In this issue, we want to highlight the importance of cooperation in health research.
We are therefore proud to announce the creation of a standing joint working committee on knowledge mobilization in partnership with the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS). Manon Tremblay, director – health at the CNFS of the ACUFC, and Gabrielle Lepage, director of programming at the SSF, explain what led to this collaboration and the prospects for activities that will be put in place this year. (in French)
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eQUITY Link – From resources to practice
The Société Santé en français and the French Health Network of Southern Ontario, as project lead, launched the eQUITY Link platform on March 31. This platform is part of the larger Supporting Health Managers national project. eQUITY Link is a free platform that brings together validated and evidence-based tools, advice and strategies in a single, user-friendly place to support health, social and/or community service providers in implementing health services in French.
Find out how this platform can support your current initiatives through JoAnne Chalifour’s testimonial. As a consultant, JoAnne integrated resources from the eQUITY Link platform into the planning of a mental health and addictions project in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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New partnership: SSF and CNFS
Good news! The Société Santé en français (SSF) teamed up with the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) in March to create a joint standing working committee on knowledge mobilization.
The committee is made up of:
- Gabrielle Lepage, director of programming - SSF
- Nathalie Boivin, communications and knowledge mobilization - SSF
- Manon Tremblay, director, health - CNFS
- Charles Godbout, research manager - CNFS
- Valérie Jutras, project manager, communications - CNFS
Stay tuned! A number of activities, projects and broadcasts are in the works, and you’ll be told about them throughout the year.
SSF Research Structuring Framework
Subsequent to consultations in 2020-2021 and with the support of the Evaluation and Research Committee, the SSF has produced a new Research Structuring Framework.
Visit the new Research page on the SSF website where you’ll find the Research collaboration application form, some findings in health research in which the SSF and the networks collaborated, and the introduction of research in progress.
Read more (in French)
First National Symposium on Early Childhood
Congratulations to the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne (ACUFC) for organizing the first National Symposium on Early Childhood which took place May 12 and 13, 2021. Over 450 registered participants, panels and dynamic workshops. It was quite a success!
A few articles about the event (in French):
New French-language services in Iqaluit
- A French-language psychological support service is now available for members of the Franco-Nunavummiut community.
Read more (in French)
- A French-language interpreting service is now available for members of the Franco-Nunavummiut community during visits and consultations at the Qikiqtani General Hospital and the medical clinic. This will make it possible to provide service to Francophone patients who wish to receive care in their mother tongue!
The service and new interpreter will be introduced in early June via webinar on the RÉSEFAN website (in French).
Read more (in French)
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Webinar
Coming
June 9, 2021, 12:00-1:00 P.M. (EDT)
Stress during pregnancy: impacts on the unborn child (in French)
Dr. Élaine Deschênes, social pediatrician, Centre de Pédiatrie sociale en communauté, Réseau de Santé Vitalité, New Brunswick
The most recent research data report the effects of maternal stress on the health of the unborn child. How can women, those around them and their health professionals be made aware? How to intervene to give women and those around them the tools they need? This webinar will talk about a community social-pediatric initiative implemented in south-eastern New Brunswick.
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June 16, 2021, 12:00-1:00 P.M. (EDT)
Title: eQUITY Link – Tools and support for establishing health services in French (presentation in French)
Presenters: JoAnne Chalifour, consultant; Jacqueline Higgins, Director of the Réseau Santé en français de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; and, Geneviève Laferrière, project coordinator at the Réseau franco-santé du Sud de l’Ontario
Description
Launched on March 31 this year, eQUITY Link is a unique platform offering support for establishing health services in French in organizations providing health, social and/or community services. This webinar provides an interactive demonstration for discovering this platform and its resources, as well as an exchange of knowledge on its use as part of an initiative focussed on expanding access to mental health services in French in Newfoundland-and-Labrador. The use of the Accès éQUITÉ strategies and tools will make it possible to explore the integration of shared practical knowledge in the participants’ various work settings.
