Committee Discusses Use of French in Professional Orders and the Workplace - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog 7– Bill 96

Committee Discusses Quality of French Taught to Newcomers and English-speakers - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #15 - Bill 96

Committee Discusses Creation of Francisation Québec and a Ministry of the French Language - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #17 - Bill 96

Committee Debates New Complaints Procedures for the Office Québécois de la langue française - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #18- Bill 96

Committee Continues to Carve Out Exceptions to Exemplary Use of the French Language - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog - Bill 96

Committee Continues Discussions Regarding Restrictions on CEGEP Admissions - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)

Committee Continues Debate on the Future of English-language CEGEPS - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #13 - Bill 96

Committee Concludes Examination of Bill 96 : CAQ Enshrines Primacy of French Language and "Quebec Nation" Over Canadian and Quebec Human Rights Charters - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #24 - Bill 96

Committee Closes Debate on CEGEPS and Turns to Universities - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #14 - Bill 96

Committee Begins Examination of Language Restrictions Governing CEGEP Admissions - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #10 – Bill 96

Committee Adopts Series of Surprise Changes Regarding Bilingualism in Quebec Judicial Appointments - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #23 - Bill 96

Committee Adopts Proposed Changes to Civil Code of Quebec - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #21 - Bill 96

Committee Adds New Punitive Measures to Bill 96 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog #20 - Bill 96

Commissioner of Official Languages Identifies Systemic Problems for English-speaking Canada Post Workers - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2001)

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.

Comments at a Press Conference by William Johnson President of Alliance Quebec - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2000)

Comment les parents d'expression anglaise vivent-ils les services au Québec? - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2021)

Comité des usagers : Rapport annuel 2021-22 - Robertson, Mary (Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigids (JHSB), 2022)
Le Comité des usagers Jeffery-Hale-Saint-Brigid’s s’est réuni à dix (10) reprises entre le mois d’avril 2021 et mars 2022, avec une réunion générale annuelle le 7 juin 2021, par la plateforme ZOOM. Il n’y a pas eu de séances en présentiel, compte tenu de la pandémie COVID-19. Parmi les principaux défis pour le comité, en raison de cette situation d’urgence sanitaire, il y avait la difficulté à apporter un soutien significatif au personnel dans les deux établissements, l’accès restreint aux résidents et leurs familles, la difficulté de recruter de nouveaux membres pour les comités ainsi que de planifier et mettre en œuvre des programmes.

Comité des usagers JHSB : Mandat 2018-2021 - Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's (JHSB) (2021)

Combler l'écart de 12 000 Emplois : améliorer l'emploi pour la communauté d'expression anglaise du Québec - rapport de conférence - Youth Employment Services (YES); Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) (2020)
Services d’emploi pour les jeunes (YES) est heureux d’avoir obtenu du ﬁnancement du Secrétariat des relations avec les Québécois anglophones (SRQEA) aﬁn de bâtir un réseau plus solide d’organismes de services en anglais qui travaillent dans le domaine de l’emploi. Le projet de la Table ronde provinciale sur l’emploi (PERT) a pour objectif d’aborder trois questions importantes en matière d’emploi auxquelles doivent faire face les anglophones au Québec.

Collective Rights and the Declining Vitality of the English-speaking Communities of Quebec : Brief to the Committee on Culture and Education with Regards to the General Consultation and Public Hearings on Bill 103, An Act to Amend the Charter of the French Language and Other Legislative Provisions - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2010)
Our brief deals with the declining vitality of the English-speaking communities of Quebec (ESCQ) and the relative strength of the Francophone majority. The QCGN‟s goal is to demonstrate that our minority communities are not a threat to the majority, but a constituency that strengthens Quebec society. We expose the detrimental effect that Quebec's habit of emphasising an exclusionary notion of its society has on its minority population. Finally, we seek to attain official recognition of the historic and ongoing contributions our minority makes to Quebec society and achieve legal protection of minority rights and freedoms.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Collective Rights and the Declining Vitality of the English-speaking communities of Quebec - Leith, Linda; Macleod, Roderick (2010)

Coalition Avenir Quebec’s outrageous tuition policy hurts all Quebecers - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2023)

CLP : Unoriginal - Dawson Alternative School (2020)
Number of pages: 24

Closing the 12k Gap : Improving Employment for Quebec's English Community - Conference Report - Youth Employment Services (YES); Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) (2020)
Youth Employment Services (YES) is pleased to have secured funding from the Secretariat for relations with English-peaking Quebecers (SRQEA) to build a stronger network of English service organizationsworking in employability. The Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) project aims to address three important employment issues facing English speakers in Quebec.

Closing Remarks of Kevin Shaar, Vice-President of QCGN, to QCGN Hearings on Bill 96 - Shaar, Kevin (2021)

Climate Anxiety Among English-Speaking Youth in Québec - Pettem, Alexandre; Rengel, Fernanda (2023)

[CLC Plan Template] - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN)

[CLC Health & Wellbeing Pathway Template] - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2018)

CLC Extended Model : Learnings & Next Steps from the First 4 Years - Estuaries Learning Consulting Group (Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN), 2018)

CLC Extended Model : Learnings & Next Steps from the First 4 Years - Estuaries Learning Consulting Group (Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN), 2018)
From January to March of 2018, LEARN undertook an evaluation of the CLC extended model that looked to answer two key questions: 1) Has the CLC extended model been a success, and; 2) What best practices can schools and school boards adopt to effectively introduce the CLC extended model? In asking these questions, LEARN was looking to support two specific types of stakeholders: 1) Schools and school boards wanting to understand the benefits and outcomes of the extended model; and, 2) Schools and school boards wanting a deeper understanding of how to extend effectively. The majority of school boards currently have CLCs that have been extended models for a short duration. The data presented here reflects this, as it responds to question two more fully. It will be useful to do a further evaluation in a few years’ time to gather more precise data on the success of the model, once schools have engaged with it for a longer period.

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

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

Civic Engagement Motivations and Barriers for English-Speaking Quebec Youth - Nykoluk, Brock (2022)
As such, to better understand Québec’s civic land- scape, civic engagement for ESQY ought to receive more scholarly attention. This report aims to help fill this gap by answering the following questions: How do ESQY characterize the motivations behind their civic engagement? How do ESQY characterize the barriers that hinder their civic engagement?

