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French and English have been the two official languages of Canada since 1867, the year of Confederation.\u00a0The importance of this linguistic duality is, moreover, recognized in\u00a0the\u00a0Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/a>,<\/em> which contains constitutional guarantees with respect to the status and use of the official\u00a0languages.<\/p>\n The province of Manitoba was established in 1870 when Louis Riel, a bilingual M\u00e9tis, signed the\u00a0Manitoba Act<\/em><\/a>, giving equal status to the French and English languages in the newly created\u00a0province.<\/p>\n Shortly thereafter, in 1890, the Government of Manitoba passed the\u00a0Official Language Act<\/em>\u00a0making English the only official language in the province.\u00a0It took until 1979 for the Supreme Court of Canada to declare this act\u00a0unconstitutional.<\/p>\n In 1969, Canada\u2019s Parliament passed the\u00a0Official Languages Act<\/em>,<\/a> which recognized the equal status of French and English.\u00a0Its primary goal was to ensure that people had access to services from federal institutions in the official language of their choice.\u00a0Twenty\u00a0years later, the\u00a0Act<\/em>\u00a0was amended to specify the rights of citizens with respect to the language in which services are provided, and also to state the government\u2019s commitment to the promotion of the linguistic\u00a0duality.<\/p>\n The roots of Sant\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais\u00a0in Manitoba began in 1989 when a French-language Services Policy was tabled in the provincial legislature. Regional health authorities were created in 1996 and Child and Family Services Authorities in 2003, both of which required the organizations to develop and submit French-language services\u00a0plans.<\/p>\n The\u00a0four regional health authorities (RHAs) that are designated bilingual, the four child and family services authorities and various social and health service delivery organizations are affected by the policy.\u00a0Each is required to deliver a specified level of French-language services in accordance with\u00a0the active offer<\/a>\u00a0concept.\u00a0To learn more, consult our list of designated bilingual\u00a0organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2004, Sant\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais was designated as the official representative of Francophone communities in Manitoba in the areas of health and social services by the Government of Manitoba.\u00a0It currently works with the government to establish an official process for the designation of Francophone and bilingual health and social services institutions and programs\u00a0to enhance access to these services in\u00a0French.<\/p>\n In 2016, the Francophone Community Enhancement and Support Act<\/em><\/a> was adopted unanimously by the Manitoba government.\u00a0<\/p>\n As part of Manitoba\u2019s health system transformation, the government of Manitoba announced the creation of a new provincial health organization in the summer of 2017. In the spring of 2018, this new organization officially began its work under the name of Shared Health in English and Soins communs in French. To ensure that French-language services were part of its planning and that the organization be designated bilingual, Shared Health\/Soins communs accepted to work with Sant\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais and the Francophone Affairs Secretariat.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u2018\u2019Shared Health plans clinical and preventive services for delivery across the entire province, supported by centralized administrative functions that use human, capital and financial resources in the best way possible. We work collaboratively with regional health authorities, service delivery organizations and communities to ensure the health care needs of Manitobans are met compassionately, effectively and as close to home as possible.\u2019\u2019 www.sharedhealthmb.ca<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0In 2018, Sant\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais and its partners, Shared Health\/Soins communs and the Francophone Affairs Secretariat, laid the groundwork for two projects funded by Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Sant\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais (SSF) over a three-year period. These projects are \u201cIntegrating French-language services into the new Shared Health\/Soins communs organization\u201d and \u201cEstablishing a provincial strategy for bilingual human resources\u201d. The overall objective of these projects is to improve access to French-Language services in the context of the health system transformation. A new two-year project began in 2021 to continue the work underway. \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/santeenfrancais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/couple-walking.png” title_text=”couple-walking” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.6.6″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.0″ background_color=”#e6eff6″ custom_padding=”50px|50px|50px|50px|true|true” border_radii=”on|35px|35px|35px|35px”]<\/p>\nThe French-language Services Journey<\/h3>\n
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