A strong and dynamic French-speaking research community is a major asset for Canada. The Government of Canada remains committed to supporting research and innovation in French, strengthening the place of Francophone communities in the country's scientific and economic ecosystem.
That is why, David Myles, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages and to the Secretary of State (Nature), today announced an investment of $900,000 ($300,000 a year for 3 years) to support Acfas' Service d'aide à la recherche en français. He made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages.
This service is aimed primarily at researchers working in the country's minority Francophone communities, including professors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, in collaboration with their post-secondary educational institutions.
Thanks to this funding, the Service d'aide à la recherche en français will be able to:
- support researchers in submitting funding applications;
- recruit and train a research advisor to strengthen the expertise and support offered to researchers;
- set up a support service for ethical certification of post-award research;
- actively promote the Service d'aide à la recherche en français to key players in Canadian university research; and
- organize at least one pan-Canadian event a year to mobilize Francophone minority scientific communities.
The Government of Canada is allocating these funds to Acfas as part of a measure under the Action Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028: Protection-Promotion-Collaboration to improve French-language research in Canada.