Church in the Modern World : Sociologist's View - Allen, Paul (2010)

CHSSN Telehealth Program & Follow-up Intervention Project : 2007-2008 - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN); McGill University Health Centre (2008)
The Community Health Education Program (CHEP) is a dynamic program that facilitates distance community learning of health and social information for English-speaking Quebecers in remote communities, via five different components: videoconferencing, telephone conferencing, videoconferencing Session DVD’s, community radio (Internet access), follow-up activities (face-to-face)

CHSSN Survey to Access to English-language Health and Social Services - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2021)
Parallel title: Highlights from the New Time Series Report 2005-2019 / Séries chronologiques de sondage CROP du RCSSS de 2005, 2010, 2015, et 2019

CHSSN Senior Wellness Centre Initiative Activity Report Year 2 (2022-2023) - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2023)

CHSSN Montreal Community Forum : Mental Health and COVID-19 - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2021)
The forum brought together representatives from the provincial government, the health sector, the community, various research initiatives, and leaders from across the Island of Montreal to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on mental health for English speakers living on the Island. The event also served as a platform forcelebrating the successes of different mental health initiatives and for co-generating solutions to some of the most urgent problems facing mental health amongst English speakers in the context of COVID-19. With the goal of deepening an understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on different demographic segments of the English-speaking population of Montreal, CHSSN invited speakers working with a wide range of populations and possessing diverse lived experiences of the pandemic. The forum was designed to foster cross-sectoral and intersectional exchanges and to create a space for learning, discovery, consciousness-raising, resource-sharing, networking, and collaborating.

CHSSN Community Radio Project 2007-2008 - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2008)
In winter 2007, the CHSSN carried out a pilot project in conjunction with Townshippers’ Association to disseminate community health information via community radio to test the efficacy of using this medium to extend the outreach of the Network Partnership Initiative (NPI). Two call-in shows – Dependencies and Mental Health – were broadcast by CJMQ-FM in Lennoxville, and an edited recording of the show on Dependencies was re-broadcast on CJAS in St-Augustin. Based on the success of the 2007 pilot, for winter 2008 the community radio project was expanded to include more regions, a wider range of informational programming and Internet dissemination.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

CHSSN Community Netlink - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2018)
Number of pages: 6

CHSSN Community Netlink - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2022)
Number of pages: 10

CHSSN À propos de Nous / Who We Are - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2023)
Through a program called the Networking and Partnership Initiative (NPI), the CHSSN supports 23 community organizations serving English-speaking communities across the province in their efforts to collaborate with partners to improve access to health and social services in English (see map).

Choices through Knowledge: Community training in palliative care - Jones, Jo-Ann; Quebec Association for Adult Learning (QAAL) (2004)

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

Charting the Course : 2022-2023 Year in Review - Youth for Youth Québec (Y4Y Québec) (2023)

Chaotic Masterpiece - Writers in the Community (2019)
Number of pages: 40

Changes to QFHSA By-Laws-Addition of Article XIII Dissolution : Resolution 2018-04 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2018)

Changes to Article II Constitution : Resolution 2018-03 - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2018)

Championing Early Literacy Through Libraries and Community Partnerships - Dixit, Aisha (2023)

Challenges Around Resources and Services in Quebec's English-language Schools - Ciamarra, Nadine; Lamarre, Patricia; Donovan, Patrick; O'Donnell, Lorraine (Quebec English-speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), 2021)
English-language schools in Quebec struggle with diverse challenges, from urban and rural poverty to being located in isolated and remote areas. These issues impact the services and resources available to students and schools already constrained by a declining student population (Advisory Board on English Education [ABEE], 2018).
Parallel title: Education Research Brief no. 3
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

[Centres scolaires communautaires : Fiche d'information] - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2022)

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.

Census 2021 Update : A Brief Review of the Latest Data on Employment Among Québec’s English Speakers - Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) (2023)
A review of the most recent census data on the employment situation of Québec’s English-speaking communities reveals that English speakers continue to experience significant challenges in Québec’s labour market. Despite a high rate of labour force participation and increases in educational attainment, English speakers in most regions of Québec face higher unemployment rates, lower median incomes and higher rates of poverty compared to the French-speaking majority. This report provides an overview of key labour market characteristics for Québec’s English-speaking communities based on data from the 2021 Census.

Celebrating 40 Years - Literacy Quebec (LQ) (2020)
The year was 1980 and the world was undergoing massive change. CNN launched, the Rubik’s cube went on sale and the Iran-Iraq war began. Closer to home, Quebecers voted in a sovereignty referendum to remain part of Canada, while the sports scene saw the Montreal Canadiens fail in their quest for a fifth consecutive Stanley Cup. But something else historic was also brewing in the province that year: Laubach Literacy Canada-Quebec (LLC-Q), the forerunner of Literacy Volunteers of Quebec, now known as Literacy Quebec.

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)

[CEDEC Newsletter] - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) (2023)
Number of pages: 10

[CEDEC Newsletter] - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) (2023)
Number of pages: 11

CEDEC hopeful Official Languages Act Action Plan will have long-term impact and meaningful difference to ESCQ vitality - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) (2023)

CEDEC : Career Focus Project Ideas - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC)

CEDEC Brand Handbook - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC)

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

Caring for elderly parents? Balancing family with work or studies? You may be part of the sandwich generation... - Howarth, Kelly (2005)

Careers in Nursing - Assistance and Referral Centre (ARC) (2019)

Careers in Mental Health - Assistance and Referral Centre (ARC) (2019)

CAQ Misses the Mark with Scheme to Abolish School Boards - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2018)

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)

Canada's New Official Languages Plan : Will it Help Quebec? - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2003)

Canada, Quebec, and Intergovernmental Agreements to Support English-speaking Quebecers - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2023)

Canada Post Fires Whistle-Blower - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2002)

Canada Must Not Abandon its Leadership on Official Languages - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2021)

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.

Can Our Government Become Inclusive? - Housefather, Anthony (2000)

Cabinet Shuffle Blurs Roles and Could Delay Implementation of Action Plan for Official Languages - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2018)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

C-13 An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act, to Enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to Make Related Amendments to Other Acts - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)

By the Numbers : How are Communities Counted? - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2021)

Business vitality initiative : Manuel de l'animateur - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) (2010)
Le Business Vitality Initiative (BVI) comprend deux assemblées publiques très structurées qui doivent être animées par un expert. Le Manuel est la ressource principale des animateurs de ces assemblées, mais d’autres ressources sont aussi mises à leur disposition, notamment : • le diaporama sur le BVI; • le Manuel de la communauté – BVI; • le compte rendu des discussions avec la direction du CIEL; • le compte rendu des discussions avec l’organisme de parrainage communautaire; • un rapport d’évaluation dans le cadre du BVI et le rapport définitif d’une autre communauté.

