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• strengthens Aboriginal cultural identity and languages,
• facilitates the inclusion of Aboriginal people in Canadian society in a manner that recognizes their cultures and fosters their contribution to Canada,
• provides Aboriginal peoples living off-reserve with a representative voice, and
• ensures that Aboriginal perspectives are reflected in government decisions.

The program has three components:

• Aboriginal Organizations supports key national, provincial, territorial, and regional Aboriginal organizations to ensure that Aboriginal perspectives are reflected in the development of government policies and programs.
• Aboriginal Communities supports the efforts of Aboriginal communities to strengthen Aboriginal cultural identity and participation in Canadian society.
• Aboriginal Living Cultures supports the efforts of Aboriginal communities to preserve, revitalize, and promote Aboriginal languages and cultures as living cultures.

• The transfer agreement between the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) and Canadian Heritage provided operational support (stable core funding) to 116 friendship centre organizations across Canada. As a result, a network of friendship centres across Canada served the urban Aboriginal population with over 900 programs. Key activities focussed on social development and community engagement.
  
  
• Contribution agreements provided funding for 13 national, provincial, and regional Aboriginal organizations and 83 local community organizations. Eighteen Aboriginal Youth Advisory Committees helped administer the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centres programming. Aboriginal youth across Canada had access to over 220 projects with culturally relevant programs and activities that improved skills, knowledge, and leadership.
  
  
• Grants and contribution agreements with Aboriginal women's organizations gave Aboriginal women access to 45 projects in communities across Canada that focussed on cultural development, social development and community engagement, Aboriginal self-government, and family violence.
  
  
• A contribution agreement with the NAFC to administer Young Canada Works provided employment to 285 summer students across Canada. These summer jobs helped create projects in over 100 communities that focussed on cultural development, social development, and community engagement.
  
  
• Grants and contribution agreements with 35 community organizations and the National Aboriginal Day Committee provided funding for National Aboriginal Day events in the National Capital Region and in communities across Canada.
  
  
• A contribution agreement with the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation funded 49 bursaries for Aboriginal post-secondary students. Career fairs, which included 88 seminars and 70 booths, were held in Yellowknife and Halifax. They attracted some 600 students in grades 9 through 12.
  
  
• The contribution agreement with the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation supported the production and television broadcast of the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, which were presented to 14 recipients. The awards show, attended by 2 400 people, was broadcasted on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and the Global Television network.
  
  
• Contribution agreements with 13 Aboriginal communications societies enabled the production of original television and radio programs, which included 35 000 hours of radio programming and 900 hours of television programming in 19 Aboriginal languages, in addition to English and French. Broadcasted television and radio programming was accessible to over 250 000 Aboriginal people in northern Canada.

• A permanent transfer of $6.9 million was made to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada through the Supplementary Estimates A to enable Aboriginal organizations to develop a more focussed and streamlined core funding relationship with the Government of Canada.
  
  
• The residual $5.5 million is due to transfers made to other departmental programs to meet emerging priorities.

• In 2007–2008, the program was redesigned and all grant and contribution funding was reprofiled for implementation in 2008–2009.

• the Jeux de la francophonie canadienne (August 2008);
  
  
• the "C'est MA! Communauté" project of the Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick, which aims to establish mechanisms for young people to participate in Francophone school community centres and communities in the Atlantic region;
  
  
• and the Youth Project of the Quebec Community Groups Network, which seeks to enhance leadership among young Anglophones in minority communities and the retention of young people in the province's urban and rural areas.

• During the 2007–2008 fiscal year, the program received additional funds toward initiatives dedicated to cultural and extracurricular activities and community centres in official-language communities. Funds were provided through the 2007 federal budget, departmental reallocations, and transfer of operating funds to grants and contributions.

• Between 2001 and 2006, knowledge of French grew in Canada, increasing from 9.0% to 9.4% for Anglophones, and from 11.8% to 12.1% in allophones. The number of individuals able to hold a conversation in French as a second language rose from 2.4 million to 2.6 million. (Statistics Canada, 2006. First Official Language Spoken (7), Mother Tongue (10), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census, No. 97-555-XWE200603.) 
  
