec - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2016)
In 2013, the Canada Council launched an initiative to facilitate market access in which they wished to include a minority-language component as part of the Road Map for Official Languages 2013-2018. The Council funded ELAN to elaborate a Market Access Strategy for Performing Arts on behalf of the English-speaking community of Quebec. This work began in May 2015. The solutions recommended by the Market Access Strategy could be submitted to the Council for funding during the life of the current initiative (2013-2018).
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

YEAH! Successful Projects - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2016)

[Brief on Bill 86 Presented to the Parliamentary Committee of Culture and Education] - English Parents' Committee Association (EPCA) (2016)

Mémoire de l’Association des comités de parents anglophones à la Commission de la culture et de l’éducation concernant le projet de loi no 86 - English Parents' Committee Association (EPCA) (2016)

English-language Interpretation Services to Improve Language Access to Health and Social Services for Members of English-speaking Communities in Quebec : Status Report - Kosseim, Myléne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2016)
This study aims to document the current situation regarding the use of formal interpreters as a means of language access to health and social services for English-speaking persons and to propose possible improvements to the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

A Brief on Bill 86 : An Act to Modify the Organization and Governance of School Boards to Give Schools a Greater Say in Decision-making and Ensure Parents' Presence Within Each School Board's Decision-making Body - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2016)
To say that the English‐speaking community dislikes the proposed Bill 86 would be a gross understatement. To say the English‐speaking community views Bill 86 as an attack on its continued existence in Quebec is the more accurate view of the community’s feelings about this “projet de loi”. The community senses, with this bill, a fundamental shift that seeks to completely submerge and eradicate any public sign of the presence of the English‐speaking community in Quebec. The community feels threatened not only about the future of its schools, but equally about its continued existence as an entity. The impression is that the present government is pursuing a systematic dismantling of the public institutions serving the English‐speaking community and increasingly diminishing its role in the public life of the province. The importance of the presence of our public institutions cannot be understated either, as they are an extremely important social construct acting as central pillars or anchors on which our community is built. The dictionary defines an institution as follows: “an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character.”
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Mémoire sur le projet de loi n° 86 : Loi modifiant l’organisation et la gouvernance des commissions scolaires en vue de rapprocher l’école des lieux de décision et d’assurer la présence des parents au sein de l’instance décisionnelle de la commission scolaire - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA); Fédération québécoise des associations foyers‐écoles; The Rights and Education Committee of the Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (2016)
Dire que la communauté anglophone n'aime pas le projet de loi n° 86 serait un euphémisme. Une vue plus précise des sentiments de la communauté sur le projet de loi serait de dire qu’elle voit le projet de loi comme une attaque contre son existence au Québec. La communauté entrevoit, avec ce projet de loi, un changement fondamental qui cherche à submerger complètement et à éradiquer tout signe public de la présence de la communauté anglophone au Québec. La communauté se sent menacée non seulement dans l'avenir de ses écoles, mais également dans sa persistance en tant qu'entité. La communauté a l'impression que le gouvernement actuel poursuit un démantèlement systématique des institutions publiques desservant la collectivité anglophone et réduit de plus en plus le rôle qu’elle joue dans la vie publique de la province. L'importance de la présence de nos institutions publiques ne peut pas être sousestimée non plus, car elles sont des constructions sociales extrêmement importantes agissant comme piliers centraux ou ancres sur laquelle est bâtie une communauté. Le dictionnaire définit une institution comme suit « une organisation, création, fondation, société, ou autre – en particulier de caractère public, éducatif ou caritatif – consacrée à la promotion d’une cause ou d'un programme spécifique, ».
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Commissaire au Lobbyisme du Québec : Consultation des OBNL relativement à leur assujettissement aux règles d’encadrement du lobbyisme — projet de loi 56 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Le Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) est un organisme à but non lucratif constitué en société en vertu d’une loi fédérale. Il rassemble 48 organismes du secteur communautaire partout au Québec, qui servent la communauté d’expression anglaise du Québec. Le QCGN est un centre d’expertise fondée sur des données probantes, dont l’action collective est axée sur des enjeux stratégiques ayant une incidence sur le développement et la vitalité du Québec d’expression anglaise. Un certain nombre de membres du QCGN ont exprimé leur inquiétude sur les incidences du projet de loi no 56 — la Loi sur la transparence en matière de lobbyisme — sur leurs activités. Malheureusement, la voix du secteur à but non lucratif au service de notre communauté a été largement absente des consultations publiques antérieures et en cours sur la question, ce qui entraîne beaucoup de malentendus à propos de cette législation au sein des organismes d’expression anglaise.

Brief to the Committee on Culture and Education : Quebec and the Minority Language Educational Rights and Canada’s English Linguistic Minority Communities: A New Partnership - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Voting in elections is an intrinsic right for all Quebecers. It is beyond democratic tradition for government to capriciously remove these rights without a pressing and substantial reason. Quebec’s English public school system is a key institution of the English-speaking community of Quebec, a linguistic minority community. The management and control of these institutions is a matter of governance subject to minority language educational rights contained in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and Quebec’s democratic tradition, expressed in the political rights guaranteed by the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Mémoire à la Commission de la culture et de l’éducation : Le Québec et les droits à l’instruction dans la langue de la minorité, et les communautés d’expression anglaise en situation minoritaire au Canada : Un nouveau partenariat - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Voter aux élections est un droit intrinsèque pour tous les Québécois. Mais le gouvernement va à l’encontre de sa tradition démocratique en révoquant capricieusement ce droit sans aucune raison impérieuse ou importante. Le système d’écoles publiques anglophones du Québec est une institution qui joue un rôle clé au sein de la communauté d’expression anglaise de la province — une communauté linguistique en situation minoritaire. La gestion et le contrôle de ces institutions sont une question de gouvernance qui touche les droits à l’instruction dans la langue de la minorité, ces droits étant enchâssés dans la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés et dans la tradition démocratique du Québec, ainsi qu’exprimés dans les droits politiques garantis par la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec. Le gouvernement du Québec a le devoir de reconnaître sa communauté linguistique minoritaire et de travailler en partenariat avec elle afin de garantir la gestion et le contrôle efficaces du système d’écoles publiques anglophones.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

