By Rosalind Russell – The feds are investing more than $33 million in four francophone post-secondary training institutions across Ontario to improve access to health services in French.
Officials say the investments, along with another million dollars to the province for the same cause, will support projects to improve health services in French through the Official Languages Health Program.
Initiatives include increasing access to care, improving recruitment and training in French programs and enhancing data collection and analysis of linguistic identifiers on health cards.
The president and vice-chancellor of the University of Ottawa Marie-Eve Sylvestre says the excellence and the stability of the health care system depends on developing the next generation of professionals… and the investment promises to support quality care for patients in Francophone minority communities across Ontario.
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