Health Canada Status Report 2005/06 in support of Part VII of the Official Languages Act

List of Acronyms

ACFA: Association canadienne française de l'Alberta

ADTR: Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Program

AMC: Atlantic Management Council

ARAD: Applied Research and Analysis Directorate

AROLC: Atlantic Region Official Languages Committee

AsDM: Associate Deputy Minister

BC: British Columbia

CCESMC: Consultative Committee for English-Speaking Minority Communities

CCFSMC: Consultative Committee for French-Speaking Minority Communities

CCHS: Canadian Community Health Survey

CFOB: Chief Financial Officer Branch

CHSSN: Community Health and Social Services Network

CMCD: Communications, Marketing and Consultation Directorate

CSB: Corporate Services Branch

DPMED: Departmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation Directorate

NWT: Northwest Territories

OCAPI : Office of Consumer and Public Involvement

OFC: Ontario Federal Council

OL: Official Languages

OLA: Official Languages Act

OLCDB: Official Language Community Development Bureau

OLMC: Official Language Minority Community

OLPM: Official Languages Program Manager

OLRRG: Official Language regional reference group

ONPP: Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion

ONR: Ontario-Nunavut Region

PCH: Patrimoine canadien/Canadian Heritage

PHAC: Public Health Agency of Canada

PHF: Population Health Fund

PMCC: Pacific Management Community Council

PMRA: Pest Management Regulatory Agency

PPD: Plans and Priorities Directorate

DSCIF: Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund

DSCSP: Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme

FNIHB: First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

HC: Health Canada

HECS: Healthy Environment and Consumer Safety Branch

HPB: Health Policy Branch

HPFB: Health Products and Food Branch

HPRP: Health Policy Research Program

HPSPCD: Health Policy, Strategic Planning and Communication Directorate

HRB: Human Resources Branch (Qc)

IMSD: Information Management Services Directorate

IOLN: Interdepartmental Official Languages Network

IPOLC: Interdepartmental Partnership with the Official-Language Communities

MINOLC: Manitoba interministerial network of official languages coordinators

MTC: Management Team Committee

NGO: Non Governmental Organization

NPHCAS: National Primary Health Care Awareness Strategy

PSP: Product Safety Programme

PTCC: Program Training Consultation Centre

QCGN: Quebec Community Groups Network

QFC-OL: Quebec Federal Council on Official Languages

REC : Regional Executive Committee

RIFSSSO: Regroupement des intervenantes et intervenants francophones en santé et en services sociaux de l'Ontario

RD: Regional Director

RDGO: Regional Director General's Office

RFA: Requests for applications

RFP: Requests for proposals

ROLC: Regional Official Languages coordinator

RPP: Regional Priority Plan

RVF: Rendez-vous de la Francophonie

SIMS: Stakeholders Information Management System

SSF: Société Santé en français

TCP: Tobacco Control Program

WHPSP: Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme