The Implementation Committee to
Promote Francophone Immigration
in BC Starts Its Work

On July 22, 2010, the Fédération des francophones de la
Colombie-Britannique (FFCB) started working with the
Implementation Committee to promote Francophone
immigration. This working committee helps the Regional
Steering Committee identify actions to be taken and
projects to be implemented to achieve the objectives

of the 2010-2014 action plan.

More than 20 Francophone organizations took part in this
project. The members were divided into four working groups,
based on the objectives of the regional immigration action
plan. The groups met at various times, particularly in
September and October.

Peripheral to the work performed by the working groups,
the members of the Implementation Committee met on
February 16 to discuss a new operating model for the
Connection Centre for Francophone Immigrants (CCFI)
and to look at the year’s achievements and the activities
planned for 2011.

ACHIEVEMENTS

e Funding from Citizenship and Immigration allowed the
working group to organize workshops on starting a
business. These workshops were held in Vancouver

(March 18-19, 2011) and in Surrey (March 24-25, 2011).

e A few representatives of the Working Group on Social
and Cultural Integration. Left to right: Mr. Louis Giguére,
RésoSanté; Ms. France Emmanuelle Joly, Reseau Femmes
C.-B.; Mr. Thomas Kriner, Conseil culturel et artistique
francophone de la C.-B.; Mr. Germain Tanoh, Repeére
Francophone; and Ms. Johanne Dumas, Société
francophone de Maillardville.

IMMIGRATION

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Group 1 —

- The Province (Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation
— [settlement division])

- Connection Centre for Francophone Immigrants

- The Association des francophones de Surrey

- Centre of Integration for African Immigrants

- Educacentre College

- La Boussole (group leader)

- Repére Francophone

- Inform’Elle Society

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roup 2 — Economic Integration

- The Province (Ministry of Regional Economic and Skills
Development — Welcome BC division)

- The Association des francophones de Surrey

- The Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs
at Simon Fraser University

- Educacentre College (group leader)

- Réseau-Femmes C.-B.

- Société de développement économique de la C.-B.

Group 3 — Social and Cultural Integration

The Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs
at Simon Fraser University

Educacentre College

- Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la C.-B.
- Conseil scolaire francophone de la C.-B. (group co leader)
- La Boussole

- Société francophone de Maillardville

- RésoSanté C-B.

- Réseau Femmes C.-B. (group co leader)

- Repere Francophone

- Connection Centre for Francophone Immigrants

- Provincial Language Services (PLS)

Group 4 — Recruitment and Promotion

This work falls under the BCFISC (BC Francophone Immigration
Steering Committee), a collaborative initiative that brings together
provincial and federal partners (including Citizenship and Immigration
Canada and Western Economic Diversification Canada), the FFCB
and certain Francophone organizations (including the Société de
développement économique de C.-B. and the Educacentre College).

Group 5 — Regionalization

- Centre culturel francophone de I'Okanagan

- Cercle des Canadiens Francais de Prince George

- Société francophone de Victoria (group leader)

- Connection Centre for Francophone Immigrants (CCF)

Note: Ms. Carolyn Glover of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
is a member of all the working groups.