This engagement is now closed.
It ran from 2018-05-03 to 2018-05-29.
Check below for where to find results.
Following is a summary of what we've heard during the public engagement conducted in May 2018.
- Access to health and social services in French and to emergency services at places such as Whitehorse General Hospital continues to be a major priority for the French-speaking community.
- There is a growing need for services in high-traffic locations.
- Information has to be made available in French as soon as possible after the English version is released. This is important in the case of public notices concerning public safety, for example.
- The proactive and continuous provision of services in French and bilingual signage are essential to encourage Francophones to make greater use of services in French.
- Having more designated bilingual staff who interact directly with the public is the best way to promote access to services in French.
- The principle of useful, usable and used services should be applied in setting priorities, such as document translation.
- Awareness and mobilization of government employees at all levels are essential to bring about cultural change and make the provision of services in French commonplace.
This conversation was about what success looks like and how we can best use the new federal funding we received to improve services in French.
Over the past few years, we have laid a solid foundation to improve French language services in Yukon.
We used a strategic framework to clarify where we needed to focus our efforts. This first framework was developed in collaboration with the Association franco-yukonnaise in 2013.
The new strategic framework will support the delivery and the promotion of French-language services in the Yukon from April 2018 to March 2022. This one-pager will help us make decisions every step along the way of the process of improving our services.
Your feedback helped us identify the best ways to improve the delivery, visibility and promotion of services in French. We took your input into account in preparing the new strategic framework on services in French covering the period from 2018 to 2022.
The new Strategic framework builds on the previous 2014-18 plan and is part of the government’s renewed commitment to improve its services and communications in French in the coming years.
How did we do at this public engagement? Tell us by completing a short questionnaire.