  
• While knowledge of French is rising, young people in majority communities need initiatives that provide them with interactive experiences in their second language. Since few of them have any tangible contact with the other language in public spaces outside the classroom, providing such opportunities would increase appreciation of the second-language culture and improve their language skills. The 2007 federal budget allocated an additional $30 million over 2007–2009 in support of linguistic duality and official-language minority community development. Of this amount, $4 million over two years is designated for initiatives to improve young Canadians' working knowledge of both official languages. These initiatives include activities that complement regular teaching programs. As an illustration, these funds supported the Linguistic and Cultural Discovery Through a Summer Volunteer Program of the Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada with cooperation from Canadian Parents for French and the Commission nationale des parents francophones. This program offers young people an opportunity to practice second-language skills by living in a group situation and participating in a structured, community-based volunteer program in communities where their second language (English or French) is spoken. As a further example, the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada received support for its "Ma radio en français" project, which provides young Anglophones in immersion with an opportunity to speak on the radio in their second official language.

• During the 2007–2008 fiscal year, the Enhancement of Official Languages Program received additional funds toward initiatives that would, over the long term, increase young Canadians' working knowledge of both official languages. Funds were provided through the 2007 Budget and departmental reallocations.

• learn about Canada, its history, geography, industry, institutions, citizenship, communities, cultures, and languages;
  
  
• connect with one another; and
  
  
• develop employability skills by participating in reciprocal exchanges, forums, and summer work opportunities.

• ($200,000) received, via Supplementary budget, from Human Resources and Social Development Canada for Action Canada Initiative
  
  
• ($100,00) received, via Supplementary budget, from Industry Canada for Action Canada Initiative
  
  
• ($200,000) received from other departmental programs to respond to emerging priorities.

• Funds were reallocated to other departmental programs to meet emerging priorities.

• Ethno-cultural/racial minorities participate in public decision-making (Civic Participation);
  
  
• Communities and the broad public engage in informed dialogue and sustained action to combat racism (Anti-Racism, Anti-Hate, Cross-Cultural Understanding); and
  
  
• Public institutions eliminate systemic barriers (Institutional Change).

• economic, social and cultural integration;
  
  
• mentorship, volunteerism, leadership, and civic education; and
  
  
• intercultural understanding and Canadian values.

• Stepping up: Tools and Action to Support Visible Minority Women's Full Participation in Communities, (Power Camp National/D'Action), which will bring together young girls (aged 9 to 18) and women (aged 19 to 25) to develop tools and training for community involvement.
  
  
• The Muslim Project, (Centre for the Faith and Media), which will bring together Muslim leaders and organizations in eight cities across Canada for media training workshops that will help combat stereotyping by providing accurate information on Muslim ethno-cultural/racial communities across the country

• The variance is due in part to the time taken to establish new priorities for the program.

• $0.7 million for the Museums Assistance Program (Sustainability of Cultural Expression and Participation and Access to Canada's Culture): Transfers were made to other departmental program to meet emerging priorities.
  
  
• ($3.6 million) for Young Canada Works in Heritage (Participation in Community and Civic Life) resulted from additional funding that was received as part of Budget 2007 for summer internships in heritage organizations.

• 84 % noted increased attendance by people from different economic strata;
  
  
• 71% noted increased attendance by people from a variety of cultural backgrounds;
  
  
• 77% of clients noted more attendance by youth;
  
  
• 65% noted more attendance from within the immediate community; and
  
  
• 34% recorded more attendance by Aboriginal people. 

• Transfers received from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

• Funds were transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Summative Evaluation of the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (2004)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Audit of the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (2003) http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

• $7.9 million supported 121 content creation projects (Product Assistance component).
  
  
• $1.5 million supported 32 projects that facilitated the competitiveness of the Canadian interactive media sector (Sectoral Assistance component).

The CNMF supported a broad range of products, which attract different types and sizes of audiences.

Results are available for those products and websites that were completed in 2007–2008.

Through various digital platforms, Canadians have access to more innovative interactive products developed by Canadian companies. Some of these products have attracted broad audiences, particularly those associated with television programming. Examples include:

• Odd Job Jack, created by Smiley Guys Studios, is an animated, interactive comedy about one guy's continuing misadventures in temporary employment and his quest to get a full-time life. This website received more than 1.9 million visits between July 2007 and March 2008.
  
  
• thisisdanielcook.com, created by Marblemedia, is the companion website to This Is Daniel Cook, a preschool television show that follows its young host in his discovery of the world. This website received more than 900 000 visits between July 2007 and March 2008.
  
  
• Shipwreck Central, created by the Ghostship Studio, is the Web home of the television series The Sea Hunters and contains the largest selection of shipwreck footage on the Internet. This website received more than 300 000 visits between July 2007 and March 2008.

A majority of the projects reported more modest traffic statistics, which can be expected from websites that often target niche audiences, such as Contact, l’encyclopédie de la création, produced by Contact TV Inc. This website, an evolving encyclopaedia, exceeds the content of its companion television program, which presents interviews with notable creators. This website received 63 000 visits between July 2007 and March 2008.

The CNMF Sectoral Assistance component supports activities designed to increase the competitiveness of the Canadian interactive media sector. These activities gave interactive media companies access to workshops, internships, conferences, and other networking events. For example, the Montréal International Game Summit, an annual event serving Canadian and international members of the video and electronic game industries, fosters learning, networking, and building partnerships.

• A reprofile of $3 million to 2008–2009, due to delays in signing contribution agreements.

Audit of the Canada New Media Fund (June 23, 2004)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

During the past three years, the number of requests to the Endowment Incentives component has increased steadily. In 2007–2008, 97 requests totalling $14.8 million were approved. Private sector donations increased by $5 million, from $23 million to $28 million, between 2006–2007 and 2007–2008. This steady increase in community support means that the matching incentive of the Department has gone from $0.64 for each dollar raised in 2006–2007 to $0.53 in 2007–2008. Since the launch of the component, the federal government’s contribution of $73.4 million has leveraged $102.6 million in donations from the private sector for a total of $176 million invested in arts organizations’ endowment funds. In provinces with similar programs, there is a marked increase in the number of applications received by the Department. Program clients report the key role this program plays in assisting them to attract private sector resources and build an important supplementary revenue stream.

Capacity Building

In 2007–2008, the CAHSP Capacity Building component provided support totalling $4.4 million to 165 projects of which 106 were with arts organizations and 59 with heritage organizations. These projects included business, strategic, and human resources plans, new financing and ticketing systems, employee training, and marketing strategies. Clients continue to report the positive impacts of these projects on organizational strength.

Cultural Capitals of Canada (CCC)

In 2007–2008, $5.9 million in contributions were approved under CCC. Since 2002–2003, there have been 129 eligible applications to CCC. Of these, 34 Cultural Capitals of Canada designations have been awarded, for a total of $21 million.

A survey of CCC applicants and recipients, completed in 2007–2008, assessed its impact. It confirmed that recipients were pleased with the positive outcome of their designation. Many municipalities felt that the mere act of applying for the CCC designation led communities to think more extensively about arts and culture. This prompted a number of communities to proceed with activities even without the designation.

For recipient communities, the designation contributed significantly to implementing cultural activities that tended to be larger in scope than originally planned.

Other results of the CCC survey show:

• greater recognition by municipal officials that arts and culture play a vital role in enhancing quality of life and fostering civic identity and pride,
• greater financial support for arts and culture from the community, and
• increased public awareness of local arts and cultural programs.  

Caraquet, New Brunswick, is the first community to have been designated a Cultural Capital of Canada twice: first in 2003 then again in 2009. New applications by previous winning municipalities indicate that results already achieved through CCC are encouraging further municipal support, involvement, and interest in arts and heritage activities.

Networking Initiatives Component 

Funding of $310,000 was approved through the Networking Initiatives component (Creative City Network and Les Arts et la Ville) in 2007–2008. Both networks support their members in furthering municipal involvement and investment in cultural development.

Les Arts et la Ville engages Francophone communities and organizations outside Québec through new membership from Manitoba, Yukon, and British Columbia.

The Creative City Network (CCN) furthered local cultural development by hosting its sixth annual conference, which offered professional development sessions, study tours, and networking opportunities. CCN is expanding its outreach to rural and remote communities by organizing regional caucus meetings that include a professional development component tailored to the communities.

• Transfers were made to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Formative Evaluation of Two Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program Components: Cultural Capitals of Canada and Networking Initiatives (June 22, 2005)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Audit of the Canadian Heritage Arts and Sustainability Program (February 24, 2005)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

In 2007–2008, the CCOP provided $16.1 million in funding for 66 projects, including:

• $8.6 million in support of 55 access and content creation projects (Gateway Fund and Partnerships Funds) that allow Canadians of all ages to access content that reflects our diverse cultures and heritage, and
  
  
• $7.5 million in support of 11 research and development projects and initiatives (New Media Research Networks Fund and New Media R&D Initiative) that are developing cutting-edge technological tools to create, manage, and distribute Canadian digital cultural content.

The CCOP supported a broad range of projects, in both official languages, all of which attract different audiences.

The following results are for websites and research projects that were completed in 2007–2008.

A broad range of projects reached audiences of varying sizes. The Canadian Tamil Youth Development Centre’s CanTYD website, a community-developed project, received 11 000 visits over six months. As an example of a larger project, the CBC/Radio-Canada Archives, received 3.9 million visits in a year. The Virtual Museum of Canada continued to be a popular destination, generating nearly 13.3 million visits in 2007–2008.

Support for interactive media research and development projects helped create a stimulating environment conducive to creating and distributing yet more dynamic cultural content. Thematic research networks and partnerships have brought together 60 Canadian research institutions and interactive media organizations to collaborate on developing 35 innovative tools.

Note: Resources allocated for New Media Sector Development were transferred to Telefilm Canada in 2007–2008. For results, see Sectoral Assistance component in Table 6: Details of Transfer Payment Programs: Canada New Media Fund

• Transfers were made to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Formative Evaluation of Canadian Culture Online (October 20, 2004)
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Audit of Canadian Culture Online Program (June 23, 2004)
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

• providing formula funding for magazines to support and enhance their editorial content,
  
  
• supporting business development projects for small magazine publishers, and
  
  
• helping the development of the periodical industry as a whole.

The CMF also helped strengthen the industry’s infrastructure through 31 collective projects that dealt with professional development, promotion and marketing, newsstand sales building, research, and new technology.

Canadian readers had access to a wide range of Canadian magazines in 2007–2008 as 63 Canadian magazines were launched, while only 19 magazines folded. There were 15 percent fewer launches than the year before. Of the new titles, 49 were consumer magazines in 11 different subject categories. (Source: Masthead, March–April 2008)

Overall variance of $1 million is explained as follows:

• Transfers were made to other departmental programs to adjust to emerging priorities.

Summative Evaluation of the Canada Magazine Fund (June 2006)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Post- Implementation Audit of the Canada Magazine Fund (February 26, 2003)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

In 2007–2008, CMF support continued to ensure the production of varied Canadian music and the development of Canadian talent at home and abroad. The New Musical Works and Canadian Musical Diversity components provided funding for the production of over 350 albums by Canadian artists. To ensure the broad dissemination of these and other Canadian works, over 700 projects received marketing, touring, or showcasing support.

The Music Entrepreneur Component (MEC) supported 22 established Canadian sound recording firms in 2007–2008. The funding helps ensure the existence of a diverse range of compelling Canadian musical choices as these companies become increasingly competitive nationally and internationally and position themselves for success in a global economy. The 2007–2008 MEC recipients released 207 albums by Canadian artists in the past year, up from 188 in 2005–2006. Sales of physical albums by Canadian artists outside of Canada rose by 8.5%. They continued to make head way into the online market with sales of downloaded music representing 10.2% of their total sales, up from 1.9% two years ago.

