Introduction
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This document presents the results of research conducted in fall 2008 and winter 2009 in the Saskatchewan Francophone community. Conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, this research is the third phase of a multi-year action-research project aimed at better understanding the practical aspects of assessing community vitality. The first phase was carried out in 2006 with three Francophone communities in urban settings, and the second in 2007 with three Englishspeaking communities in Quebec.
This report consists of four sections. Section 1 describes the context of the study and the methodology used. Section 2 sets out a brief profile of the Saskatchewan Francophone community. Section 3 gives an overview of the various best practices in the community. Section 4 presents logic model and indicators produced and validated by the task force and retained by the research team. It also provides data sources that can be used to verify these indicators. Finally, Section 5 presents the conclusion of the report. Following the conclusion are a list of documents consulted (Appendix A) and a list of task force members (Appendix B).
