COLLABORATING FOR INCLUSIVE AND HIGH-QUALITY SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES FOR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE MINORITY COMMUNITIES
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The Groupe de recherche sur la formation et les pratiques en santé et service social en contexte francophone minoritaire (GReFoPS), in collaboration with several partners—including the CNFS-Volet Université d’Ottawa and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa — held a bilingual symposium on social or health services for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs) on November 20, 2025. This symposium, entitled “Collaborating for inclusive and high-quality social and health services for official language minority communities’’, aimed to optimize and enhance collaboration for inclusive, high-quality social and health services for official language minority communities.
This symposium provided insight into the perspectives of various stakeholders, including students, practicum supervisors, educators and employers, on social and health services intended for OLMCs.
This symposium provided insight into the perspectives of various stakeholders, including students, practicum supervisors, educators and employers, on social and health services intended for OLMCs.
The abstract of students and alumni
As part of this symposium, research abstracts were submitted by students and Alumni, and CNFS – Volet Université d'Ottawa scholarship recipients. These abstracts were evaluated by a scientific committee composed of Dr. Bernard Pinet, PhD, Project Manager, Research, CNFS –CNFS – Volet Université d’Ottawa; Dr. Charles Godbout, PhD, Manager, Research and Analysis, Consortium national de formation en santé - Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne; Dr. Isabelle Giroux, PhD, Full Professor at the School of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Co-lead of GReFoPS; Dr. Sathya Karunananthan, PhD, Associate Professor at the School of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Ottawa Academic Health Network University Research Chair (OAHN-URC) in Language as a Social Determinant of Health; and Dr. Sébastien Savard, PhD, Full Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Ottawa and Co-director of the Réseau FORCES Santé Network.
Students, Alumni, and CNFS - Volet Université d'Ottawa scholarship recipients presented their work in poster format during the symposium. Awards for best poster presentation were granted to the following individuals:
As part of this symposium, research abstracts were submitted by students and Alumni, and CNFS – Volet Université d'Ottawa scholarship recipients. These abstracts were evaluated by a scientific committee composed of Dr. Bernard Pinet, PhD, Project Manager, Research, CNFS –CNFS – Volet Université d’Ottawa; Dr. Charles Godbout, PhD, Manager, Research and Analysis, Consortium national de formation en santé - Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne; Dr. Isabelle Giroux, PhD, Full Professor at the School of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Co-lead of GReFoPS; Dr. Sathya Karunananthan, PhD, Associate Professor at the School of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Ottawa Academic Health Network University Research Chair (OAHN-URC) in Language as a Social Determinant of Health; and Dr. Sébastien Savard, PhD, Full Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Ottawa and Co-director of the Réseau FORCES Santé Network.
Students, Alumni, and CNFS - Volet Université d'Ottawa scholarship recipients presented their work in poster format during the symposium. Awards for best poster presentation were granted to the following individuals:
- Andréa Desbiens & Maisha Morneau, graduate students
- Camilia Thieba, graduate student
- Éliane Bouchard, undergraduate student
- Jenna Brophey, undergraduate student
- Mélyna Gaulin, undergraduate student
The stakeholders of the symposium:
- Mrs Dominique Cardinal, Director of Operations of Consortium national de formation en santé - Volet Université d'Ottawa
- Mr. Jaquan Erysthee, Student in Nursing, University of Ottawa
- Mrs Melissa Chik, Student in Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa
- Mrs Olivia Smith, Graduate student from Nursing, University of Ottawa
- Dr Sharon Johnston, M.D., LLM, Associate Vice President, Research and Scientific Director, Institut du Savoir Montfort and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
- Mr Roger Farley, Chair of Ontario Spor Support Unit’s Patient Partner Advisory Council
- Mrs Cécile Paquette, President, Fédération des aînés et des retraités francophones de l’Ontario
- Sathya Karunananthan, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences and Ottawa Academic Health Network University Research Chair (OAHN-URC) in Language as a Social Determinant of Health
- Manon Tremblay, PhD, Director, Santé Consortium national de formation en santé
- Krystal Kehoe MacLeod, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bruyere Health Research Institute
- Antoine Desilets, Director, Société Santé en français
- Nikolay Slavkov, PhD, Full Professor, Faculty of Arts and Research Chair in Language Policy, Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI)
Partners :
This symposium was organized by the GReFoPS in collaboration with many partners including the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Ottawa, the CNFS – Volet Université d’Ottawa, the CNFS – Secrétariat national, the Réseau FORCES Santé and the Institut du Savoir Montfort.
This symposium was organized by the GReFoPS in collaboration with many partners including the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Ottawa, the CNFS – Volet Université d’Ottawa, the CNFS – Secrétariat national, the Réseau FORCES Santé and the Institut du Savoir Montfort.
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Funding :
This symposium was made possible through financial support from Health Canada via the CNFS – Volet Unviersité d'Ottawa. It was also part of a project funded in part by the Government of Canada's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning Initiative. This project was funded in part by CEWIL Canada’s iHUB.
This symposium was made possible through financial support from Health Canada via the CNFS – Volet Unviersité d'Ottawa. It was also part of a project funded in part by the Government of Canada's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning Initiative. This project was funded in part by CEWIL Canada’s iHUB.
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