The Alberta Family-Youth Alliance (AJFAS) was founded on December 22, 1999 and was officially released on February 24, 2000 at the Cité Francophone in Edmonton, Alberta. After more than 18 years of existence, AJFAS has accomplished a great deal and has expanded its activities and areas of intervention to meet the growing needs of Francophone families of ethnocultural origin who come to settle in Alberta. . AJFAS is a francophone non-profit organization that works in the fields of education and crime prevention with youth and Francophone families of immigrant origin in Alberta through social development programs. She also works actively with different communities to promote Canadian cultural diversity.
E-mail: info@ajfas.ca | Phone: +1 780-440-2621 |
About us
“Youth is the hope of our future”
MISSION
The main mission of AJFAS is to prevent crime among young people and Francophone families with an immigrant background and to facilitate their integration and socio-professional integration into Alberta society.
AJFAS is an organization that promotes harmony, security, acceptance, social cohesion and appreciation of difference. It is a Francophone non-profit organization that works in the fields of education and crime prevention with Francophone youth and families of immigrant origin in Alberta through social development programs.
Our Values
The Alberta Family-Youth Alliance (AJFAS) has three core values that are central to our office culture and drive our day-to-day work.
Reliability
We trust our employees, giving them more autonomy in their work, because we believe they are able to give the best of themselves without the need for greater direct supervision .
Solidarity
Nous croyons au bien-être de tous dans une société canadienne pacifique. Épris de compassion, nous pouvons en tant que société venir en aide à ceux qui autrement seraient marginalisés, en leur donnant les moyens nécessaires pour s’insérer et se développer dans la société canadienne.
Equality
We believe that all human beings are equal in dignity and rights. Thus, we promote this ideal, both internally with our employees and externally with our partners and in the community, so that everyone is treated with respect and fairness (without any form of discrimination).
Our Objectives
To fulfill its mission, AJFAS has set itself the following objectives:
Facilitate integration and socio-professional integration of youth and women of immigrant origin;
Fight violence and prevent the risk of crime and incivility among youth;
Encourage the spirit of democracy, tolerance, self-esteem and respect among young people, parents and other community members;
Promote intercultural exchanges and fight against racism;
Promote and protect the rights of women of immigrant origin in Canadian society;
Parents aware of their responsibilities in order to strengthen family ties.
WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
- Informative workshops: Talk-occupation: Information Services offered to job seekers of immigrant origin;
- Educational Workshop: Hear my thought: educational service offered to young people of immigrant origin in the Canadian legal system; educational system; intergenerational conflict; rights and obligations;
- Forum ‘F’: Service workshop offered to women of immigrant origin on various topics;
- Canada exchange program: Journeys to the national level;
- Excursion across the province;
- Interpretation and translation;
- Guidance and references;
- Information on the functioning of the labor market and employment;
- Mediation;
Interactive caravan in schools: the new dynamics of the Caravan that goes into schools to understand the phenomenon of marginalization of newcomers while encouraging the inclusion of immigrant youth in social and institutional structures of society home. It also helps support the school system that has in its mission to bring the citizens of tomorrow to appreciate and respect the diversity of Canada. Through this caravan, we realized that the institution should not be limited to learn how to behave in the community using the facility should continue on the premises of the school. Number of years as the main priority and providing support for the provision of the service establishment:
We are the first francophone organization that started working in partnership with the Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration Canada as part of the Adjustment Program and establishment (IAPE)
It is since 2000 that we began to consider as main priority the provision of settlement services. We have received funding from Citizenship & Immigration Canada in 2002 as part of the project and Youth Education for Citizenship (CICYE), followed in 2003 with the project Development of information tools for young Francophone immigrants, then in 2004 with the Project Give Visibility to the Francophone immigrant women in Alberta “Mutual towards integration”.
In 2005 we launched the project of the Caravan of Tolerance. Finally, in 2006 up to date, we continue to work interactively with the Caravan in a new dynamic where interactive workshops continue in schools in partnership with the Alberta Francophone schools and French immersion in Alberta.
Information on customers and ethnic groups:
The Clients of AJFAS are composed of multiethnic members: men, women and youth from Francophone African countries and allophones including: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Morocco, the Algeria, Madagascar, Angola, Rwanda, Mauritius, Haiti, Sierra Leone and Burundi, etc… All these members speak French and have each of the different national languages of their countries, including among others: Lingala, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kikongo, Chiluba, Wolof, Arabic, Creole etc. ….
Our organization is a francophone who works for the harmonious integration of Francophone immigrant youth in Alberta. We also have the area of Women’s Affairs within the organization that sets us apart from other agencies because we treat this sector through the component of domestic violence in ethnocultural background. We have developed expertise in the field of youth programs and for the business women, especially programs for youth and Francophone immigrant women such as:
- Informative workshop: Talk-Occupation: Information Services offered to job seekers of immigrant origin;
- Educational Workshop: Hear my thought: educational service offered to young people of immigrant origin in the Canadian legal system, education system, intergenerational conflict, rights and obligations;
- Forum ‘F’: Service workshop offered to women of immigrant origin on various topics;
- Canada exchange program: Journey to the national level;
- Excursion across the province;
- Caravan against discrimination in French schools and French immersion.
We can justify our programs and services are very useful and effective for the following reasons:
- They strengthen the capacity of schools and help young people to respect each other by promoting Canada’s cultural diversity;
- They contribute to the integration of youth and Francophone immigrant women;
- They contribute to the sensitization of community members in multicultural issues and help the community to be more inclusive;
- They contribute to increased sense of belonging and esteem of its customers, in respect, in particular, participation in community activities and school.