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OBJECTIVE: To raise awareness among the National
Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC) and regional liaison consultants regarding
the needs of official language minority communities regarding programs
that support crime prevention and promote community development.
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PRINCIPAL MEASURES
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OUTPUTS 2002-2003
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- Obtain information regarding the needs of official
language minority communities in Canada (e.g.: population, geographic
distribution) in relation to crime prevention, in order to improve their
quality of life and make communities safer.
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- As was the case in the past, in addition to subsidizing
certain projects proposed by the official language minority communities,
the National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC) has ensured that all the
material developed was available in both official languages, in terms
of both the information provided and the publications issued to help
people access our programs. The NCPC also provided services in English
and French to the official language minority communities taking part
in functions such as workshops and conferences to help them better attain
their objectives with respect to crime prevention. Employees of the
NCPC who do not feel comfortable using both official languages have
also been encouraged to upgrade their language training so that they
can communicate with the public in English and French.
- It is important to note that 36 of the projects supported
by the NCPC have helped Anglophone and Francophone minority communities
by providing grants during fiscal 2002-2003. Of these, 33 were designed
to meet the needs of Francophone minority communities and 3 those of
Anglophone minority communities. A report containing descriptions of
these projects is attached.
(See Annex C for projects
description).
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- Increase the number of official language minority communities
that are active in crime prevention on the NCPC's mailing list so that
more of these groups are informed both about crime prevention issues
and activities in Canada and about the various assistance programs offered
under the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention.
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- All directors, including the regional NCPC directors,
have received a list of organizations working in the official language
minority communities so that they can familiarize themselves with this
list and consider the possibility of adding these organizations to their
mailing lists and, where appropriate, inviting some of these organizations
to subit proposals relating to crime prvention and the reduction of
victimization. Moreover, 30 Francophone organizations outside Quebec
were added to the NCPC's main mailing list during fiscal 2002-2003.
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- Encourage the submission of more projects and initiatives
by official language minority communities through the National Strategy
on Community Safety and Crime Prevention.
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- With respect to this particular output, it is important
to note the following (as was the case last year):
- All key public promotion and education as well as
communication activities pertaining to the National Strategy on Community
Safety and Crime Prevention are undertaken in both English and French;
- All funding programs aim to deliver their awareness
messages in both official languages. Calls for proposals in French
language newspapers and in English language newspapers have been posted
in official language minority communities in Canada;
- All responses to applications and correspondence
from organizations and individuals are in the language of the incoming
correspondence;
- In its daily operational activities the Centre always
tries to achieve a level of institutional bilingualism desired by
the public it serves.
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Persons responsible:
Wayne Stryde, Director, Program Development and Delivery
Pierre Sénécal, Acting Director, Policy and Coordination
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