Business Vitality Initiative : Facilitator Handbook - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) (2010)
The Purpose of this Manual: The BVI includes two highly structured public meetings which require expert facilitation. This manual is a basic resource for facilitators. Other necessary resources include: • The BVI PowerPoint presentation • The BVI Community Handbook • Discussions with CIEL management • Discussions with the Community Sponsor • A BVI Assessment Report and Final Report from another community

Business Vitality Initiative : Community Handbook - Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) (2010)
If you’re not asking these questions, it’s unlikely you’re maximizing the potential of your community. Communities identifying their strengths, their gaps and their unexplored opportunities— that is what’s behind the BVI, a measurement and action process that helps communities harness their business potential. It has been designed to help communities assess their capacity to work with and support entrepreneurs, and to foster business growth. The BVI has been employed in communities across Canada (and recently in Australia) by a team based in Nelson, BC. The CIEL/BVI Team has been nominated for BC’s top award in community economic development and most recently won an award as the region’s most innovative organization. The BVI measures the perceptions of community leaders, business people and citizens about the current business environment in the community and compares the scores to those from other communities using a unique graphical index (the Business Vitality Index).

Business Expenses - Youth Employment Services (YES)

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

Building Leadership in Rural Quebec Project Toolkit - Palmer, Lise (2010)
Parallel title: A practical resource for groups, organizations, and communities implementing projects in isolated minority language communities

Building Confidence : Conversing with the English Community : A How-to Toolkit - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2018)

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

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

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

Bright Beginnings Project Descriptions - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) (2019)

Bright Beginnings Model : Supporting English-speaking Children & Families in the Province of Quebec - Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN)

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.

Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Official Language’s Study of Matters Relating to Minority-language Health Services - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2023)

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.

Brief to the Romanow Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC)
The English Speaking Catholic Council welcomes the opportunity to present its perspective and its recommendations to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. We bring to the task great respect for the efforts of Mr. Romanow and his team and a firm conviction that the Commissioner is correct when he writes in his Interim Report that “the Medicare house needs remodeling but not demolishing.”

Brief to the Pre-Budget Consultation Chaired by Finance Minister Eric Girard - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2023)
Sections A to C of this brief address the funding needs of Quebec’s community sector organizations, and more specifically the needs of those organizations which provide services and programs to English-speaking Quebecers. The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) has long held a mandate to collect, collate, and articulate the needs of Quebec’s English-speaking community, and the work that we have done on this file in recent years has informed these sections of our brief significantly.

Brief to the National Assembly Committee on Culture and Education : Special Consultations and Public Hearings on Bill 96, an Act Respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Quebec - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2021)
In this brief, the QCGN articulates three sets of concerns: first, Bill 96 fundamentally alters the Quebec state, which is of concern to all Quebecers. Second, Bill 96 will make it harder to do business in Quebec, which is also of concern to all Quebecers. Third, Bill 96 will have adverse impacts on the 1.1 million Quebecers who belong to the English-speaking minority. The QCGN supports the policy goal of promoting the French language in Quebec, but suggests there are other ways to achieve this goal in an inclusive manner, to the benefit of all Quebecers.

Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages on the Topic of Bill C-13, an Act To Amend the Official Languages Act, to Enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses and to Make Related Amendments to Other Acts - O'Donnell, Lorraine (Quebec English-speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), 2022)
The present brief focuses on the first purpose, Bill C-13 amendments to the OLA. This is the topic on which I in my role as research associate at the Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN) have developed the most knowledge.
Parallel title: BRIEF To the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages

Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages - Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) (2022)
The Provincial Employment Roundtable is pleased to submit this brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages regarding Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. This brief outlines the context for the English-speaking communities in Québec, particularly with respect to the significant employment and employability challenges they face. It also provides comments and recommendations for Bill C-13 with the goal of strengthening the Official Languages Act (the ‘OLA’) and supporting the development and vitality of Québec’s English-speaking communities.

Brief to the Family Superior Council by the Quebec Federation of Protestant Home and School Association - Quebec Federation of Protestant Home & School Associations (1965)
The Quebec Federationof Protestant Home and School Associations appreciates the opportunity to present suggestions and ideas to the Family Superior Council at this time. During the 21 years of Federation's existence, local Home and School Associations have continutually fed the Provincial Home and School group of the results of their studies and concerns about family life in Quebec communities. We rejoice in the setting up of the Family Superior Council, and look forward to new opportunities to help improve family life in Quebec province.

Brief to the Expert Panel on Language of Work and Service in Federally Regulated Private Businesses - Jennings, Marlene; Shaar, Kevin (Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), 2021)
Canada has two official languages and two official language minorities. In its recent paper on official languages, English and French: Towards a Substantive Equality of Official Languages in Canada, the Government of Canada makes a legislative proposal to increase the use of French in federally regulated private enterprises. The paper outlines specific proposals to provide rights to work and rights to services in French – but not in English – in federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and in regions with a strong Francophone presence.

Brief to the Estates General on the French Language - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2001)
In 1982, following its long tradition of creating organizations and institutions to meet its needs and fulfill its aspirations, the English-speaking community created Alliance Quebec to respond to the dramatic changes in Quebec's society. Alliance Quebec is a non-profit, volunteer-based, community organization committed to the preservation and enhancement of the English-speaking communities and it's institutions in Quebec. Alliance Quebec serves as voice on public policy for the English-speaking communities. To that end, we strive for acceptance of an open and multicultural society; a commitment to a united Canada; a participative and integrated approach toward community retention and development; and proactive and entrepreneurial management.

