FrancoNoir.e Kick-off Event
Fri, Jan 28
|MS Teams Videoconferencing
La Francophonie en Ontario - Portrait of a Growing Diversity; langage, culture, identité, intégration et inclusion.


Time & Location
Jan 28, 2022, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
MS Teams Videoconferencing
Guests
About the Event
Please join us for our kick-off event: La Francophonie en Ontario - Portrait of a Growing Diversity; langage, culture, identité, intégration et inclusion.
On November 19, 2021, FrancoNoir.e made its introduction as an employee group in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) dedicated to addressing the social challenges and employment barriers facing Black communities in the OPS and advocating for a more inclusive and tolerant Francophone community within the province. Since then, we have received overwhelming positive feedback and support from OPS staff, senior leaders and the Francophone and the Black community. FrancoNoir.e is grateful that even the physical distance caused by the pandemic did not deter us from coming together to build upon our mutual efforts toward the advancement of a more equitable Ontario.
Outside of the province of Quebec, Ontario has the largest French-speaking community in Canada. In addition, the Francophone community in Ontario has become increasingly diverse due…