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As well, ACFO lobbied against the provincial government's planned closure of Ottawa's Montfort Hospital. In 2004, the organization changed its name to L'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario, partly to reflect Canadian francophones' modern shift away from identifying as French Canadian. In 2010 / 2011, their revenue was 1.4 million dollars ...
The Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 55 member nations, 3 associate member nations and 12 observer nations of the Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec , New Brunswick (the only officially bilingual Canadian province), and a team representing the remainder of Canada.
The 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as IV es Jeux de la Francophonie, (French for Francophone Games) were held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec, Canada from July 14–24, 2001. Events [ edit ]
The Estates General marked the last time a Canada-wide summit of francophones would take place for over 50 years. [8] In the 2000s and 2010s, however, tensions between Québec and francophone communities elsewhere in Canada calmed and pan-Canadian francophone solidarity began to emerge as an important force.
Ottawa, Canada Shot put: 20.18 m Tomasz Majewski Poland 10 September 2013 2013: Nice, France [4] Discus throw: 65.10 m Jason Tunks Canada July 2001 2001: Ottawa, Canada Hammer throw: 79.89 m Szymon Ziółkowski Poland July 2001 2001: Ottawa, Canada Javelin throw: 84.75 m Alexandru Novac Romania 4 August 2023 2023: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic ...
The football tournament in the Jeux de la Francophonie occurs every four years. It is contested by French-speaking nations and usually involves the use of youth national teams. Morocco, Canada and Congo are the only nations to have won the tournament twice.
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing where there is a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
The Orchestre de la Francophonie is a Canadian symphony orchestra based in Montreal. It was founded in as temporary orchestra to play at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) in Canada. However, it went on to become a permanent orchestra which specializes in training young musicians.