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)

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 Committee on Culture and Education : Special Consultations and Public Hearings on Bill 105, An Act to Amend the Education Act - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) represents forty-eight (48) English-language community groups across Quebec. QCGN recognizes that 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)

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)

Brief to the 2024-2025 Pre-budget Consultation - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2024)

Brief to House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages : Bill C-13, An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
The Official Languages Act is a lifeline for English-speaking Quebec. With Quebec’s Bill 96, the community needs this lifeline more than ever. But with Bill C-13, this lifeline is fraying. Founded in 1995, the Quebec Community Groups Network (“QCGN”) is a not-for-profit organization linking English-language community organizations across Quebec. The QCGN—like the community it serves—is proud to support the protection and promotion of the French language in Canada. The QCGN advocates for linguistic duality in every province and territory. The English-speaking minority in Quebec is a diverse, bilingual, and resilient community that is facing serious economic challenges—in the face of persistent myths and stereotypes. Although the English language itself is not threatened, the English-speaking community’s challenge is in maintaining the community’s vitality and survival in all regions of Quebec.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Brief to Appele Quebec on Bill 40 : an Act to Amend Mainly the Education Act with Regard to School Organization and Governance - Buck, John (Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC), 2019)
The Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation, CEDEC, has been intimately involved over the last twenty-five years in developing and enhancing the vitality of the English-speaking Minority Community of Quebec. CEDEC is committed to improving the economic well-being of communities. It is a hub of innovative research and practice focused on enhancing economic activity that benefits communities through public, private, and civil society collaboration.

Brief Submitted to the National Assembly of Quebec’s Committee on Culture and Education by the English Language Arts Network for the General Consultation and Public Hearings on Bill 14 : An Act to Amend the Charter of the French Language, the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and Other Legislative Provisions - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2013)
This brief was prepared by the English-Language Arts Network (ELAN), an incorporated not-for-profit organisation that represents 8,000 English-speaking artists in Quebec. ELAN is a meeting place for English-language artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec, where they can share expertise and resources, build audiences and alliances, seek support, advocate for their interests, and make common cause with the Francophone arts community.

Brief : Submitted to the Federal Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care by the English-speaking Catholic Council - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) (2010)
The English Speaking Catholic Council acknowledges with deep gratitude the invaluable contribution of the principal authors of this brief: Dr. Ramona Coelho, a family physician who works at CLSC Metro in Montreal. Her training included a focus in palliative care. She spends half of her practice caring for disabled and frail elderly persons who are homebound. And Daniel Cere, Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, and member of the Board of the ESCC. The English Speaking Catholic Council is pleased to present this Brief to the Federal Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care.

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)

Brief Submitted by Quebec Federation of Protestant Home and School Associations to the Quebec Royal Commission on Taxation - Quebec Federation of Protestant Home & School Associations (1964)
The present Brief is presented by the Quebec Federat ion of Protestant Home and School Assotiations. Quebec Federation, formed twenty years ago, today numbers 200 individual associations representing 20,000 family memberships. It exists wherever schools of the Protestant panel exist, from the Gaspe Peninsula in the east to Hull in the west, from Val d'Or and Arvida in the north to Thetford Mines and Sherbrooke in the south. The adherents and some Jewish Day (Parochial) Schools of the Jewish faith aIso express themse lves in and through the Federation.

Brief : Public Consultation on the Government Action Plan to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion - Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) (2023)
Québec is home to more than 1.2 million English speakers, representing 14.9% of the province’s population. Data from the 2021 Census of Canada indicates that English-speaking Quebecers occupy a more precarious economic position than their French-speaking counterparts, experience higher rates of poverty and unemployment and earn lower median incomes. Research conducted by PERT has highlighted some of the specific barriers and challenges English speakers face regarding labour market integration and retention in Québec, including lack of French-language training for the workforce, lack of English-language employability services, lack of English-language vocational training, and lack of wrap-around support services. These employment challenges impact English speakers' labour market outcomes and are associated with higher rates of poverty.1 Furthermore, many of these challenges, especially the lack of wrap-around supports (e.g. housing or food security), can directly contribute to – and result from – poverty.

Brief Presented to the Standing Committee on Education, Government of Quebec - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) (1999)
The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) made a major act of good faith when in May 1988, at the National Assembly Hearings studying Bill 107 (the Education Act), it defended its brief in favor of the reorganization of school boards along linguistic lines while strongly advocating measures to ensure the confessional character of schools

Brief Presented to the National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education with Regards to General Consultation and Public Hearings on Bill 14: An Act to Amend the Charter of the French Language, the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and Other Legislative Provisions - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2013)
This brief was prepared by the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), an incorporated not-for-profit organization that identifies, explores and addresses strategic issues affecting the development and vitality of English-speaking Quebec. The QCGN and its 41 members work cooperatively and in partnership with community stakeholders, leaders, governments and institutions, to advance the interests of our minority community.

Brief Presented to The House of Common Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages Submitted by the Quebec English School Boards Association - Quebec English School Boards Association (2021)
The Quebec English School Boards Association was founded in 1929. The role of the association is to represent the nine English school boards of Québec as well as the Littoral School Board, a special status school board. Our member boards cover the full geographic territory of Québec with some board territories covering more than 400,000 square kilometres, equal to the land area of Spain. Our board student enrolments range from 1,300 (Eastern Shores in the Gaspé region) to more than 25,000 for each of the 2 boards serving the Island of Montr al. Our network is comprised of about 340 schools and adult centres, some with enrolment well below 100 to as many as 2,000. Our boards serve the youth sector from Kindergarten to Secondary V (grade 11). They also deliver Adult Education and Vocational Training. Some of our boards offer pre-kindergarten programs to 4-year-old children and the Adult and Vocational sectors cater to students 16 years of age and older. All told there are approximately 100,000 students in the minority-language English public school system.
Parallel title: English and French : Towards Real Equality of Official Languages in Canada

Brief Presented to la commission des états généraux sur la situation et l'avenir de la langue française au Québec - The English Speaking Catholic Council (ESCC) (2001)
The English Speaking Catholic Council is a registered non-profit organization, made up of men and women from both the public and private sectors – all volunteers – who come together with a commitment to support and speak on behalf of their community in the fields of social justice, education, health and social services, and culture. In this year 2001, designated by the United Nations as the “International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations”, the English Speaking Catholic Council comes before the Estates General with the hope of stimulating greater dialogue and understanding in a spirit of mutual respect among all people in Quebec.

Brief on Teacher Classification Presented by Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations to Commission of Study on the Classification of Teachers - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (1974)
The Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations at its Annual General Meeting held in May 1971, passed two resolutions on the issue and conflict arising in respect of Teacher Classification to be directed to the Minister of Education.

Brief on Health Services in the School Prepared by Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (1987)
Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations (QFHSA), founded in 1944, is an independent, voluntary, parental organization representing approximately five thousand families, mainly within the English speaking communities throughout the province. Parent volunteers are active within local Home & School Associations, the provincial organization and, at the national level, through The Canadian Home & School and Parent-Teacher Federation. In addition, QFHSA has an affiliated group membership of 86 School Committees, school boards and teacher associations. Two of the stated aims of the Home & School movement are to obtain the best for each child according to his or her physical, mental, social and spiritual needs, and to assist in forming public opinion favourable to reform and to the advancement of the education and well-being of the child.

