Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique

Annual Report 2002-2003

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The 2002-2003 directory of services in French
— L’Annuaire des services en francais

The 19th edition of the Annuaire des services
en francais en Colombie-Britannique was
unveiled on September 19, 2002 in the
entrance hall of the Maison de la francopho-
nie and Centre culturel francophone
de Vancouver.

This year, the Annuaire offers an even
wider variety of products and services
available in French across the province though
Francophone organizations, businesses and
federal institutions.

From left to right:

There is one significant addition to the
Annuaire: a new directory of Francophone
healthcare providers in British Columbia, which
is a real step forward for our community.

This year, 188 advertisers contributed to the
current edition of the Annuaire, which had a
print run of more than 10,000 copies.

The Annuaire is more than just a valuable
source of information on French-language
services in British Columbia; it is also an

Hedy Fry (MP for Vancouver Centre), Pascal Bouchard (winner of the contest),

Claude Provencher (President of the FFCB), Yseult Friolet (Executive Director of the FFCB)

opportunity for a B.C. Francophone artist to
have their work displayed on the front cover.
As it does every year, the Fédération des fran-
cophones de la Colombie-Britannique launched
a cover contest open to all Francophone visual
artists in the province. This year, the contest
winner was a young graphic designer from
our community, Pascal Bouchard.

The Annuaire is available on the FFCB Web
site at: www.ficb.bc.ca and regular updates
mean that advertisers can register or make
changes throughout the year.

E-mail management program

In November of 2001, the FFCB purchased an e-mail management program (which will allow us

to manage distribution lists for sending information and documents). We also have the option
of asking people to register on our Web site. We will then be able to couple the existence of our
Internet site with the ability to send our publications and documents via the Web. The goal is

to reduce our printing and mailing costs.