Congratulations Julie Arnaud!

On April 24th, Julie Arnaud, Director – French Language Services, was presented with the Prix Ronald-Duhamel – Ronald Duhamel Award.

This award was created to recognize an employee or a group of employees of a governmental or quasi-governmental body at the federal, provincial or municipal level for distinguished service to Manitoba’s Francophone community.

This biennial Award is a joint initiative of the Société de la francophonie manitobaine, the Federal Government, the Manitoba Francophone Affairs Secretariat, and the Manitoba Association of Bilingual Municipalities (AMBM).

Message from Julie:

“To our Senior Leadership team – a special thank you for your unwavering support, your engagement, your confidence, and especially for the important recognition and value you place on French language services in the health sector. One of our Southern Health-Santé Sud core values is “purposeful innovation’ – a value that empowers our team to dream big. For this, we are deeply grateful.

I would also like to recognize our outstanding leaders and staff, who consistently demonstrate, through tangible actions, our region’s shared commitment to providing health care services in both official languages. They distinguish themselves as invaluable allies.

I’d like to pay tribute to my dear colleague, Rosanne Ritchot, with whom I share the French Language Services Unit and with whom I work on a daily basis. I recognize in her an affinity for words, for the French language. She’s passionate about the language, and it’s contagious. Rosanne, you are the driving force that pushes me to give the best of myself. Your expertise, creativity and commitment are a constant source of inspiration.”

The Prix Ronald-Duhamel – Ronald Duhamel Award is represented by the Triade sculpture by artist Gary Tessier. The piece is made up of three shapes (pillars), mixing the abstract and the figurative, placed in a circle, persons whose arms are thrust upward and intermingled, reflecting the cooperation between the two levels of government (federal and provincial) and the community. The shapes, in not touching, suggest autonomy. But they are partners. Their feet are firmly planted in the soil, as the French language is well rooted in the greatest depth of our being. The upward stretched arms are signs of celebration.

Submitted by: French Language Services Unit