QCGN Mourns the Loss of Community Advocate, Dr. Victor Goldbloom - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Re: CRTC 2015-421-4 : A Review of the Policy Framework for Local and Community Television Programming - Rodgers, Guy (2016)

Quebec Must Drop Plans to Abandon the Riding of Westmount-Saint Louis - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Letter to the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research - Legault, Margo; Brassard, François (2016)

Lettre au ministre de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - Legault, Margo; Brassard, François (2016)

QCGN Demands Apology from Prime Minister Trudeau - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Poverty and Social Exclusion in Quebec's English-speaking Communities : a Brief Submitted by the Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) in Contribution to the Development of the Third Action Plan to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion by the Government of Quebec - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2016)
A Brief submitted by the Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) in contribution to the development of the third Action Plan to combat poverty and social exclusion by the Government of Quebec.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Black in Quebec : Part 1 - Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) (2016)

Children 0 to 5 and their Parents : Québec, 2016 - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2016)

Community NetLink - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2016)
Number of pages: 8

Community NetLink - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2016)
Number of pages: 5

2015-2016 Funded Projects - Dialogue McGill (2016)

Projets financés 2015-2016 - Dialogue McGill (2016)

Brief for Official Language Policy Review 2016 - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2016)
ELAN was conceived in November 2004 at the Quebec Arts Summit held in Montreal. More than 120 artists and other representatives of the English-speaking arts milieu, as well as government officials, came together to discuss ways to support artists and cultural workers in Quebec’s official language minority community (OLMC). With the support of sister organizations the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF), the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF), and the Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ), ELAN was created to give a united voice to minority English-language artists of all backgrounds, working in all disciplines, and living in all regions of Quebec. Through networking events, a monthly email newsletter (ELANews), needs assessment surveys, and major projects such as the Arts Alive! Québec community festivals, ELAN has worked to bring Quebec artists closer together and spread their work far and wide.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Observations sur les articles du projet de loi no 86 - English Parents' Committee Association (EPCA) (2016)

Artful Inquiry : Transforming Understanding Through Creative Engagement - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2016)
Number of pages: 552

Sustaining Impact in CLC Schools and Communities : Provincial Resource Team Report : 2015-2016 - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2016)

Entre Hong Kong et Québec - Morrin Centre (2016)

Entre Hong Kong et Québec : Exposition 25 mars 2016-1 janvier 2017 / Hong Kong and the Home Front : Exhibit March, 25 2016-January 1, 2017 - Morrin Centre (2016)

Hong Kong and the Home Front - Morrin Centre (2016)

Regional Mini Portraits - Pocock, Joanne (2016)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Socio-demographic Profile of Children Aged 0 to 5 and their Parents - RTS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2016)
These profiles draw from the 2016 Census of Canada to provide pertinent socio-demographic information on the children aged 0-5 of Québec’s English-speaking communities and their families in accordance with Québec’s RTS (réseau territorial de services) territories. They include information on their numbers, where they live, family structures they are part of, socio-economic issues they face, their status as recent immigrants to Québec, aboriginal identity and their likelihood to be members of a visible minority. Each regional profile includes tables, graphs and information bullets that provide provincial and regional statistics for selected characteristics as well as comparisons between French-speaking majority and English-speaking minority populations within these administrative territories.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Socio-demographic Profile of Children Aged 0 to 5 and their Parents - RTS de la Côte-Nord - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2016)
These profiles draw from the 2016 Census of Canada to provide pertinent socio-demographic information on the children aged 0-5 of Québec’s English-speaking communities and their families in accordance with Québec’s RTS (réseau territorial de services) territories. They include information on their numbers, where they live, family structures they are part of, socio-economic issues they face, their status as recent immigrants to Québec, aboriginal identity and their likelihood to be members of a visible minority. Each regional profile includes tables, graphs and information bullets that provide provincial and regional statistics for selected characteristics as well as comparisons between French-speaking majority and English-speaking minority populations within these administrative territories.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2015-2016 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

The Sheila & Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

QFHSA News - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2016)
Number of pages: 24

Quebec's Secondary III & IV History Curriculum : In Need of Change - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2016)

Resolution 2016-01 : School Board Governance: Bill 86 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2016)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Annual Report : 2015-2016 - Réseau de l’est de l’île pour les services en anglais (REISA) (2016)

McGill Retention of Health Professionals Project : Community Organization Descriptions 2015 - 2016 - Réseau de l’est de l’île pour les services en anglais (REISA) (2016)

Focus Group Findings 2015-2016 - Seniors Action Quebec (SAQ) (2016)

2017-2018 Priorities of the English-speaking Community of Quebec and Annual Report of the Priority Setting Steering Committee - Strategic Priorities Forum (Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), 2016)
In September 2011, the Quebec Community Groups Networks launched The Strategic Priorities Forum, a standing five-year cyclical process to identify common priorities ensuring a vital and sustainable future for Quebec’s English-speaking communities and to collectively pursue enabling strategies to achieve community goals over five years. In this capacity, the QCGN established a nine-member Priority Setting Steering Committee (PSSC), a permanent Committee of QCGN’s Board of Directors, to assist the community with the governance of the Strategic Priorities Forum.

Gunshots from the Inside - Writers in the Community (2015)
Number of pages: 16

[Letter to Premier Couillard re: English Schools / Lettre au premier ministre Couillard concernant les écoles anglaises] - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)

QFHSA Fall Conference 2015 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

Re: A Review of the Policy Framework for Local and Community Television Programming : CRTC 2015-421 - Rodgers, Guy (2015)

Bilingualism Essential for Evolution of Our Laws and Access to Justice for English and French-speaking Minority Communities - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)

Brief to the Sécrétariat à la jeunesse on the Politque Québécoise de la jeunesse, Axe IV : Active and Participatory Citizenship - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)
This year the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is celebrating 20 years of leadership as a strong voice of the English-speaking Community of Quebec. The QCGN is a not-for-profit organization bringing together 49 English-language community organizations across Quebec. As a centre of evidence based expertise and collective action it identifies, explores and addresses strategic issues affecting the development and vitality of English-speaking Quebec and encourages dialogue and collaboration among its member organizations, individuals, community groups, institutions and leaders.

