This project aims to identify bilingual students in English language post-secondary health programs, then motivate and equip these students to provide health services in French during their internships and once they are practicing their professions.
In June 2020, the Réseau du mieux-être francophone du Nord de l’Ontario held engagement sessions with Francophones in its planning area to learn more about their experiences during the pandemic. The information gathered allowed us to identify gaps and best practices and to make recommendations to ensure better health system planning and enhance access to health care services in French.
Here is the report that was published as a follow-up to the sessions.
The Réseau obtained funding to adapt the activeoffertraining.ca launched in 2018 to the reality of other provinces and territories. Generic training adapted to the Canadian reality has been developed and will be rolled out shortly. The project is still evolving. Soon, a module adapted for long-term care will be launched. In the coming years, the intention is to develop modules adapted to other sectors such as mental health, primary care, etc.
Follow this link to learn more about the activeoffertraining.ca and to access promotional tools.
This project consists of adapting service delivery through the use of the Francophone patient experience to respond to gaps in French language health services. The tools created as part of this project will be used in activeoffertraining.ca, Réseau presentations and support to health service providers.
Here are some resources developed as part of the project.
This project consists of implementating recommendations stemming from a study conducted by the Réseau. Actions include, among others, the identification of homes for the offer of French language services; homes requiring support for the offer of French language services and; development of strategies to implement culturally appropriate care.
The Réseau has gathered and developed best practices, tools and resources to implement culturally appropriate care under three main themes (active offer, cultural activities and partnerships). The following links take you to the Tools and Resources section of the Réseau’s website with predefined filters to highlight relevant resources based on the Long Term Care sector and chosen theme.
Tools and resources for Active offer
Tools and resources for Cultural activities
Tools and resources for building partnerships and engaging Francophones
Nationwide project lead by five partners along with Société Santé en français (SSF). In Ontario, the Réseau is the provincial lead. A Community Service Plan for Healthy Early Childhood was developed in collaboration with the Ontario Réseaux, Health Nexus, the Association francophone à l’éducation des services à l’enfance de l’Ontario (aféseo). The Réseau ensures implementation of the plan through promoters projects.
Consult these resources to learn more about the project in Ontario.
Work with healthcare providers to develop and implement strategies that will improve their ability to provide an active offer of French language services.
Here are some resources related to the active offer of French language health services.