About Us » Mission, values and mandate
Our mission
The mission of the CNFS is to implement an expanded French language postsecondary training and research network in order to support the educational institutions that deliver, or could deliver, training in the health field and to support researchers able to strengthen research in this field, especially in Francophone minority communities.
Respecting the competencies and responsibilities of the established sectors, the CNFS relies on partners and complementary networks such as:
- Health care facilities;
- Professional colleges and Francophone coordination organizations;
- Regional, provincial and national organizations working to improve French language services in communities, in particular, the Société Santé en français and its regional networks;
- Government organizations involved in the health sector;
- Complementary training and research networks, particularly in Quebec.
Our values
- The parties’ collective and individual engagement
- Excellence in both training and research activities
- Collaboration between partners in a spirit of complementarity, sharing and mutual assistance
- The member institutions’ commitment to recognize prior learning in an objective and unbiased manner
- Respect for the diverse origins and culture of the health professionals to be trained
- Improvement of health services by training Francophone professionals throughout Canada’s Francophone minority communities
- Equitable access to training for Francophone health professionals
- Respect for each party’s characteristics, needs, competencies and responsibilities
The member institutions’ social accountability
Our mandate and objectives
The CNFS strives to improve the French language health services of Francophone communities outside Quebec through the postsecondary training of Francophone health professionals and through complementary health research related to this training and these communities’ needs.
To realize its mandate and objectives, the CNFS has set the following objectives:
- To identify communities’ specific needs and encourage professionals trained in their province of origin to practise there;
- To maximize the existing institutions’ contributions through the deployment of their training capabilities;
- To strengthen identity building as a value added of CNFS programs;
- To promote access to new training programs in communities where a lack has been identified;
- To facilitate access to training delivered in French in the health field for the diverse components of Canadian society, factoring in the possible contributions of immigration and of the contingent of bilingual health professionals interested in practising in French;
- To promote partnerships and collaborative arrangements;
- To promote and maintain liaison and concerted action within the network as well as with complementary networks.