• Transfers were made to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Summative Evaluation of Canada Music Fund (October 2007) http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/evaltn/2007/2007-04/index-eng.cfm

Audit of the Canada Music Fund  (June 23, 2004)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Evaluation of the Canada Music Council  (May 18, 2005) http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Formative Evaluation of the Canada Music Fund  (February 25, 2004)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

*Data is not final until the release of the CTF annual report.

Summative Evaluation of the Canadian Television Fund Program (October 19, 2005)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Audit of the Canadian Television Fund (June 23, 2004)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

• 46 construction and renovation projects;
  
  
• 44 projects devoted specifically to purchasing and installing specialized equipment; and
  
  
• 8 projects to assist organizations with the costs of feasibility studies for creating or renovating an arts or heritage facility. 

For every dollar invested by the program since its inception in 2001–2002, close to six additional dollars are raised from diverse sources, public or private.

These projects improve infrastructure, which facilitates greater creativity, access, and artistic innovation. For instance, a $2.4 million-contribution from CSC was approved in 2007–2008 for significant renovations and equipment purchases for Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, a leading presenter of theatre for young people in Quebec. This project resulted in the Théâtre being able to meet mechanical, technical, and electrical standards. It will have a significant impact on the organization, allowing it to expand its activities and improve conditions for artists. The upgrades will also provide a safe environment for nearly 100 000 youth who attend its performances each year.

Similarly, in 2007–2008, CSC approved a total of $186,794 for the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton for the third phase of its modernization of the theatre's technical capacity. Lighting, sound, and other specialized equipment was purchased, enabling the theatre to present larger, more sophisticated productions, co-productions, and touring companies. CSC also contributed a total of $235,750 to earlier phases of the Citadel’s upgrading.

• $3.3 million could not be spent in 2007–2008 due to project delays; a request has been made to reprofile to 2008–2009.
  
  
• $3 million was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit of the Cultural Spaces Canada Program (October 20, 2004)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

Joint Formative Evaluation of Arts Presentation Canada, Cultural Spaces Canada and the Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program (October 22, 2003)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

In 2001, the NATCP budget was increased from $6 million to $16.7 million enabling the program to support institutions that train in non-European based arts forms and Aboriginal based art forms. Prior to the new investment, the program funded 18 institutions, which included only one Aboriginal institution and no institutions that trained in non-European based art forms. Today, the NATCP supports nine culturally diverse institutions and eight Aboriginal institutions, which train artists for professional careers in Canada and internationally in a wide variety of art forms that range from Korean dance to Aboriginal theatre. The 37 institutions currently supported by the program reflect and express Canada’s diverse society.

A summative evaluation of the program was completed in March 2007 and posted on the departmental website in early 2008. It found that there is a need for continued federal support in national arts training and that the program is meeting its overall objective to provide arts training of the highest calibre. It also found that the NATCP has an “invaluable” and “significant” impact on Canadians’ access to high-quality artistic and cultural products.

Institutions receiving NATCP funding support 3 500 artists each year who complete their training program. Of these, 80% are working professionally, of whom 20% work internationally. Nearly 50% of graduates of NATCP-funded institutions received an award in their first three years after graduation, and are more likely to receive honours, distinctions, and awards than graduates of unfunded institutions.

• Transfers received from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Summative Evaluation of the National Arts Training Contributions Program (May 2007)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/evaltn/2007/2007-03/index-eng.cfm

Canadian readers had access to a wide range of Canadian magazines in 2007–2008 as 63 new Canadian magazines were launched, while only 19 magazines folded. There were 15% fewer launches than the year before. Of the new titles, 49 were consumer magazines in 11 different subject categories. (Source: Masthead, March–April 2008).

Summative Evaluation of the Publications Assistance Program (June 22, 2005)  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/index-eng.cfm

• financially support Canadian athletes identified by national sport organizations using criteria established by Sport Canada as achieving at or having the greatest potential to achieve a place among the top 16 athletes at Olympic/Paralympic Games and World Championships;
  
  
• assist Canada's carded athletes in preparing to engage in full- or part-time career activities; and
  
  
• enable Canada's carded athletes to participate in year-round national training and competition regimes to further their athletic goals.

• Sport Canada supported the continued meaningful offset of the incremental costs of training and competition for Canada's carded athletes. As in the previous year, in 2007–2008 Sport Canada provided over $25 million in AAP grants and funded over 1 700 carded athletes.
  
  
• Sport Canada continued to provide Canada's carded athletes opportunities to prepare for future career activities through access to education and training. In 2007–2008 Sport Canada provided tuition support for 424 carded athletes.
  
  
• Sport Canada has contributed to the opportunity for an increasing number of athletes to advance through the carding system. In 2007–2008, 310 (17.7%) athletes progressed to the next stage of the carding system. In 2006–2007, this number was 326 (19%). This variance of 2% is not significant and reflects a stable situation.
  
  
• Sport Canada worked for Canadian athletes at the highest levels of competition. In summer sports, Canada ranked 19th in the world based on 53 medals won during the rolling four-year period of 2004–2007. This compares with 63 medals won during the 2003–2006 period, also a 19th place ranking. For Winter sports, Canada ranked 2nd based on 94 medals won during the 2004–2007 period, and also ranked 2nd with 88 medals won during the 2003–2006 period.* In the case of Paralympic sports, World Championships are generally held only once every four years, generally in even-numbered years between Paralympic Games. Thus, as 2007 was primarily a non-World Championship year for Paralympic sports, no international ranking was conducted.

• Transfers were made to other departmental programs for emerging priorities.

• strengthen the sport excellence and sport development impacts of bidding and hosting the Canada Games and targeted international sport events;
  
  
• increase access and equity for designated under-represented groups through contributions to international bidding and hosting events; and
  
  
• strengthen the associated economic, social, cultural and community impacts of supported bidding and hosting projects, in keeping with the Government of Canada interests and priorities.

• The word legacies is removed.
• There are new names.
• The approach of the Hosting Program is based on contributions, not on grants.

• Additional not planned funding of $50 million for Vancouver capital was received through the Supplementary Estimates A, an amount $9.5 million was reprofiled through Supplementary Estimates B and an additional reprofile amount of $18.6M is awaiting approval.
  
  
• Variance of $1.8 million in the "Creation of Canadian Content and Performance Excellence" program activity is mainly explained by the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in Halifax which resulted in a $1.5 million surplus.

• increase opportunities for all Canadians, including under-represented groups, to participate in quality sport activities;
  
  
• increase the capacity of the Canadian sport system to systematically achieve world-class results at the highest international competitions;
  
  
• contribute to the provision of technical sport leadership within the Canadian sport system; and
  
  
• advance Canadian interests, values, and ethics in sport at home and abroad.

• ($5.3 million) was brought forward from 2009–2010 to 2007–2008 for the Own the Podium initiative.
  
  
• The remaining variance of ($1.7 million) is related to transfers received from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

• Transfers were received from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

• Québec is 99 percent completed;
  
  
• Prince Edward Island is 100% completed;
  
  
• The Government of Ontario has set completion target of 2010 in their Trail Strategy;
  
  
• Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia are70 percent completed and are targeting 2010 for completion.

• Increased proportion of Canadians are aware of the benefit of linguistic duality and have access to the services that support it.
  
  
• Enhanced capacity of Canadians, English-speaking in Quebec and French-speaking across Canada to live and work in vibrant communities in their language of choice.

• Improved access to justice in both languages.
  
  
• Increased participation in and improved access to education and learning in support of linguistic duality.
  
  
• Improved access to health and social services in the language of their choice.
  
  
• Enhanced cultural activities in support of Canadian identity.
  
  
• Strengthened community economic development and language industries.
  
  
• Enhanced community vitality.
  