English School Boards Election Systems Study Panel 2015 - Election Systems Study Panel (ESSP) (Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), 2015)
The Election Systems Study Panel (ESSP), launched in June of 2015 and sponsored by the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA), the English Parents’ Committee Association (EPCA), the Québec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Québec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA), is an independent volunteer Panel consisting of five members of the English Minority Community (EMC). Chaired by the Honourable Marlene Jennings, former Member of Parliament, other Panel members include former Assistant Deputy Minister from the Ministry of Education Leo La France, Executive Director of Townshippers’ Association Rachel Hunting1, President of QFHSA Brian Rock, and Vice‐President of EPCA Rhonda Boucher. The Panel’s mandate included the review of numerous election systems as well as the current system of universal suffrage for the selection of Commissioner and Chairs; consultations with English Minority organizations and individuals with expertise on the various options; a review of past elections; and making recommendations for the four sponsor organizations to present to the Québec government. The Panel investigated all system options through the prism of Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) Constitutional Rights
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Jennings Report Validates Minority Community Position on the Right to Management and Control of School Boards - Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA); Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN); English Parents Community Association (EPCA); Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

Programme des soins palliatifs et de fin de vie - Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's (JHSB) (2015)

Socio-demographic Characteristics of Visible Minorities in Quebec's English-speaking Communities - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2015)
This document presents a series of tables illustrating key socio-demographic variables of visible minority populations within language groups for xyz. The variables covered are: - Gender - Age structure - Household living arrangements - Recent mobility - Educational attainment - Labour force activity - Income - Low-income cut-off

Brief to the Election System Study Panel - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)
For a number of years, a political discussion has been underway in Quebec regarding the management and control of the Province’s primary and secondary school systems. This discussion has been taking place within a wider governance trend of retrenching decentralized governance of public institutions; health and social services, post-secondary institutions, and economic development to name a few. The locus of civil society’s involvement in the Province’s public life has therefore been shifted from regional power bases to the central government.
Parallel title: Minority Language Educaitonal Rights and Canada's English Linguistic Minority Communities : Looking Forward
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Brief to the Election System Study Panel: Minority Language Educational Rights and Canada's English Linguistic Minority Communities: Looking Forward - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)

Overview of Proposed Amendments to the Lobbying Act (Québec) : Bill 56 Lobbying Transparency Act - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)

A Brief on School Board Elections Systems - The Rights and Education Committee of the Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA), 2015)
Due to the importance of elected English school boards to the English-speaking community, in 2014 the Québec Federation of Home and School Associations Inc. (QFHSA) decided to get involved in promoting school board elections. The Rights, Education and Resolutions Committee (RER) was mandated to produce a Special Bulletin on School Board Elections, which would include contributions from the Québec English School Board Association (QESBA), the Québec Community Groups Network (QCGN), out-going School Board Commissioners as well as a QFHSA Brief on School Board Elections Systems message from our own president, Lawrence DePoe. Included in the bulletin would be information on returning officers and how to get on the right voters list. The intention was to provide as much information as possible to parents to boost voter turnout at the polls. This information would be of benefit to Home and School parents and the general public. Forty thousand (40,000) copies of the Special Bulletin were printed and distributed to all English public schools in Quebec, with assistance from QESBA through their internal mail system. Consensus at the QFHSA Board of Directors’ as well as within the QFHSA Rights Education and Resolutions and Editorial Committees’, was that the future of school boards in Québec was at stake, and this justified the special effort.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

« Nous sommes responsables envers les élèves » : La réussite et la persévérance scolaires dans les écoles de langue anglaise - Advisory Board on English Education (2015)
En février 2015, la Commission de l’éducation en langue anglaise a reçu de l’ancien ministre de l’Éducation le mandat d’examiner les réussites dans les écoles anglophones de la province, de déterminer les conditions propices à ces réussites dans ces écoles et de proposer des moyens de transposer ces conditions dans l’ensemble du réseau québécois de l’éducation. Elle s’est acquittée de ce mandat et croit que les enjeux sont assez pertinents et importants pour s’y intéresser, tout en sachant qu’un grand nombre des éléments décrits dans le présent mémoire ne sont pas nouveaux et que quiconque connaît bien la pratique pédagogique les reconnaîtra.

"We Are Accountable to the Students" : Success and Retention in English-language Schools - Advisory Board on English Education (2015)
In February 2015, the Advisory Board on English Education was given a mandate from the former Minister of Education to examine the successes experienced in the English-language schools of the province, identify the conditions present in the schools that contribute to these successes, and suggest how these conditions might be transferred throughout the education network in Québec. The Board has carried out this mandate, believing that the issues are relevant and important enough to be addressed, but aware that many of the factors identified in this brief are not novel and may be recognizable to anyone familiar with good educational practice.

71st Annual General Meeting & Conference - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

Annual General Meeting : Book of Reports - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)
Parallel title: Together we are Stronger

Resolution 2015-01 : Diversity and Inclusion - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

Resolution 2015-02: History of Residential Schools - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

Résolution 2015-02 : L'histoire des Pensionnats - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

CLC Evaluation – The Quest for Sustainability & Best Practices : Final Report - Qu'anglo (2015)

CLC Evaluation – The Quest for Sustainability & Best Practices : Final Report : Executive Summary - Qu'anglo (2015)

ELAN to be Represented on Matv Advisory Committee - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2015)

Culture, Creativity, Confluence and Collision - Rodgers, Guy (2015)

Report : Community Network Forum - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2015)
Community organizations carry out their missions in an environment of continual reorganization of the health and social services system. In this context, groups must face the challenge of mobilizing resources to engage communities in a collective effort to commit the public system to meet the specific needs of community members. Groups are also challenged to introduce innovative approaches into their programs in a continual effort to achieve positive and long-lasting results.

