Status of Women committee  Myself, I also had a memorable positive experience that made me want to continue. Like Jocelyne, I joined our youth representation council. I became one of the facilitators at the workshops I was talking about, and now I have been an employee of the federation for about 10 years.

Status of Women committee  Yes. In fact, there is a national network of francophone youth associations in minority communities in Canada, to exchange winning practices and see what has been done and how it can be adapted in Ontario, for example. Certainly living in a particular minority community means you

Status of Women committee  Yes, certainly. We sit down at tables where—

Status of Women committee  As I have already spoken a lot, I am going to let Jocelyne answer that question.

Status of Women committee  The approach that the FESFO takes is really discussion among the girls. We say we have made progress, or often, in our workshops, we realize we are still a long way from achieving what we are aiming for: an ideal society where the spotlight is on social justice. I think it is im

Status of Women committee  Yes, but I think results are achieved by talking and finding solutions. All of the FESFO's workshops are premised on action. A small group of women meets, and at the end, the young people are given positions of responsibility. They are the ones who decide, but at the same time, t

Status of Women committee  These workshops have been held for about 20 years. At the time when we were asked to do them, it was to fill a gap that the young people had observed in their classrooms. When I say these workshops did not exist, I mean they did not exist in French in Ontario. That was the sourc

Status of Women committee  In fact, FESFO's general programming is decided by and for the young people. Jocelyne is a member of the representation council, which guides all of the programming. For the workshops I described to you, they were all first created by girls. They were the ones who decided what th

Status of Women committee  Certainly. I think Jocelyne wanted to say, at the end of her presentation, that it is important to recognize the work that women are already doing on the ground. So there are experts already. Women get together and organize among themselves. They have resources. We simply need to

Status of Women committee  This is one of the subjects we emphasized last year, in our consultations. It is often easy to get involved in the cooperative movement. I think that in Franco-Ontarians' situation, that movement is more attractive and more accessible. But each girl is different. They all have th

Status of Women committee  I do not think that every initiative necessarily has to be translated, but I think it must be culturally appropriate for young francophones. Of course, sexism has no borders or cultures. Sexism is sexism. But in the case of the Franco-Ontarian community, we are talking about a ru

Status of Women committee  I think we have to recognize the progress made. However, we have not yet achieve the equity that we advocate and the feminist approach recognizes. So we have to move ahead, be proactive and ensure there is active offer. There has to be the will, but there also has to be action,

Status of Women committee  Those are the only workshops we have as part of our programming, and that is in response to a lack of workshops reserved for girls in the schools. So our members asked us to offer this kind of workshop because there was a gap in the resources available to them. In the case of th

Status of Women committee  I wholeheartedly support the Girls Action Foundation: I think those are three necessary recommendations. It is important that there be diversity in the accessible mentor models presented. Of course, we are talking about girls' economic prosperity. But we have to be sure we unders

Status of Women committee  There are comments that often come up when the members of the federation are consulted. Of course, there is violence against women. Sexual harassment and violence are often mentioned. So it is a matter of knowing what violence is and how to deal with it. It is also a matter of r