  
• Linguistic duality is reinforced in the institutions of Canadian society and reflected abroad.
  
  
• Federal institutions respect the Official Languages Act (OLA) and the Constitution.

• Primary- and secondary-level consolidation 
• Capital costs;
• Access to education;
• Early childhood.

• Expansion of second-language programs (core and immersion);
• Consolidation of existing programs;
• Support for teaching staff.

• adopted a governance model that reflects this representation and has established specific objectives;
  
  
• launched planning initiatives to provifr of health services in French, in collaboration with their provincial or territorial health departments and other regional health authorities; and
  
• taken steps to engage and build consensus among stakeholders through mechanisms such as conferences, training workshops, formal meetings, and consultations.

• Knowledge and best practices are shared between networks through stakeholders' forums such as conferences and retreats.
  
  
• A newsletter communicates network activities to all constituencies.
  
  
• The provincial network has also produced a knowledge base to provide baseline information on health determinants and demographics to support the development of the individual networks. Through the networks, English-speaking minority communities have built relationships with health and social services institutions. The interactions have led to community participation in committees, projects and activities. This has increased the participation of English-speaking people in the health and social services system and sensitized public partners to community needs.
  
  The evaluation of the 2007–2008 CHSSN initiative entitled Soutien au réseautage du système de santé et des services sociaux pour les personnes d'expression anglaise du Québec identifies a number of outputs and success factors for this $1.1 M initiative which was conducted over the months of December 2007 to March 2008. Activities funded included the following:
  
  
• English-language training assessments for employees of selected health and social services centres.
  
  
• English-language training provided to employees of health and social services centres.
  
  
• Translation to English of relevant primary care documents in 8 regions of Québec.
  
  
• Provision of health awareness and prevention information services in English-language schools of Québec (e.g., information on the adverse effects of tobacco use).
  
  
• Production of English-language brochures to inform residents of available English-language health and social services.

• The project generated 3 181 new registrations in the 10-member institutions of the Consortium over five years, which represents a 38% increase over projected registrations.
  
  
• The actual number of graduates from the project was 230, or 27% higher than the expected outcome.
  
  
• CNFS member institutions succeeded in creating 35 new French language health care programs, which is a 75% increase over the initial commitment of 20 programs.
  
  
• Over the 5-year-period, the CNFS project supported 109 health care programs in the member institutions.
  
  
• The CNFS project also funded 158 research projects, of which 54 resulted in published findings.
  
  
• The summative evaluation also conducted a study of the placement of 228 students who graduated from CNFS programs in 5 institutions in
  
  2005–2006. Of these graduates, 86% were working for institutions providing health care to Francophone and Acadian communities and 79% were employed in their home province.
  
  

• language training program
  
  
• retention and distance support program
  
  
• seminars and conferences
  
  
• innovation fund.

• Two inter-departmental meetings concerning family literacy;
• Two meetings of the Family Literacy Research Steering Committee

• Canadian excellence and values will be promoted nationally and internationally;
• Sport, economic, social and cultural legacies will be established for the benefit of all Canadians, in alignment with federal policy objectives;
• Early planning and seamless, cost-effective delivery of mandated federal responsibilities, including federal essential services (security, entry of individuals, etc.) will contribute to high quality 2010 Winter Games.

• A Deputy Ministers and Heads of Agency Coordination Committee facilitating interdepartmental and intergovernmental consultation and coordination of Games-related issues and commitments;
• An Assistant Deputy Minister-level Representative Working Group (RWG) reporting on the progress of essential federal service delivery; and,
• Working-level Issue Clusters supporting intergovernmental coordination and information sharing.

1. Existence of an SD Coordinator responsible for developing and monitoring SDS actions

A business case was developed that recommended locating of an SD function in corporate planning/policy area of the Department.

An SD coordinator function has been established in the corporate planning/policy area of the Department.

1. Report on SDS progress submitted twice each year to a committee of Directors General for discussion, review, and follow-up action as needed

The establishment of the mandate and terms of reference for the SD DG Committee is in progress.