Guy Rodgers Named Compagnon (Champion) of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2015)
Parallel title: ELAN's Executive Director Honoured for his "Remarkable Contribution" to Arts and Culture in Quebec

Canadian Community Health Survey (2011-2012) : Findings Related to the Mental and Emotional Health of Quebec's English-speaking Communities - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2015)
This report is organized around two primary objectives. The first objective is to provide reliable knowledge regarding the mental and emotional health of Quebec’s English-speaking minority communities. In so doing, this report contributes up-to-date and relevant findings to the evidence base that informs the decision-making and initiatives of organizations serving this population. This objective is served by 131 statistical tables and descriptive commentary that provide information drawn from the 2011-2012 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). The second objective is to consult the body of experience and expertise of community organizations and networks many of whom are on the front-line in meeting the needs and building the resiliency of English speakers in this aspect of their health and well-being. This objective has been met by soliciting the response of five organizations to the picture of the situation among English speakers conveyed by the CCHS tabulations. As a panel, the organizations were invited to address how this knowledge might serve as a resource in setting priorities and designing initiatives benefitting English-speaking communities. In other words, as a tool in developing community capacity.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Language Access Policy : Planning & Implementation Guide - Prata, Ghislaine (Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigids (JHSB), 2015)
Jeffery Hale – Saint Brigid’s (JHSB) is a public, bilingual institution under participatory governance dedicated to providing safe, compassionate and high quality care. Among the strategic objectives of the organisation are the promotion of linguistic duality and openness to cultural diversity. Recognizing that language access is an integral component of the delivery of high quality and safe health services, JHSB has developed a number of policies, procedures and tools in the area of linguistic access. The organisation is currently seeking to consolidate and develop these initiatives within the framework of a comprehensive language access policy. This report provides a theoretical model and reference to practical tools to inform organisational efforts in the development of a language access policy and the implementation and continuous improvement of a language access plan.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

ELAN Board of Directors Update : Peter MacGibbon Moves on, Bettina Forget Welcomed as Interim President - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2015)

[Carter Statement] - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) (2015)

Building a Career as an Artist - Macdonald, Amy; Shaughnessy, Kyra (2015)

The McGill Retention Bursary Program: Evaluation Report : Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project - Gagnon, Marie-Pierre; Lampron, Amélie (CHU de Québec Research Centre, 2015)
An evaluation of this bursary program was conducted, focusing on the components of the program (e.g. eligibility criteria, selection process, etc.) and its outcomes (e.g. recipient intention to return to or stay working in a selected Quebec region at the end of their training, potential impact of the bursary program on retention of health professionals in English-speaking communities, etc.). The objectives of the evaluation were 1) to describe the current processes related to the functioning of the McGill Retention Bursary Program; 2) to explore recipients’ experience of this bursary program; 3) to explore community networks’ experience regarding their collaboration with this bursary program; 4) to assess the effectiveness of the bursary program; and 5) to propose potential improvement strategies for the bursary program currently in place.

Quebec's English-speaking Populations According to the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2011 Census of Canada - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2015)
This report presents tables on the size, proportion and age structure of the English-speaking populations of Quebec at various levels of health geographies. The information is drawn from two Statistics Canada surveys, namely, the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) and the 2011 Census of Canada (Census). This document is intended to: provide an easy reference point for information on population size, proportion and age structure; clarify the variances in the population count and percentages that arise from the different sampling strategies of the Census and National Household Survey. The report consists of two tables, namely: An overview of Quebec and the RSS regions, showing Census and NHS populations counts; A detailed table, showing Census and NHS population counts for CSSS and CLSC territories.
Parallel title: Population Size, Proportion, and Age Structure by RSS, CSSS, and CLSC territories
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Public Readings by Authors Published by Members of the Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) - Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) (2015)

Public Readings by Authors Published by Members of the Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) : Extended - Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) (2015)

Action Framework : Supporting the Well-Being of Minority English-Language Youth, Schools and Communities - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2015)

Community NetLink - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2015)
Number of pages: 8

2014-2015 Funded Projects - Dialogue McGill (2015)

Projets financés 2014-2015 - Dialogue McGill (2015)

Activity Report 2014-15 - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2015)

Partnering for the Well-being of Minority English-Language Youth, Schools & Communities - Gonsalves, Allison; Kueber, Russell; Langevin, Paule; Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2015)
This document identifies some of the unique challenges, strengths, and aspirations of English-speaking youth in Quebec and provides a school and community-based framework for action intended to have a positive impact on their well-being and educational success. It emerges from the collaboration of community health and social services networks, called (NPIs) - abbreviation for the Networking and Partnership Initiative and Community Learning Centers (CLCs) seeking to improve the overall well-being of minority language youth residing in province.
Parallel title: School & Community Resources - Working Together is the Key!
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Rapport annuel de gestion : 2014-2015 - Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's (JHSB) (2015)
issued: 2014/2015

Building School-Community Partnerships : Together We can Make a Difference : CLC Initiative Annual Report of Activities - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2015)

Professional Development in Education : Pushing the Boundaries of Possibility - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2015)
Number of pages: 324

Teacher Research : Integrating Action, Observation, and Reflection - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2015)
Number of pages: 362

Message For Our Veterans - Maurice, Cornella (2015)

Grantwriting Principles - Park, June; Majewski, Monika (2015)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Grantwriting Workshops - Fall 2015 Participant Resource Package - Park, June; Majewski, Monika (2015)

Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2014-2015 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Blazing a Trail for Active and Healthy Aging: An Action Plan for Quebec’s English-speaking Seniors 2010-2015 / Tracer la voie pour vieillir en santé et demeurer actif : Plan d’action à l’intention des aînés d’expression anglaise du Québec 2010-2015 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2015)

QFHSA News - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)
Number of pages: 24

School and School Yard Maintenance : Resolution 2015/03 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2015)

Annual Report : 2014-2015 - Réseau de l’est de l’île pour les services en anglais (REISA) (2015)

Quebec and Us : A Mutation of Identity - Rodgers, Guy (Diversité Artistique Montréal (DAM), 2015)

Follow Your Fiction : A Poetry Anthology - Writers in the Community (2015)
Number of pages: 24

Measure 2 : Retention Program : Community Networks and Educational Institutions Components : Prospectus 2014-2018 - Dialogue McGill (2014)
In conformity with the Implementation Framework, this Prospectus addresses Measure 2, the 2014-2018 Retention Program – Community Networks and Educational Institutions Components. McGill University prepared this Prospectus to support the calls for proposals for retention initiatives from the community networks and educational institutions. It presents the structure and content of each of these components of the Program, the objectives, the partners involved, the conditions to be fulfilled, the parameters of the call for proposals and the funding structure. It deals with training and retention incentive initiatives and support measures for students, more specifically promotional projects with health and social services institutions and educational institutions, allocation of bursaries, initiatives to support internship supervisors, professional French language courses for students in the targeted educational institutions, welcoming and community integration measures, language and cultural adaptation activities for professionals from the health and social services network, and outreach activities with extra-regional partners to support the integration and academic success of students studying out of region.