Brief on Draft Law Number 143 Equity in the Civil Service - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2000)
As the Committee studying draft law 143 is aware, Alliance Quebec is an association which lobbies governments at all levels for the rights and needs of the Englishspeaking population of Quebec to be respected. Our organization has chapters in Montreal, West Island, East Island, South Shore, Laval, Rouyn-Noranda, Val d'Or, Saguenay Lac Saint Jean, Mauricie and the Upper and Lower Laurentians. We also have our provincial youth commission that represents young people province-wide. In all, over 83 percent of Quebec's English-speaking population resides in Alliance Quebec territory.

Brief on CEGEPS Presented by Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations to the Superior Council of Education - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (1973)
Our Committee is composed of sixteen members who have been actively involved in Home & School over the years and have children in or going into CEGEP system of education. In order to become more knowledgeable about the five English language CEGEPS (Dawson, Vanier, John Abbott, Champlain Regional, and Marionopolis Colleges) our Committee arranged interviews with the Academic Deans, teachers, and student representatives.

Brief on Bill 96 : An Act Respecting French, the Official and Common LAnguage of Quebec Submitted by the Quebec Writers' Foundation (QWF), The English Language Arts Network (ELAN), and the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF) - Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF); English Language Arts Network (ELAN); Quebec Drama Federation (QDF) (2021)
As part of Quebec’s English-speaking community, as artists, storytellers, dramatists and performers embedded in and contributing to Quebec’s cultural life, we are deeply troubled by the character, spirit and content of Bill 96, and the negative impact it threatens to have on Quebec’s English-language arts community.

Brief on Bill 96 : An Act Respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Quebec - Neal, Christopher; Barlow, Julie; Rodgers, Guy; Maturo, Nick (English-Language Arts Network (ELAN), 2021)

Brief on Bill 62 to the Education Committee of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (1970)
The Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations, formerly the Quebec Federation of Protestant Home and School Associations (hereinafter referred to as "Quebec Federation") wishes to present the Education Committee of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec with the views of its membership on the proposed Bill 62.

Brief on Bill 170 : An Act to Reform the Municipal Territorial Organization of the [Metropolitan] Regions of Montreal, Quebec and Outaouais - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2000)
Alliance Quebec welcomes the opportunity to present our concerns on Bill 170 - An act to reform the municipal territorial organization of the metropolitain regions of Montreal, Quebec and Outaouais. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Quebec Liberal Party for undertaking this initiative to ensure that all Quebecers have an opportunity to publicly express their views on Bill 170. We would note that we have made an effort to be included in the hearings before the National Assembly commission studying the law and like so many others who oppose the Bill, have not been accepted to be heard.

Brief on Bill 107 "Education Act" Presented to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Education by Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (1988)
The Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations (QFHSA) is pleased to have the opportunity to make this submission to Education of the National Assembly. This the Standing Committee on submission is the eighth presentation QFHSA has made to a Parliamentary Committee on school reorganization. It reflects the enduring concern of our family members that they be active and responsible participants in the setting of the framework in which their children are educated.

Brief for the Consortium of Official Language Community Media, Presented to the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages, for its Study on the Official Languages Reform Project Unveiled on February 19, 2021 by the Minster of Economic Development and Official Languages, English and French : Towards a Substantitive Equality of Official Languages in Canada - Consortium of Official Language Minority Community Media (2021)
The Consortium of Official Language Minority Community Media (the “Consortium”) is an alliance of Réseau.Presse, the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (“ARC du Canada”), the Quebec Community Newspapers Association (“QCNA”) and the English-Language Arts Network (“ELAN”) , the four organizations representing the interests of the entire official language minority community media sector. Since 2016, the four agencies of the consortium have spoken with a single voice on the issues affecting some 105 community newspapers and radio stations.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

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)

Brief for Consultations with the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise - Seniors Action Quebec (SAQ) (2024)

Brief Concerning Regulation Six - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (1972)
The present submission was pre pared as a result of a two-part Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of the Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations on May 14th, 1971.

Brief Addressed to the Committee on Culture and Education and Bill 56 : An Act to Prevent and Deal with Bullying and Violence in Schools - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) (2012)
The Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on Bill 56, An Act to prevent and deal with bullying and violence in schools.

Bridging the Gap Meeting - Literacy Quebec (LQ) (2007)

Born to Read / Le goût de lire - Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA)

Border Labour Situation a Threat, Johnson Warns Quebec - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (1999)

Book of Proceedings : State of the Arts Summit 2011 - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2011)

Bonjour Hi : What French and English Quebecers Think About Each Other and About Key Issues - Jedwab, Jack; Warren, Jean-Philippe (2018)

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)

Blazing a Trail for Active and Healthy Aging : An Action Plan for Quebec English-speaking Seniors / Tracer la voie pour vieillir en santé et demeurer actif : Plan d’action à l’intention des aînés d’expression anglaise du Québec - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2009)
In 2007, the Ministère de la Famille et des Aînés conducted public consultations across all 17 regions to assess the living conditions of seniors and to identify their major challenges across Quebec. The roving consultations looked at a variety of subjects including the role and needs of family caregivers, home support services, intergenerational solidarity, abuse of and violence towards seniors, as well as the contributions that seniors make to society. It demonstrated the importance of understanding the needs and priorities of seniors as their numbers gradually increase in proportion to the rest of the population due to enhanced longevity. The findings of the consultations were summarized by Minister Marguerite Blais, assisted by Mrs. Sheila Goldbloom and Dr. Réjean Hébert in a report entitled “Public Consultation Report on Living Conditions of Quebec: Preparing the Future with our Seniors,” which identified the priorities for all seniors in Quebec. En 2007, le ministère de la Famille et des Aînés a mené une consultation publique dans 17 régions afin d’évaluer les conditions de vie des aînés et d’établir leurs principaux enjeux dans tout le Québec. Cette commission itinérante a permis d’examiner une variété de sujets, notamment le rôle et les besoins des aidants naturels, les services de soutien à domicile, la solidarité intergénérationnelle, les abus et la violence envers les aînés ainsi que la contribution des aînés à la société. Cet exercice a démontré l’importance de comprendre les besoins et les priorités des aînés car, en raison de l’accroissement de la longévité, leur nombre augmente graduellement, proportionnellement au reste de la population. Les conclusions de ce processus de consultation ont été résumées par la ministre Marguerite Blais, en collaboration avec Mme Sheila Goldbloom et le Dr Réjean Hébert, dans un ouvrage intitulé Rapport de la consultation publique sur les conditions de vie des aînés : Préparons l’avenir avec nos aînés. Ce rapport définit les priorités de tous les aînés du Québec.