A governance plan will be developed and presented to the SD Committee along with ongoing reporting on SDS.

1. SDS progress appears in the Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) and the Departmental Performance Report (DPR) with references to specified actions and performance measures

1. Managers' performance contracts include SD expectations for staff

Activities supporting SD have been used as a tool to measure how managers meet their stewardship of resource objectives as described in their performance contracts.

In some branches (eServices), SD performance indicators have been integrated into their business and operations plans.

1. Annual report of RFPs and service contracts with environmental criteria is made available on the Department's website, including annual accounting of total investments awarded to contracts meeting specified environmental standards

1. First report on baseline data related to SD is included with update to DGs

The parameters for the SDS baseline data collection are being explored.

Once the parameters are established, an assessment of baseline data will be undertaken, and a plan for collecting missing baseline data will be established and communicated to the SD Committee.

1. Analysis of SD-supportive practices throughout the Department is undertaken, with Report circulated to staff

The overview/update of current departmental practices that support SD goals is currently under development.

This overview will be finalized and reported to staff once approved by the SD Committee.

1. A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Advisor for new policy and program development is appointed and announced to the Department

Owing to other departmental priorities, The Department will continue its service agreement with PWGSC for all matters related to Environmental Assessments (EA).

An officer (FI-3 ) within CoE on Gs&Cs has been assigned to coordinate PCH EA initiatives with PWGSC.

1. Creation and dissemination of new research products about culture and sustainable communities

1. A list of indicators or data tools

Preparations for the research plan are underway.

Currently, preparations are underway to enable the development of a list of sustainable development indicators by 2009.

1. Integration of PCH advice and data in other departments' policy and program development, reflecting social/cultural considerations for sustainable communities

1. Number of occasions Canadian Heritage supports and advances discussion and reflection about the role of culture in supporting sustainable communities

1. Number of departmental units seeking advice on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

1. Number of SEAs conducted for new policy, plans and programs

1. Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) facilities management plan with SDS targets developed and submitted to DG Committee that oversees SD

1. Reduction in paper use as measured by amount of paper purchased per capita

1. Percent of meetings and training sessions conducted with technology assistance for participants in multiple locations

1. Per cent of new environmentally-friendly/low emissions equipment and facilities accessories that are integrated in building upgrades when such upgrades occur

1. Annual percent ratio of ethanol-blended fuel acquired versus regular fuel

1. Annual report on the per cent reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across the department's building spaces (Note: CCI facilities will be evaluated once renovations are completed and baseline measures can be established, beginning in 2008)

1. Instances of environmentally friendly clauses or stipulations in procurement documents for goods and services

1. Percent increase in green purchases and use of green suppliers from baseline set at beginning of 2006–07

1. Report annually on the percentage of procurement community trained

1. Number of focused communications materials and activities that raise awareness about SDS 2007–09 actions

(4) Communities enjoy a prosperous economy, a vibrant and equitable society, and a healthy environment for current and future generations

(5) Sustainable development and use of natural resources.

(6) Organizational structures and processes support meaningful and significant

1. Number of communications materials and activities about commuting alternatives

1. Number of Canadian Heritageemployees participating in the ECOPass Program

1. Per cent of employee travel/commuting by public transit and other green choices (carpooling, cycling, walking) in relation to single-person automobile travel

Internal Audit of Canada’s Participation in the 2005 Aichi, Japan World Exposition (Expo 2005)
(Program Activity 4)

Internal Audit

Completed

May 4, 2007

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/assurnc/2007/2007-02/index-eng.cfm

Audit of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games Contributions Agreements
(Program Activity 7)

Internal Audit

Completed

October 19, 2007

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/assurnc/2007/2007-03/index-eng.cfm

Audit of Interchange  Canada Program
(Program Activity 4)

Audit / TPP

Completed

February 8, 2008

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/em-cr/assurnc/2007/2007-01/index-eng.cfm

6. Electronic link to internal audit plan: Table 12 of RPP 2007-08
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/0708/PCH/pch04_e.asp