Mesure 2 : Programme de maintien en poste : Volets Réseaux communautaires et Maisons d’enseignement : Prospectus 2014-2018 - Dialogue McGill (2014)
Le Projet de formation et de maintien en poste des professionnels de la santé de l’Université McGill contribue aux initiatives du Québec destinées à assurer aux Québécois d’expression anglaise l’accès dans leur langue à la gamme complète de services de santé et de services sociaux, et ce, au moyen de diverses mesures visant à fournir et à maintenir en poste un complément de main-d’œuvre suffisant, capable d’offrir des services en anglais. Le projet constitue un outil additionnel favorisant l’application et la bonification des programmes régionaux d’accès aux services de santé et aux services sociaux en langue anglaise, conformément à la Loi sur les services de santé et les services sociaux. Ce Projet a pour objectifs précis de susciter des initiatives de formation et de maintien en poste qui fourniront aux professionnels de la santé et des services sociaux l’occasion d’améliorer leur capacité d’offrir des services en anglais, ainsi que l’occasion de travailler là où ils seront en mesure de répondre aux besoins des populations d’expression anglaise du Québec. Le Projet vise également à promouvoir la recherche et le partage de l’information quant aux approches visant à réduire les barrières en matière d’accès aux services de santé et aux services sociaux pour les Québécois d’expression anglaise.

Thousands of Quebecers Sign Petitions Seeking Changes to Bill 10 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

QCGN Supports Intent of Chaput Bill (Bill S-205) - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

Letter of Support for QCGN - Zucchi, John (2014)

[Letter re: Bill 10 - Letters of Support of QCGN] - Committee for Anglophone Social Action (CASA); Coasters Association; Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN); Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's (JHSB); Neighbours Regional Association of Rouyn-Noranda; Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN); Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2014)

[Letter Regarding Bill 10 from QCGN President] - DePoe, Lawrence (2014)

QFHSA Fall Conference 2014 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2014)

Mémoire du Quebec Community Groups Network déposé à la Commission de la santé et des services sociaux de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec : Le projet de loi n° 10, loi visant à modifier l’organisation et la gouvernance du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux, notamment par l’abolition des agences régionales - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

Moving Forward : Building Research Capacity Related to Quebec's English-speaking Seniors - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), 2014)
We are grateful to the Government of Quebec who funded the project through the Soutien aux initiatives visant le respect des aînés (SIRA) program. We’d like to acknowledge the project Steering Committee who demonstrated ongoing dedication and commitment to the project. Members are: David Cassidy, president of Seniors Action Quebec and committee co-chair; Sylvia Martin-Laforge, director general at QCGN and committee co-Chair; Cheryl Henry-Leggo, Vision Gaspé-Percé Now; Kevin Erskine-Henry, chair, South Shore Community Partners Network; Premela Pearson, secretary, Indian Women’s Circle; Jim Colmer, residepnt, James Colmer Consultation Inc; Jan Anderson-Toupin, Jeffery Hale; Al Abdon, Filipino Association of Montreal and Suburbs. The QCGN contracted Dr. Joanne Pocock as the lead researcher on this project. The project has deeply benefited from her guidance, professionalism and intellectual rigour.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

QCGN Launches Most up-to-date, Detailed Portrait of Quebec's English Speaking Seniors - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

QFHSA News - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2014)
issued: September, 2014/October, 2014 Number of pages: 4

Retention Program for the McGill University Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project : Evaluation of the retention program measure and recommendations - Gagnon, Marie-Pierre (Dialogue McGill, 2014)
This report presents an evaluation of the activities implemented under the Retention Program, in relation to the Support for Health and Social Services Institutions and Support for Educational Institutions in order to highlight the main strengths and areas for improvement. The mandate was to identify strategies that could help to increase the impact of the internship program on the retention of health and social services professionals in the health and social services network. The evaluation would then contribute to the ongoing improvement of this program, by providing some direction to guide the actions of those responsible for the McGill University Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project and project partners.

English-speaking Community Very Concerned About Barrette Reform Bill - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

Community Learning Centres : Changing Lives and Communities : 2013-2014 Annual Report of CLC Activities : September 2014 - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2014)

Celebrate the English Language Arts Network's 10th Anniversary : ELAN Marks Tenth Year of Creating Stronger Networks for Quebec's English-speaking Artists - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2014)

Écoles québécoises en ligne : Un monde de possibilités pour l'éducation en langue anglaise - Advisory Board on English Education (2014)
En 1996, la Commission de l’éducation en langue anglaise (CELA) a déposé un mémoire sur l’intégration des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) dans les écoles anglophones dans lequel elle souligne les besoins particuliers de ces établissements, notamment en milieu rural, et formule des recommandations sur des sujets comme l’accessibilité de ces nouveaux outils, le soutien aux enseignants et l’organisation scolaire. Les membres actuels de la CELA constatent l’ampleur et le rythme des progrès technologiques depuis 1996, mais continuent d’avaliser en principe le contenu du document antérieur, forts d’une conviction profonde que la technologie reste subordonnée à la pédagogie. Il n’en reste pas moins que la technologie présente dans la classe a changé à un rythme qui était inimaginable à cette époque. Les changements sont qualitatifs autant que quantitatifs et appellent donc une discussion entre toutes les parties prenantes sur son interaction avec la pédagogie, au vu de l’évolution de notre compréhension de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage. Par ailleurs, les problèmes que posent aux écoles et aux centres de formation anglophones la composition et la dispersion de la population ainsi que la distance se font plus aigus et nécessitent des solutions ingénieuses si l’on veut que les diplômés soient prêts pour le XXIe siècle, et les solutions que peuvent fournir les TIC méritent discussion. Le présent mémoire porte sur la situation générale, mais aussi sur les questions qui touchent particulièrement le système d’éducation en langue anglaise du Québec. Il contient un ensemble de recommandations destinées à guider le Ministère dans la formulation de ses orientations.