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Exploring the implementation of the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach (in French)
Presenters: Lucie Lemieux, physician, international health consultant and president of the RÉFIPS, Americas region; and, Lise Renaud, professor emeritus, Department of social and public communication, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Come learn more about HiAP, a health promotion approach based on the recognition of the impact of every sector on the conditions underlying the health and wellness of a population.
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Exploring the implementation of the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach (in French)
Presenters: Lucie Lemieux, physician, international health consultant and president of the RÉFIPS, Americas region; and, Lise Renaud, professor emeritus, Department of social and public communication, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Come learn more about HiAP, a health promotion approach based on the recognition of the impact of every sector on the conditions underlying the health and wellness of a population.
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Understanding Public Policy Agenda Setting Using the 4 P's Model: Power, Perception, Potency and Proximity
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Between worst and best: developing criteria to identify promising practices in health promotion and disease prevention for the Canadian Best Practices Portal
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French Language Services Toolkit
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Health research funding for OLMCs – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
The CIHR is extending their call for proposals in health research on Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC). The funding will make possible approximately five grants of $100,000. The focus is to strengthen capacity to conduct research on the harmonization of health services and access to health services in both official languages.
Deadline for submission of applications is October 5, 2021.
For more details
Call for applications – Fonds d’action intersectorielle de l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada
The Intersectoral Action Fund supports communities to build capacity for intersectoral action on the conditions into which we are born, live, grow, work, play and age - the social determinants of health. Projects must focus on one of three Streams of capacity building for intersectoral action:
Stream 1: Identify priority areas for collective action on social determinants of health and wellbeing
Stream 2: Foster transformative partnerships to facilitate action on social determinants of health and wellbeing
Stream 3: Build capacity to take action on social determinants of health and wellbeing
Proposed projects must be within specified funding limits, between $25,000 and $250,000.
The deadline for submitting completed Funding Request Forms is July 21, 2021.
For more details
Statistics on the knowledge and use of the minority official language in the workplace by healthcare workers
The Official Language Community Development Bureau (OLCDB) has worked with Statistics Canada to provide information on the knowledge and use of the minority official language in the workplace by healthcare workers from 2001 to 2016, by developing:
Official-Language Minority Communities Dashboard
Heritage Canada just shared the link to a new research product: the Official-Language Minority Communities Dashboard.
This interactive tool presents numerous indicators developed using Canada 2016 Census data for all provinces and economic regions in the country.
Community Dialogue on the Future of Canadian Public Health Systems
The CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health is undertaking a broad national dialogue with community members on the future of Canadian public health systems to identify unified priorities and accompanying strategies to build robust and responsive public health systems fully prepared to address current challenges and future threats. Our ultimate goal is to inform the refresh of our Strategic Plan in 2022.
See calendar (3 dates in June)
Articles of interest (in French):
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Bendjafer, S. « Canada : accélérer l’intégration des infirmières formées à l’étranger », Radio Canada, May 13, 2021.
The Canadian government allocates more than $2.3 million to three projects that will help foreign-trained nurses to have their qualifications recognized and find quality employment.
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Dr Boet, S., Dre Burnier, I., Dre Denis-LeBlanc, M., Dr Fotsing, S., Dr Alam, F., Khoury, J.-A., Leger, R. « La réalité virtuelle s’invite dans les pratiques simulées », Francophones Affaires, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa University, May 12, 2021.
Many teaching methods are used in the Faculty to train these future Francophone doctors, particularly simulated clinics…. Ultimately, this project will make it possible to better equip French-speaking medical students living in a minority language situation in Canada by giving them access to simulated clinics in virtual reality.
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Poirier, M. « Un plus pour les francophones dans le Recensement 2021 », Francopresse, May 7, 2021.
More schools and federal government services for linguistic minorities: a dream that could become reality thanks to data from the 2021 Census, now in progress.
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Normand, M. « L’offre active de services en français : généalogie d’un outil de politique publique », Francophonies d’Amériques, numéro 48, automne 2019, p. 37-59.
The active offer of services in French is a principle that quickly became essential in the narratives of the main stakeholders in the area of promotion and protection of the official languages and linguistic duality in Canada.
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