Black-White Differences in Canadian Educational Attainments and Earnings - Masella, Rosalie; McIntosh, James (2019)
Data from two large Canadian surveys are used to analyze educational and earnings performance of Blacks and Whites. The main purpose of this study is to determine how well blacks perform relative to Whites in these two areas.

Black in Quebec : Systemic Racism in Our History - Davids, John; Fang, Xiaoyan; Galutira, Aileen (2020)

Black in Quebec : Summary Report 2020-2021 - Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) (2021)
In Quebec, there is a population of around 320,000 people who identify as members of the Black community. In Quebec's Black community, just under 60,000 (around 1 in 5 people) are categorized as members of the English-speaking community (Statistics Canada, 2016). The Black in Quebec Project commenced in Fall 2019 with the drafting of the project and in February 2020, the Project Researcher (John Davids) and Research Assistant (Xiaoyan Fang) were hired by the BCRC. The purpose of the project is to fill the gaps in the knowledge about the English-speaking Black Community (ESBC) in Quebec. In Quebec and Canada, there is a lack of disaggregated race-base data that measures critical variables describing the socio-economic and psycho-social status of the English-speaking Black Community. Thus, when it came to exploring the state and vitality of the ESBC, there were and continues to be deficiencies in the publicly available data and knowledge. Being a study about a population that is both a racialized and linguistic minority in Quebec, the Black in Quebec Project attempts to fill some of the gaps in the collection of data, its analysis and storage. It presents an improved understanding regarding the unique situation and challenges facing the ESBC in Quebec.

Black in Quebec : Progress Report - Davids, John; Fang, Xiaoyan (2020)

Black in Quebec Presents : In Focus - Davids, John; Fang, Xiaoyan (Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC), 2021)
Due to the Information Gaps pertaining to the well-being of the ESBC, the project collected detailed, qualitative information from members of Quebec's ESBC through conducting Focus Groups. These were meant to better inform the project about different aspects of the community such as the challenges facing the ESBC and solutions which should be considered. This process occurred in two parts, one-on-one interviews with members of the ESBC as well as group discussions with members of the seniors in the ESBC. Ultimately, upon conducting the Focus Groups, the Black in Quebec team was provided with a large amount of detailed, qualitative data derived directly from community members. This document presents the findings from the Focus Groups which are organized in two parts: challenges identified and solution based responses. Given that the Focus Group discussions were semistructured and participants offered varying levels of details, the findings reflect distinct issues or solutions identified by the participants in no particular order but were categorized thematically. Certain findings may have overlapped more than one theme.

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

Black in Quebec - Davids, John; Fang, Xiaoyan; Bramble, Shania (2021)

Black Academic Scholarship Fund 2023 Award Luncheon - Black Academic Scholarship Fund (BASF) (2023)

Bishop's Forum Bringing Young Leaders Together - The Record (2019)

Bill C-13 Weakens Federal Lifeline to English-speaking Quebec When it is Most Needed - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2021)

Bill 96 - National Assembly Committee Debates "Historic Anglo" Clause - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2022)
Parallel title: Policy Matters Blog - Bill 96

Bill 96 is Profoundly Flawed and Must be Withdrawn - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2021)

Bill 96 & Employment of English Speakers in Québec - Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) (2022)
On May 24, 2022, Québec’s National Assembly passed Bill 96, An Act Respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The bill, which presents significant modifications to The Charter of the French Language (Bill 101), as well as other existing legislation, was passed more than a year after it was introduced. On June 1, 2022, Bill 96 received royal assent and some of its clauses came into effect immediately. Other clauses of the bill will come into effect at later dates.

Bill 96 and the Deaf : The Unintended Consequences of Legislation - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2021)

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

Bill 40 Violates Education Rights of Quebec’s English-speaking Minority Community, Superior Court Justice Rules - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2023)

Bill 40 Submission by APPELE-Québec - Alliance for the Promotion of Public English-language Education in Quebec (APPELE-Quebec) (2019)

Bill 21 Discriminates Against Quebecers : Statement from ELAN - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2019)
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Bill 15 Petition Gathers 6400 Signatures in 16 Days - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2023)

Bill 104 Contested - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (2003)

Bill 103 : Collective Rights and the Declining Vitality of the English-speaking Communities of Quebec - Bourhis, Richard Y.; Foucher, Pierre (Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), 2010)
The first part of this brief deals with the declining vitality of the English speaking communities of Quebec (ESCQ) and the strength of the dominant Québécois francophone majority in the Province. We argue that a key premise of Bill 103 is based on the erroneous notion that the French language and its speakers are threatened in the Province of Quebec. This false premise brings the current government to draft Bill 103 with regulations making it virtually impossible for Allophone and immigrant children to be approved as pupils in the publicly funded English schools of the Province. As the past Education Minister Michele Courchesne stated on June 3rd 2010 “I won’t deny that the objective (of Bill 103) is to have as few as possible (approved)”.

Bill 10's Impact on Users' and Residents' Committees : Info sheet no.10 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
One way in which those required to utilize the services of the health and social services network administered by the province can ensure that their rights are respected, including their access to services in English, is by referring to and/or participating in a Users’ Committee or a Residents’ Committee (also know as in-patient committees). These committees may also exist in private institutions. The committees are comprised of volunteers elected by users or in-patients.

Bill 10's Impact on the Status of Public Institutions : Info sheet no.1 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
Bill 10, adopted in February 2015, substantially changed certain provisions of Quebec’s Health and Social Service Act (S 4.2). In particular, it radically altered the way in which Quebec’s public health and social services system is administered. It had far-reaching effects on the status of the institutions that deliver health and social services, merging almost all institutions into 22 Centres Intégrés that now deliver all of the regionally based services. The only exceptions are seven highly specialized hospitals (five in Montreal, two in Quebec City), one institution that already resembled a Centre Intégré (in region 10), and five institutions that deliver services to the Cree, Inuit and Naskapi communities (located respectively in regions 18, 17 and 09).