Québec Schools On Line : Opportunities for English-Language Education - Advisory Commitee for English-Speaking Quebecers (2014)
In 1996, The Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE) prepared a brief on the integration of technology into English language schools, noting the particular needs of these schools, especially in rural areas, and making recommendations on accessibility, teacher support, and school organization, among other issues. The current Board notes how much—and how quickly— the technology has changed since 1996 but, based on its strongly held belief that technology is subordinate to pedagogy, it endorses in principle the content of this earlier document. Yet the technology available for classroom use has changed, it has done so at a speed unimaginable in 1996, and done so qualitatively as well as quantitatively, making it imperative that a broad-based discussion of technology in teaching take place as part of our changing understanding of teaching and learning. In addition, the problems in English language schools and centres caused by demographics, distance and dispersion have become more acute and more in need of ingenious solutions so that their graduates are prepared for the 21st century, and potential solutions to these problems through Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) merit discussion. This brief addresses both the general issues and those pertinent to the English education system in Québec, and includes a set of recommendations to help in the formulation of MELS orientations.

2014 QFHSA Annual General Meeting and Awards Banquet - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2014)

Annual General Meeting : Book of Reports - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2014)
Parallel title: 70 Years of Challenge and Change

Re: 2013-1746-2 : Non-compliance Complaint Regarding MATV by Sabine Friesinger (OBCI) - Rodgers, Guy (2014)

Rapport financier annuel : Année financière terminée le 31 mars 2014 - Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's (JHSB) (2014)

Crowdfunding and the Arts : A Panel Discussion Co-hosted by ELAN and Studio XX - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2014)

Update on Community TV - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2014)
Parallel title: Intervention deadline April 22

International Adult Skills Surveys: Andragogical Issues in Linguistic Minority Communities - Lurette, Donald (The Centre for Literacy of Quebec (CFL), 2014)
I have been working in the literacy field with francophone adults in a minority setting and in a variety of capacities for twenty years, and consider myself a reflective and critical practitioner. I strive to understand the world of adult education and skills development based on my practical experiences and observations from the field. This text is written from that perspective, based on principles of andragogy. Using inductive and deductive processes, I propose ideas and reflections on the concept of the evaluation of basic skills of adults living in linguistic minority communities in Canada. On the theoretical side, I use several key studies, including an analytical background paper written for The Centre for Literacy’s 2013 Summer Institute by Jean-Pierre Jeantheau, Chargé de mission national of the French Agence nationale de lutte contre l'illettrisme, on the subject of linguistic minority groups and international literacy assessments.

Loyola High School: How to Defend Religious Freedom - Allen, Paul (2014)

Building Communities Together : Laurentians, Outaouais, Quebec Region - Seniors Action Quebec (SAQ) (2014)

Community NetLink - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2014)
Number of pages: 8

Centennial CLC Year 3 Evaluation : Taggin' Our Success! - Elston, Cindy (Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN), 2014)
Welcome to Centennial’s Community Learning Centre (CLC) Year 3 evaluation report! In these pages you will find highlights of an evaluation carried out between January-May of 2014. We looked at outcomes of key programs and how they relate to achieving our overall mission and mandate. We designed questions using our Theory of Change (ToC), which has six result areas including the two we focused on this year, Student Success and Community Engagement.

Digital Shift Survey-Artists and Arts Organizations - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2014)

Digital Shift Survey : Media - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2014)

Digital Shift Survey : Publicists - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2014)

Inclusive Education : Socially Just Perspectives and Practices - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2014)
Number of pages: 318

Annual Activity Report : June 1, 2013 - May 31, 2014 - Literacy Quebec (LQ) (2014)

PACTE Project 2013-2014 : The Power of an Online Presence, a Skill to be Harnessed. - Literacy Quebec (LQ) (2014)
The following project has been completed by Literacy Quebec by a grant from Opération Projets PACTE As a provincial organization, Literacy Quebec’s mandate is to support community-based literacy organizations that provide service to English-speaking adults in Quebec, through training, networking and professional development.

Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2013-2014 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

Brief Submitted to La commission de la santé et des services sociaux de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec Concerning Bill 10, An Act to Modify the Organization of the Health and Social Services Network, in Particular by Abolishing the Regional Agencies - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)

Moving Forward : Building Research Capacity Related to Quebec’s English-speaking Seniors : Executive Summary - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2014)
While Quebec’s English-speaking seniors share many of the same needs and priorities as their French-speaking counterparts, as an official linguistic minority community (OLMC) they also have needs and priorities that are unique within the broader senior population. While there has been a great deal of research on Quebec’s demographic shift and its senior population, little - if - any attention has been paid to the specific needs and priorities of Quebec’s English-speaking seniors who are an official language minority community in Canada. One notable exception is the recent 2013 report entitled ‘Enjoying your senior years in your own language’ for the Office of the Commissioner for Official Languages, which employed 2006 Canadian census figures.

QFHSA News - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2014)
Number of pages: 24

Annual Report : 2013-2014 - Réseau de l’est de l’île pour les services en anglais (REISA) (2014)

Rapport Annuel : 2013-2014 - Réseau de l’est de l’île pour les services en anglais (REISA) (2014)

Consultation générale et auditions publiques sur le projet de loi n° 60 - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) (2013)
Le Conseil catholique d'expression anglaise (CCEA) s’oppose à la charte proposée par le projet de loi 60, et ce, pour les raisons suivantes : • Il menace d’éroder, d’un point de vue historique et juridique, les libertés fondamentales de conscience, de religion, d’opinion et d’expression. Il s’agit des libertés « primordiales » dans notre société et il faut s’opposer à tout ce qui tend à diluer ou à réduire ces libertés. • Il propose une société sécularisée dans laquelle l’expression et la pratique religieuses sont marginalisées. Il cherche à recadrer le débat public de manière à ce que l’exercice des droits et libertés protégés par les chartes soit perçu comme imposé à la société et nécessitant la permission de l’État. • Il formule une notion embrouillée de la séparation de l’Église et de l’État en proposant que l’État a le pouvoir de définir la nature des croyances, de la pratique et de l’expression religieuses. • Dans tous les points susmentionnés, il situe le rôle de l’État au-dessus des paramètres de gouvernance appropriés d’un gouvernement élu démocratiquement et responsable. Le CCEA demande au gouvernement du Québec de retirer le projet de loi 60.

