?Community Health And Social Services Network Reseau communautaire de sante et de services sociaux

ON marCh 15 aNd 16, 2011,

the Community health and Social Services Network (ChSSN) held a conference at the hilton hotel in Quebec City bringing together key figures from initiatives sponsored by the ChSSN and funded by health Canada. thIS NewSletter OFFerS aCCOuNtS aNd hIghlIghtS OF the twO-day CONFereNCe.

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Agences

share creative solutions to serve anglophones

New Research

INSPQ uSINg laNguage aS a health determINaNt INSIDE: The latest research initiatives on language and health from l'Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) p. 2 Jean-Guillaume Marquis, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke p. 5

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Q&a with ron Creary and Jennifer Johnson

health CaNada COmmItted tO ImPrOVINg aCCeSS tO health SerVICeS

roger Farley shares with participants

oger Farley, Executive Direc- R tor of the Official Language Community Development Bureau at Health Canada, spoke at the opening and closing of the conference, underlining Health Canada's commitment to improving access to health services for official language minority communities. Kicking off the conference Tues-

QuebeC healthCare SyStem

has already made strides in improving access for english- speaking minority

CHSSN ExCHaNgE SESSiON 2011

An opportunity to discuss heAlth initiAtives for english- speAking individuAls And communities Across Quebec

Kicking off the conference

day morning, Farley discussed the 2008-2013 federal Road Map for Canada's Linguistic Duality, Dyane Benoît

health and Social Services agency recognizes ChSSN contribution

On Tuesday morning Dyane Benoît, Interim President and Executive Director of the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, spoke to the conference audience. "The system has to mobilize. The mobilization of community and public partners is the key to success," she said. "Remember that without the action plan to support official-language minority communities announced in 2008, and without the help of the federal government... to improve access to health services in official p. 2 p. 2 CHSSN EXCHANGE SESSION MARCH 2011 1

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