Panel Discussion
Data to Inform and Point the Way: Resources, Services, and Legislation
In the last decade, systematically collecting linguistic information in the different provinces and territories, in order to generate data for use in planning and decision making, has emerged as a critical strategic priority within the French-language health movement. This panel is an opportunity to draw lessons from how things were when the national strategy on linguistic data was originally developed, what progress has been made since then, and what remains to be done. Participants will learn about the basic elements of the strategy, human resources data in the healthcare field, and landmark projects: Ozi and Carte santé. The session will also be a chance to reflect as a group on how effective official languages legislation has been in the health field.
Panelists :
- Ivy Bourgeault, Ph.D., Full Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa (speaking in English)
- Jacinthe Desaulniers, CEO, Réseau des services de santé en français de l’Est de l’Ontario (RSSFE)
- Normand Glaude, Chief operating officer, Réseau des services de santé en français de l’Est de l’Ontario (RSSFE)
- Elise Arsenault, Director, Réseau Santé en français Î.-P.-É. (RSFÎPÉ) and French Services Analyst, Health PEI
- Éric Forgues, Ph.D., Executive Director, Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities (CIRLM)
Jacinthe Desaulniers
CEO, Réseau des services de santé en français de l’Est de l’Ontario (RSSFE)
Jacinthe Desaulniers holds a bachelor’s degree in administration and a master’s in health administration. With over 25 years’ experience in the health field, she has held several leadership positions within university hospital centres in the Ottawa region and worked as a regional director for the Ontario Telemedicine Network. She has also taught at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and sat on several boards in the fields of health and community services.
Since 2009, Jacinthe Desaulniers has served as CEO of the Réseau des services de santé en français de l’Est de l’Ontario. It was under her leadership that the organization developed the OZi portal, an integrated web solution that helps health service providers develop their active offer of services in French, collects data on the system’s French-language service capacity, and produces analytical data to inform planning, decision making and performance monitoring.
Ms. Desaulniers also serves as CEO of 10551040 Canada Institut, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to matching supply of and demand for public-market services for minority language populations. Additionally, she is the executive director of Ontario’s provincial French-language healthcare planning group, the aim of which is to advise officials in the provincial healthcare system on all matters affecting the health of Francophones.