General Consultation and Public Hearings on Bill 60 - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) (2013)
The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) objects to the proposed “Charter,” Bill 60, on the following grounds: • It threatens to erode the historically and legislatively foundational freedoms of conscience, religion, opinion and expression. These are considered to be “first” freedoms in our society and any trend to dilute or undermine these freedoms must be resisted. • It proposes a secularized society in which religious expression and practice are marginalized. It seeks to reframe the public discussion so that the exercising of Charter-protected rights is to be understood as an imposition upon society which requires the permission of the State. • It muddies the separation of Church and State as it proposes the State has the power to define the nature of religious belief, practice and expression. • In all of the aforementioned points the role of the State is elevated above the proper parameters of a democratically elected and responsible government. The ESCC calls upon the Government of Quebec to withdraw Bill 60.

Une réponse aux project de loi 60 : Loi n° 60, Charte affirmant les valeurs de laïcité et de neutralité religieuse de l’État ainsi que d’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et encadrant les demandes d’accommodement - La Fédération québécoise des associations foyers-écoles (Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA), 2013)
La Fédération québécoise des associations foyers-écoles, Inc. (QFHSA) désire remercier la Commission des institutions de lui donner la possibilité de répondre au projet de loi 60. Ce projet de loi a été étudié de façon détaillée par notre Comité des droits et la réponse de la Fédération a été transmise par le conseil d’administration au nom de ses membres. La Fédération québécoise des associations foyers-écoles, Inc. s’oppose, dans son intégralité, au Projet de loi 60, une Charte affirmant les valeurs de laïcité et de neutralité religieuse de l’État ainsi que d’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, et encadrant les demandes d’accommodement.

A Response to Bill 60 : Charter Affirming the Values of State Secularism and Religious Neutrality and of Equality Between Women and Men, and Providing a Framework for Accommodation Requests - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA), 2013)
Brief sent to The Committee on Institutions. The Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations Inc. (QFHSA) would like to thank the Committee on Institutions for the opportunity to respond to Bill 60. This Bill was studied in detail by the Rights Committee and the response of the Federation was passed by the Board of Directors on behalf of the membership. QFHSA is opposed, in its entirety, to Bill 60, a Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests.

QFHSA News - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2013)
Number of pages: 24

English-speaking Seniors Unite to Create Provincial Vote - Seniors Action Quebec (2013)

QFHSA Fall Conference 2013 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2013)

Bien vieillir dans sa langue, sa culture et sa communauté : soutien d'institutions fédérales clés et portrait des aînés anglophones du Québec - Canada. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (2013)
Cette étude exploratoire a deux grands objectifs. Le premier consiste à décrire le soutien qu’accorde le gouvernement fédéral au moyen de politiques et de programmes s’adressant aux aînés en général et aux aînés anglophones et francophones issus des communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire (CLOSM). Le deuxième objectif vise à brosser un portrait de la situation des aînés anglophones du Québec à l’aide de données. Pour ce faire, l’étude pose les questions suivantes : Où vivent les aînés anglophones du Québec? Qui sont-ils? Qui s’occupe d’eux? À quels services ont-ils accès, et comment utilisent-ils ces services? Nous espérons que l’étude aidera les CLOSM (y compris le nouvel organisme Aînés Action Québec, le réseau de défense des aînés anglophones de la province), à chercher du soutien des institutions fédérales.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

ELAN's Guy Rodgers Elected for Another Term on Culture Montréal Board - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2013)

Gender-based Approach to Women in Technology Project: Women in Technology : Final Report - Wood, Andrea (2013)
This paper represents the research component of a larger project focusing on “women in technology”, an initiative launched by YES Montreal in autumn 2012. The project strives to build capacity in Montreal’s technology sector by applying a gender-based analysis in the advocacy of women’s career development in the technology sector. The research will support the delivery of programs focusing on the development, implementation and evaluation of women’s careers in technology over a 3-year period, between 2013 and 2015.

Mémoire de L'Association des éditeurs de langue anglaise du Québec - Philpot, Robin (2013)

Au-delà du modèle unique : Des solutions distinctes pour des besoins distincts - Advisory Board on English Education (2013)
Dans le présent rapport à l’intention de la ministre, nous reprenons les thèmes et les préoccupations que nous avons exposés dans notre correspondance, nos rapports et nos mémoires antérieurs et qui décrivent encore aujourd’hui fidèlement la situation de l’éducation en langue anglaise au Québec. Nous y ajoutons des exemples actuels de préoccupations et de réussites afin de dresser un portrait à jour de la situation. Nous insistons sur le fait que nous n’avons nullement l’intention de promouvoir un système au détriment de l’autre, ni de désigner des fautifs. Selon nous, bon nombre des difficultés auxquelles font face les commissions scolaires, les écoles et les centres du secteur anglophone pourraient être amoindries si le MELS tenait davantage compte des différences entre les deux secteurs dans ses politiques et leur mise en oeuvre.

One Size Does Not Fit All: Distinct Solutions for Distinct Needs - Advisory Board on English Education (2013)
In this report to the Minister, the Advisory Board on English Education is taking the opportunity to review the themes and concerns identified in earlier correspondence, reports and briefs that continue to describe English education in Québec accurately, and to update them with current examples of both concerns and successes. We emphasize that there is no intention to promote one system over another, nor to assign fault. We believe that many of the inherent difficulties faced by English school boards, schools and centres could be mitigated if MELS were to take better account of the differences between the two sectors in its policies and their implementation. It is hoped that a description of the distinctiveness of the English sector and how it functions differently from the French sector will provide some insight as to how the English system is frequently constrained by many of the Ministry’s policies, especially in their application, and indicate the need for flexibility in implementing policy. This will ensure that the English education system can continue to prepare its graduates to participate fully in the life of Québec society.

