Vitality indicators for official language minority communities 3 : Indicateurs de vitalité des communautés de langue officielles en situation minoritaire 3 : trois communautés francophones de l'Ouest canadien : la communauté francophone de Calgary

The objectives of the third phase of the action-research To follow up on these observations and recommendations, project were essentially the same as those for the two the Office of the Commissioner launched a multi-year previous phases, that is: action-research project aimed at better understanding the practical aspects of assessing community vitality. [...] In this province, the priority sectors of activity chosen The associations therefore had the opportunity to learn for this study were the following: community governance, about the direction and methods of the research project immigration and migration, participation and community and to comment on them. [...] History5 of the communities selected, in an effort to focus on the opinions and aspirations of the communities concerned La Vérendrye is said to have explored the north and south while helping to strengthen their capacities for planning branches of the Saskatchewan River in the 1740s. [...] Women head offices, the arrival of professors for Calgary’s new account for three-quarters of the people who reported university and for community and technical colleges, using French the most often at work.10 and the arrival of public servants in the 1970s to fill designated bilingual positions following the Of the total population of the Calgary census metropolitan implementation of the Official [...] Immediate (4) Increased visibility of the Outcomes (1) The Francophone community (2) The ACFA is seen as the key (3) Better cooperation and knowledge Francophone community in is better informed of the organization and central point for of the areas of activity of the various strategic locations (airport, activities and services available the dissemination of information organizations train station