What do we do?
Our mission
Our mission : Working towards the affirmation and development of the French language and culture in Nunavut.
Our vision
A strong, proud, open and dynamic French-speaking community in Nunavut.
Our values
Visionary, Welcoming, Supportive, Committed.
Defending and representing the rights of Franco-Nunavians
Since 1981, the Association des francophones du Nunavut (AFN) has been the political voice of Francophones in Nunavut. It is one of 12 advocacy organizations across the country whose primary mission is to ensure the political representation of Francophones from official language minority communities through language rights issues in a number of areas, including education, health, the economy, immigration, women, parents, youth, early childhood and French-language services for the community in general, while promoting the French fact through the preservation of culture and heritage.
It also ensures that the authorities and institutions subject to Nunavut’s Official Languages Act respect their linguistic obligations.
AFN is a membership association open to everyone throughout the territory. To date, it has nearly 300 individual members.
Community, government and inter-territorial cooperation
The Association des francophones du Nunavut is the leader of several Francophone round tables at both community and government levels with Franco-Nunavians partner organizations and the Government of Nunavut.
Supporting innovation and community development
With the aim of improving its services and its impact in the community, AFN adopted an ambitious strategic plan (link) in 2022, expiring in 2026. The plan calls for concrete actions to be taken in the following four areas:
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Spokesperson for community interests
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A reference point and community cornerstone
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A dynamic organization and a reliable partner
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A welcoming collective committed to its community
The Association des francophones du Nunavut is committed to the community development of Franco-Nunavians and the community as a whole. So, in addition to its strategic plan, it is implementing and overseeing, with the help of Franco-Nunavian partner organizations, the Horizon 2025 global development plan.
Ensure and maintain French-language services, communications and information
The Association des francophones du Nunavut has been working for many years to ensure communications and the transmission of information in French. It owns, manages, produces and broadcasts the only two French-language community media in Nunavut that are the pride of the community: CFRT 107.3 FM Iqaluit (since 1994) and the newspaper Le Nunavoix (since 2002).
Promote and preserve French culture, heritage and history
The Association des francophones du Nunavut promotes and preserves the French language and, more broadly, culture, heritage and history through a number of initiatives and projects. The aim is to ensure that the language is passed on to future generations.
Signatory to a Canada-Community contribution agreement
Collaboration with the community sector enables the federal government to meet its obligations to official language minority communities by working with community partners to offer them access, in their own language, to the community services and infrastructures they need to develop and flourish.
The objectives are to :
Promote activities, projects and programs designed to ensure the long-term development of official-language minority communities in priority sectors.
Help broaden and diversify the range of partners involved in the development of official-language minority communities.
Contribute to increase the inclusiveness of official language minority communities.
Help provincial and territorial governments, and their creations, foster the development of official-language minority communities by providing services in English in Quebec and in French outside Quebec, in accordance with the development priorities identified by the communities, including the necessary infrastructure.
Within this framework, the Association des francophones du Nunavut has signed a renewable three-year contribution agreement with the Department of Canadian Heritage. It should be noted that collaboration with the community sector supports the commitment of community organizations and strengthens their capacity for action, while encouraging innovation and excellence.