Community Learning Centres : Changing Lives and Communities : Annual Report of Activities : September 2013 - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2013)

QFHSA News - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2013)
Number of pages: 25

Language Training Program : Overall Profile 2009-2013 : Discussion Guide - Dialogue McGill (2013)

IALS and Essential Skills in Canadian Literacy Policy and Practice : A Descriptive Overview - Hayes, Brigid (2013)
The field of literacy encompasses many disciplines and areas of engagement from early childhood through schooling to community and work contexts over the lifespan. This review is concerned with a sub-set of the field – adult literacy – with a specific focus on the influence of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) on policy and practice across Canada since its release in 1994. With the upcoming release of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) results in Fall 2013, this overview describes some of the ways IALS has been used by Canadian governments and literacy organizations.

Language Training Program : Overall Profile 2009-2013 - Dialogue McGill (2013)
The Language Training Program, Measure 1, has three components. The first two pertain to English and French for professional purposes courses offered through the regional language training projects designed and implemented by Quebec’s 18 health and social services agencies (the "agencies"). The third covers support activities for the trainers giving language courses in the regions and the learners who take those courses. These activities are developed and offered by the McGill Project team. The Program structure and content were developed by the McGill Project team and are described in Language Training Program – Frame of Reference 2009-2013, which also describes the target users; the Program objectives, partners and conditions; the parameters of the call for proposals for regional training projects; and regional allocation of the funding envelope. A coordinating mechanism, the MSSS-McGill Joint Committee, implements and monitors the Program, as prescribed in the Implementation Framework that the two organizations signed onto in November 2009.

Programme de Formation Linguistique : Profil global 2009-2013 - Dialogue McGill (2013)
Le Programme de formation linguistique, Mesure 1, comporte trois volets. Les deux premiers font référence à des cours d’anglais et de français, langue professionnelle, qui sont offerts dans le cadre des projets régionaux de formation linguistique conçus et mis en œuvre par les 18 agences de la santé et des services sociaux (les « agences »). Le troisième regroupe des activités de soutien destinées aux formateurs qui donnent des cours de langue en région et aux apprenants qui y participent. Ces activités sont développées et offertes par l'équipe du Projet McGill. La structure et le contenu du Programme ont été élaborés par l’équipe du Projet McGill et sont décrits dans le document Programme de formation linguistique - Cadre de référence 2010-2013, tout comme le sont la clientèle visée, ses objectifs, ses partenaires, les conditions à respecter, les paramètres de l’appel de propositions des projets régionaux de formation et la répartition régionale de l'enveloppe budgétaire. Un mécanisme de coordination, le Comité conjoint MSSS-McGill, assure la mise en œuvre et le suivi du Programme comme le prévoit le Cadre de mise en œuvre convenu entre les deux organisations, en novembre 2009.

Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project : Research development program : overall profile 2009-2013 - Dialogue McGill (2013)
The McGill University Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (McGill Project) adds to the initiatives of the Government of Québec to give English-speaking Quebecers access to the full range of health and social services in their own language. It is an additional tool for implementing and revising regional programs for access to services in English, as prescribed in the Act respecting health services and social services. The McGill Project addresses the recognized needs of English-speaking communities and the challenge that those needs pose for Quebec's health and social services system. Given this, the McGill Project set up various programs to train and promote the hiring and retention of sufficient professionals qualified to deliver health and social services in English. The McGill Project is funded by Health Canada in the amount of $19 million over four years through its Official Languages Health Contribution Program (OLHCP). This report is the third in a three-part series to present the data gathered through the McGill Project from 2009 to 2013. The series deals with the three measures of the McGill Project, namely, the Language Training Program, the Retention and Distance Professional and Community Support Program, and the Research Development Program. The reports are organized to reflect the structure of each program as set out in the reference documents. Each report begins with an introduction of the program, then briefly describes the variables, data sources and sections of the report. This document reports on Measure 3, the Research Development Program, and is meant to inform Program reframing in Phase 3 (2013-2018).

Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project : Retention program : overall profile 2011-2013 - Dialogue McGill (2013)
The McGill University Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (McGill Project) adds to the initiatives of the Government of Québec to give English-speaking Quebecers access to the full range of health and social services in their own language. It is an additional tool for implementing and revising regional programs for access to services in English, as prescribed in the Act respecting health services and social services . The McGill Project addresses the recognized needs of English-speaking communities and the challenge that those needs pose for Quebec's health and social services system. Given this, the McGill Project set up various programs to train and promote the hiring and retention of sufficient professionals qualified to deliver health and social This report is the second in a three-part series to present the data gathered through the McGill Project from 2009 to 2013. The series concerns the three measures of the McGill Project, namely, services in English. The McGill Project is funded by Health Canada in the amount of $19 million over four years through its Official Languages Health Contribution Program (OLHCP). the Language Training Program, the Retention and Distance Professional and Community Support Program, and the Research Development Program.

CRTC Must Oblige Vidéotron to Restore English-language Community Television Station - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2013)
Parallel title: Attention News Directors, Television and Arts Reporters

2013-2018 Strategic Plan - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2013)
English-speaking Quebec is a diverse, confident, recognized and respected national linguistic minority that actively participates in and contributes to the social, economic, cultural and political life of Quebec and Canadian society.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

English-speaking Community Needs Formal Presence in Provincial Government, says QCGN members - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2013)

Le Canada, le bilinguisme et le commerce - Arcand, Alan; Le Conference Board du Canada (Community Economic Development and Employment Corporation (CEDEC), 2013)
Le français est l’une des principales langues mondiales. Selon l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), au moins 220 millions de personnes le parlent dans le monde1. C’est la langue officielle de tous les organismes des Nations unies et d’un grand nombre d’organisations internationales. Le français a pris naissance en France et s’est répandu grâce à l’expansion de ce pays outre-mer. Actuellement, quelque 30 pays dans le monde, dont le Canada, comptent le français parmi leurs langues officielles.

Canada, Bilingualism and Trade - Arcand, Alan; The Conference Board of Canada (Community Economic Development and Employment Corporation (CEDEC), 2013)
The French language is one of the world’s major languages. According to L’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), at least 220 million people in the world speak French. It’s the official language of all United Nations agencies and a large number of international organizations. The language originated in France and spread by way of the country’s overseas expansion. Today, some 30 countries in the world, including Canada, have recognized French as an official language.