DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRANCOPHONE

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES

Following eighteen months of relent-
less efforts, the Fédération des
francophones de la Colombie-
Britannique and the Société éducative
Educacentre received the support of the
Department of Employment and Im-
migration for a research project de-
signed to identify the educational needs
of francophone adults throughout the
province. This study, entitled
“Formaction” will cover Greater Van-

couver, the Lower Fraser Valley and the
Sunshine Coast. The report resulting
from this study - which is being con-
ducted by two francophone researchers
and overseen by a steering committee
made up of the Société éducative
Educacentre, Employment and Immi-
gration and the Fédération - will be
published in August of 1993.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE F.F.C.B.’s ASSOCIATION NETWORK

The Federation’s President, Marie Bourgeots,
cuts the symbolic ribbon at the official opening
of the “Francophone Centre” of Kamloops, on

November 27, 1992.

For some two hundred years the
francophone community has been flour-
ishing on the Pacific coast. Over the
years, the number of community cen-
tres, associations, projects and activities
has increased, ensuring thecommunity’s
permanence. The opening of La

Maison francophone in Kamloops and
the new community centre launched by
the Association Francophone de
Campbell River are two such examples.
For the second year ina row, the Maison
de la Francophonie in Vancouver held
its funding drive in October 1992 in
conjunction with the radio network of
Radio-Canada. La Maison was proud
to announce a few months later that all
of its commercial space had been rented.
Le Club Bon Accueil of Powell River
and Le Cercle des Canadiens-Frangais
de Prince George paid off their mort-
gages to become complete and rightful
owners of their own respective commu-
nity centres. As for La Société
Francophone de Victoria, it moved its
offices to L’Ecole Brodeur, the only
entirely francophone elementary and

secondary school in British Columbia.
At its last Annual General Meeting in
1992, the F.F.C.B. welcomed Réseau-
Femmes Colombie-Britannique as an
active member. The “Educacentre”
sector broke off from Le Centre culturel
francophone de Vancouver and
established its autonomy by tak-
ing up the name “Société éducative
Educacentre”. Finally, there was also
cause for celebration within the com-
munity which, in 1993, marked the
tenth anniversary of L’Annuaire - our
directory of services offered in French -
and the twenty-fifth anniversary of Le
Soleil de Colombie and the French
radio network of La Société Radio-
Canada in British Columbia.

TRAINING OF PERMANENT STAFF MEMBERS OF FRANCOPHONE ASSOCIATIONS

Every year, the permanent staff mem-
bers of Fédération member associations
take part in two training sessions that
are offered and organized by the F.F.C.B.
In 1992-1993, association personnel
had the opportunity to attend a course
in the principles of budgeting and
budgetary control that was offered by
Training and Development Canada.
Furthermore, participants discussed

future initiatives, common is-
sues and potential collaborative
efforts. These meetings are in-
tended asa means of promoting
communication and coopera-
tion within the Fédération’s
network of associations.