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French Language Services Directorate
Department of Highways and Public Works
Government of Yukon
410C Jarvis St.
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 2C6
 
Phone:
(867)667-8260
Fax: (867)393-6226
Toll free (In Yukon):
1-800-661-0408,
local 8260

Email:
bfls.translation@gov.yk.ca

Updated
December 23, 2004

French Language Services Directorate

Our Role

The mission of the French Language Services Directorate is to promote and implement French language services which are practical, accessible, and usable and which fulfill the requirements of the Languages Act. The bureau serves to facilitate interactions between the federal and territorial governments, the territorial government and the francophone community, and supports the work of the government, thepremier, the Cabinet, and government departments and organizations, while respecting the interests of each. It projects at all times a positive image of francophones.

Our Responsibilities

The French Language Services Directorate strives to attain the following objectives:

• SERVICES: To provide an excellent French language information service to the public; to assist various government departments in establishing French language services and to support the efforts of other organizations to provide French language services; to provide departments with excellent central translation and interpretation services.
• COMMUNICATIONS: To make known government programs and services, and to encourage the use of these services; to promote knowledge and understanding of the Languages Act and the French Language Policy and to encourage departments to share information on available French language services among themselves.
• NEGOTIATION: To negotiate the establishment of self-generating French language services with government departments; to analyze French language services implementation with Association Franco-Yukonnaise (AFY) and to negotiate with them a level of funding for the francophone community; to negotiate and manage the five-year Canada-Yukon Funding Agreement.
• RESEARCH: To undertake required research and analysis in order to identify clients (their goals and objectives) and resources (both people and material); to gather information on the use of French language services.
• EVALUATION: To assess French language services in Yukon, and to take part in the evaluation of the five-year Canada-Yukon Funding Agreement.

Our Services

• Translation and Interpretation
• Information (to the public and to government)
• Planning and Implementation
• Negotiation