Bill 10's Impact on the Right to Complain : Info sheet no.11 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
Adoption of Bill 10 did not modify the complaints regime established by the Act respecting health services and social services. However, mention of the complaints regime is included in these Info sheets to remind interested readers that it exists, and can be used with respect to issues related to access to health and social services in English. The number of reported complaints on this topic is quite low. This may be because users are satisfied with access to services in English. But other information1 suggests that there is a level of dissatisfaction with respect to access to certain types of services, and in certain institutions that exists but is not manifested by official complaints.

Bill 10's Impact on the Provincial Committee on the Delivery of Services in English : Info sheet no.4 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
The Government of Quebec has created a Provincial Committee (PC) on the delivery of health and social services in English. The committee is sometimes referred to as the Provincial Advisory Committee, but ‘Advisory’ is not part of its official title.

Bill 10's Impact on Regional Access Committees : Info sheet no.5 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
The Government of Quebec has created Regional Access Committees on the delivery of health and social services in English. Each of Quebec’s Health Regions (two Aboriginal Health Regions excepted) is required to have a Regional Access Committee. The committees are referred to simply as Regional Committees in the legislation.

Bill 10's Impact on Institutional Property Ownership : Info sheet no.9 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
The institutions merged under Bill 10 into a Centre Intégré (CI) were merged by amalgamation or by grouping. Under merger by amalgamation the merged institution loses its legal identity and therefore no longer exists as an institution. The new CI assumes all of the responsibilities, liabilities and assets of the merged institution, including human resources and property. Under merger by grouping, the institution keeps its legal identity and therefore continues to exist. The new CI assumes all of the responsibilities, liabilities and assets of the grouped institution, including human resources but not property. The grouped institution keeps the ownership of its property.

Bill 10's Impact on Foundations : Info sheet no.8 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
Many public health and social service institutions have been supported in their work over the years by a foundation, often named after the institution it supports; for example, the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Foundation, the St Mary’s Hospital Foundation, or the Jeffery Hale-Saint Brigid’s Friends’ Foundation. In the English-speaking community some of these foundations have existed for many decades and are part of the history and identity of those groups within the English-speaking community that founded them. Bill 10 did not directly change anything that affects the legal foundation or the governance of such foundations, but the consequences of Bill 10 do have direct and real impacts on the way foundations interact with the institution they support which is now merged into another, new institution with a different name.

Bill 10's Impact on Advisory Committees : Info sheet no.7 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
Bill 10, provides for a new volunteer committee available, if requested, to each and every merged institution under the responsibility of a Centre Intégré (CI). The committee is known as an Advisory Committee for the specific merged institution. The role of an Advisory Committee is to make recommendations to the board of the CI into which the former institution was merged with respect to preservation of the cultural, historic, linguistic, and local characteristics of the merged institution. When applicable it also establishes the necessary ties with the foundation related to, and with the persons responsible for research activities in the merged institution. For more about the reorganization of health institutions see Info sheet no. 1 on Bill 10’s impact on the status of public institutions.

Bill 10's Impact on Access Programs : Info sheet no.6 - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN))
Access Programs have been part of the process of making government funded health and social services available in English in Quebec since the 1980s. Essentially an Access Program is an inventory for a given region of which services are available in English, and where they can be accessed.

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

Bilingual Young Quebecers Leading the Way to Canada's Future - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2017)

Bilan annuel : CSC - Plan d'action 2023-2024 - Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) (2023)

Big Farms, Small Farms : Strategies in Sustainable Agriculture to Fit All Sizes - Maynard, Hugh; Nault, Jacques (Qu’anglo Communications & Consulting, 2005)

Biding Our Time with Rhymes - Writers in the Community (2013)
Number of pages: 25

Best Social Media Practices - Youth Employment Services (YES)

Best Hiring Practices - Youth Employment Services (YES)

Best Books List : Winter 2021 - MCQ Social Exchange Project (2021)

Benefits of QWF Membership - Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF)

Benefits of QWF Membership - Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) (2019)

Basic Budgeting for an Event - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2012)

Baseline Data Report 2019-2020 : Time Series Report : CHSSN-CROP Surveys 2005-2019 - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network, 2020)
The Baseline Data Report 2019-2020 (BDR) is the eighteenth volume of a series produced by the Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) to serve as a relevant and comprehensive knowledge base regarding the situation of Québec’s English-speaking population in the area of health. The Baseline Data Report series is intended to serve as a resource that will allow local communities to better understand the demographic factors and health determinants affecting them and to assist institutional partners and community leaders in developing strategies to improve the well-being of their constituencies.
Parallel title: Access to English-language Health and Social Services in Québec : Provincial Profile

Baseline Data Report 2018-2019 Part 2 (Focus Groups) : English-language Health and Social Services Access in Québec - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network, 2019)
The CHSSN focus groups were designed as face-to-face group discussions with a lead moderator. As the accompanying table indicates, nine focus groups were held across six regions with a total attendance of 116 English speakers (18+). The recruitment process entailed a public announcement by the host organizations located in each region: Neighbours Regional Association of Rouyn-Noranda (NRARN), English Community Organization in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (ECO-02), North Shore Community Association (NSCA), Coasters Association (Coasters), Megantic Community Development Corporation (MCDC), and the Centre for Access to Services in English (CASE). The host organizations in each region also assumed responsibility for arranging a time, finding a location, providing refreshments and technical assistance.

Baseline Data Report 2018-2019 Part 1 (Telephone Survey) : English-language Health and Social Services Access in Québec - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network, 2019)
The Baseline Data Report series is intended to serve as a resource that will allow local communities to better understand the demographic factors and health determinants affecting them and to assist institutional partners and community leaders in developing strategies to improve the well-being of their constituencies. The Baseline Data Report 2018-2019 explores a single factor that is a key determinant of the health of English-speaking Quebec, namely, access to health and social services.

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)

Baseline Data Report 2012-2013 : Quebec's English-speaking Community Networks and their Partners in Public Health and Social Services - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network, 2013)
The 2012-2013 BDR reports unpon the nature and development of the partnerships that CHSSN Networking and Partnership Initiative (NPI) networks have established in their regions. The report represents the experience, thoughts, and observations - the collective wisdom - of the NPI networks on a range of topics related to their partnerships. The report looks back at the work incolved in partnering since the genesis of CHSSN, the ongoing challenges and successes, and the perceived impact of partnering on the NPI communities and their access to health and social services in English.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Baseline Data Report 2011-2012 : Socio-Economic Profiles of the English-speaking Visible Minority Population by Quebec Health Region - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network, 2012)
The Baseline Data Report series is intended to serve as a resource that will allow local communities to better understand the demographic factors and health determinants affecting them and to assist institutional partners and community leaders in developing strategies to improve the well being of their constituencies.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Baseline Data Report 2010-2011 : English-language Health and Social Services Access in Quebec - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2011)
The 2010-2011 Baseline Data Report relays the health and social service findings of the 2010 CHSSN-CROP Survey on Community Vitality Survey and compares them with the findings of the 2005 survey. In order to facilitate the five year comparison the design of the present report reproduces, as much as possible, that of the 2005-2006 BDR. 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 also collects the opinions, perceptions and expectations of a representative sample of English-speaking Quebecers in each region of Quebec with respect to issues in education, manpower development, culture and communications. The 2010 study replicates a previous survey conducted by CROP in 2000 for the Missisquoi Institute and again in 2005 for the CHSSN. A survey was also done among a representative sample of French-speaking Quebecers on the same issues. These results are not presented in this report.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Baseline Data Report 2009-2010 : Demographic Profiles of Quebec's English-speaking Communities by selected CSSS Territories - Pocock, Joanne; Warnke, Jan (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2010)
This document presents selected demographic characteristics of the English-speaking population of the CSSS territories in the areas covered by the organizations participating in the Networking and Partnership Initiative (NPI) of the Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN). The information presented is drawn from the 2006 Census of Canada. The selection of characteristics is guided by their importance as determinants of the health status and vitality of Quebec's official language minoritty community.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Baseline Data Report 2008-2009 : Regional Profiles of Quebec's English-speaking Communities Selected 1996-2006 Census Findings - Pocock, Joanne; Warnke, Jan (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2009)
The Baseline Data Report 2009 uses 2006 census information to provide Quebec’s Englishspeaking regional communities with a view of their current position with respect to selected health determinants and, where possible, change and continuity since the census findings of 1996. It is the first report in the series of Baseline Data Reports produced since 2004 to situate these communities in an evolving ten year trend.
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Baseline Data Report 2003-2004 : Regional Profiles of English-speaking Communities - Pocock, Joanne (Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN), 2004)
This report includes a general overview of the situation of the English‐speaking population in a minority context as well as the particular demographic characteristics and vitality issues which vary tremendously across its 16 administrative health regions • The profile of each region is organized to highlight a broad range of factors that have been shown to have a strong influence on the health status of a population and ultimately the quality of life of its constituents • These health determinants are located in the context of national, provincial and regional demographic characteristics with comparisons between Anglophone minority and Francophone majority populations within a regional territory • Where significant, and possible, the tendencies of certain factors over time will be underlined • The commonalities among English‐speaking regional communities as well as the distinct features of each in terms of demographics, experiences, and attitudes are highlighted throughout this process and summarized in terms of key strengths and needs to be targeted in considering future health and social service initiatives
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Baisse des effectifs dans le secteur scolaire anglophone du Québec - Ciamarra, Nadine; Lamarre, Patricia; Donovan, Patrick; O'Donnell, Lorraine (Quebec English-speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), 2021)
La Charte de la langue française (1977)1, également connue sous le nom de Loi 101, a eu un impact fort et durable sur les écoles publiques de langue anglaise2. En vertu de cette loi, les élèves de la maternelle au secondaire dont les parents ou les frères et sœurs canadiens ont été instruits au Canada en anglais ont droit à une éducation publique en anglais. À quelques exceptions près, tous les autres élèves doivent fréquenter des écoles de langue française. Ces clauses éducatives limitent l’accès aux écoles de langue anglaise3 en orientant les enfants d’immigrants nouvellement arrivés vers les écoles publiques de langue française4, ainsi que l’accès des Québécois francophones qui n’ont pas des membres de leurs familles qui ont fréquenté des écoles de langue anglaise.
Parallel title: Résumé de recherche en éducation no 1
Keywords: Official Language Minority Community (OLMC)

Awards Recognize Exceptional Community Leaders - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2016)

Avonelle Titus : A Victory for the English-speaking Community - Alliance Quebec (AQ) (1999)

Avoiding the News Desert : Addressing Challenges Around Community Media in English-speaking Quebec : Research Brief no. 10 - Bell, Shannon (Quebec English-speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), 2023)

Attachment to Quebec and Recent Historic Markers - Jedwab, Jack; Warren, Jean-Philippe (2018)

Attachment to One's Language Community is Equally Important to French and English-speaking Quebecers, but Important Differences Persist in their Respective Attachments to Canada and Quebec - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN); Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) (2021)

Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) and Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) Launch Canadian Diversity Issue Exploring Deep Diversity of English-speaking Quebec - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) (2010)

Assessment of the Priority Setting Process for the English-speaking Communities of Quebec (ESCQ) : Guide for the Focus Groups - Canada. Department of Canadian Heritage; Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN); KSAR & Associates (2019)

Assessing the English-speaking Community's Capacity to Access Arts, Culture, and Heritage in Nine Regions of Quebec : A Report on Phase One of the "Enhancing Access to Cultural Expression" Project (EACE) - Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN); Palmer, Lise (2010)
In 2008, the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) Board of Directors passed a formal resolution to prioritize the development of the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector. This area was prioritized by a majority of members in the Network and was supported by the Board. An Arts, Culture and Heritage working group was created to develop a policy framework in this area to streamline and guide the activities of the Network. The main partners in this endeavour were the English Language Arts Network (ELAN) represented by Guy Rodgers, the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) represented by Kevin O'Donnell and Dwane Wilkin and the QCGN represented by Sylvia Martin-Laforge. Jane Needles also participated in the working group representing both the QCGN and ELAN. The policy framework, which was completed in November 2008, identified key areas of intervention over the next five years to support the dynamic growth and development of the cultural expression of English-speaking Quebec. The first was a project to access cultural expression through expanded partnerships. This current project “Enhancing Access to Cultural Expression” is a direct result of the prioritization of access to cultural expression. The other areas of priority included recognition and support through visibility - which is currently being addressed through the RAEV project being implemented by ELAN - and the creative economy - an issue yet to be addressed.

Arts, Education, and Health Service Providers for Youth : As Published for Yeah! Quebec, August 2016 - English Language Arts Network (ELAN) (2016)