Stephanie Myers
With 25 years as a certified educator, primarily in British Columbia, Stephanie has dedicated her career to empowering marginalized youth. Her commitment to fostering inclusive learning environments and creating opportunities for success involves collaborating with organizations to support youth transitioning from high school to post-secondary. Moving forward, her mission is to work with others to ensure post-secondary education remains a conceivable & viable option for Quebec's youth aging out of care of the DYP.
Sessions in which Stephanie Myers participates
Thursday 6 November, 2025
Presentations:Extended-Model Community Learning Centres (EM-CLCs): A Value-Added Component to English-speaking Students’ Educational SuccessMélissa Villella, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)Julie Corrigan, Concordia University
Sessions in which Stephanie Myers attends
Thursday 6 November, 2025
Welcoming Remarks:John McMahon - Assistant Deputy Minister, Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d'expression anglaise (SRQEA) Keynote AddressBeyond the Game: Building Strength Through Sports, Education & CommunityDenburk Reid - Founder and CEO, Montreal Community Cares Foundation and Red Rush Basketball Leadership ProgramDenburk Reid will share his journey of perseverance, drawing on bot...
Grab a coffee and a snack with your fellow forum participants!
Presentations:Overcoming Distance: Supporting Regional Students on Their Journey to Cégep Brittney Chabot, ECO-02Ashley Roy, ECO-02For the past two years, ECO-02 has been running PREP for Cégep at Riverside Regional High School, a program designed to support high school students from the Saguenay, a remote region with no English Cégep, as they ...
Format: 5-minute presentations followed by a group Q&A period Digital Literacy & Vocational Training Teachers: Preparing Student for Sustainable Work in a Trade Disrupted by a Digital WorldRobin Long, Provincial Organization...
Friday 7 November, 2025
Keynote AddressAmplifying Our Strengths, Protecting the Vitality of English Education in QuebecToula Drimonis - Opinion Columnist, Writer, and News ProducerThese are difficult times. The current government has cut education budgets drastically – and English-language institutions have not been spared. On the contrary, some argue that they’ve been presented as a problem for the survival of Quebec’s...
PresentationsTraining for Tomorrow: Addressing the Vocational Attainment Gap for Québec’s English-speaking CommunitiesMorgan Gagnon, PERTDespite growing demand in Québec’s trades sectors, English speakers pursue vocational training at less than half the rate of their French-speaking peers. This presentation draws on PERT’s latest research to explore what’s behind that gap—from limited awareness and harmful myths to access issues and language barr...
Lorraine O'Donnell, QUESCRENRaymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada