{{Unreferenced, date=December 2020 AFO, or Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (''Francophone Assembly of Ontario'') is a Canadian organization which coordinates the political and cultural activities of the Franco-Ontarian community. The organization was created in 1910 as the ''Association canadienne-française d'Éducation de l'Ontario'' (''ACFÉO'') to lobby for French language education rights in the province. The organization and the Franco-Ontarian community at large faced a serious early crisis when the provincial government adopted

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in 1912, effectively banning the teaching of French in schools. The regulation was never fully implemented because of ACFÉO's litigation, and it was eventually repealed in 1927. ACFÉO subsequently changed its name to ''Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario'' ("Association of French Canadians of Ontario"), or ''ACFO''. The organization continued to lobby for the improvement of French language services in the province. It was instrumental in the adoption of the ''

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'' in 1986, and in the creation of Ontario's three francophone colleges:

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in Ottawa,

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in Sudbury and the defunct Collège des Grands-Lacs in

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. As well, ACFO lobbied against the provincial government's planned closure of Ottawa's

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. In 2004, the organization changed its name to ''L'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario'', partly to reflect Canadian francophones' modern shift away from identifying as French Canadian. In 2010 / 2011, their revenue was 1.4 million dollars. 1.2 million of that came from various government entities. The organization's current president is Carol Jolin.

Presidents

*1910-1912 - Napoléon Belcourt *1912-1914 - Charles-Siméon-Omer Boudreau *1914-1915 - Alphonse Télesphore Charron *1915-1919 - Philippe Landry *1919-1932 - Napoléon Belcourt *1932-1933 - Samuel Genest *1933-1934 - Léon-Calixte Raymond *1934-1938 - Dr. Paul-Émile Rochon *1938-1944 - Adélard Chartrand *1944-1953 - Ernest Desormeaux *1953-1959 - Gaston Vincent *1959-1963 - Aimé Arvisais *1963-1971 - Roger N. Séguin *1971-1972 - Ryan Paquette *1972-1974 - Omer Deslauriers *1974-1976 - Jean-Louis Bourdeau *1976-1978 - Gisèle Richer *1978-1980 -

Jeannine Séguin Jeannine is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jeannine Altmeyer (born 1948), American operatic soprano *Jeannine Baticle (1920–2014), French curator * Jeannine Burch (born 1968), Swiss television actress *Jeannine Davis-Kimbal ...

*1980-1982 - Yves Saint-Denis *1982-1984 - André Cloutier *1984-1987 - Serge Plouffe *1987-1988 - Jacques Marchand (interim) *1988-1990 - Rolande Faucher *1990-1994 - Jean Tanguay *1994-1997 - André J. Lalonde *1997-1999 - Trèva Cousineau *1999-2001 - Alcide Gour *2001-2004 - Jean-Marc Aubin *2004-2005 -

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*2005-2006 - Simon Lalande (interim) *2006-2010 - Mariette Carrier-Fraser *2010-2016 - Denis Vaillancourt *2016–present : Carol Jolin

External links

AFO
Civic and political organizations of Canada Franco-Ontarian organizations Franco-Ontarian history