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John Davids

Black Community Resource Center

Sessions in which John Davids attends

Wednesday 3 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
Higher educationPlurilingualism

Welcome remarks:Lorraine O'Donnell, Research Associate, QUESCREN; Affiliate Assistant Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia UniversityWilliam Floch, Assistant Secretary, Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d'expression anglaise  Opening Keynote AddressModerator: Brian Lewis,...

Angelica Galante

Keynote speaker

Lorraine O’Donnell

Master of ceremonies

William Floch

Master of ceremonies
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes

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2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
Demographics - Quebec English-language schoolsFirst Official Language SpokenEmployability

Moderator: John McMahon, Director General, Vanier CollegeSpeakers:D'Arcy Springate-Floch, Data Analyst, Playfair Statistics "Comparing the Presence o...

2:50 PM
2:50 PM - 4:10 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes

Here is how to connect to Agora:Agora uses the online platform Wonder. This networking platform is meant to simulate the live experience of informal networking and connecting with your peers in between sessions. The virtual room is open all day, you may revisit at any point during the day.Before joining the room...

3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM | 50 minutes
Panel discussionEducation and Black English-speaking communities in Quebec

Sustainable initiatives for the future of Quebec’s Black English-speaking communities – The Concordia Library Black community Archives: recording the Black community experience for research and evidence-based initiativesSpeakers:Alix Adrien, president, Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE)Clarence Bayne, Professor emeritus, Concordia UniversityDésirée Rochat, Observato...

Thursday 4 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | 50 minutes
KeynoteEducation and Black English-speaking communities in QuebecOnline/distance learningCovid 19

Alix Adrien, President, Quebec Board of Black EducatorsOnline Education - The Experience of the Quebec Board of Black EducatorsIn 2020, at the onset of the pandemic and during the lockdown, summer programs were limited to outdoor activities. The QBBE promptly transitioned its established onsite Da Costa Hall summer school program to an online platform.  At the beginning of the subsequent school year, the distance learning initiative ...

ALIX ADRIEN

Keynote speaker
1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
Education and Black English-speaking communities in QuebecEDIEducational Professionals - Teachers

Moderator: John Ryan, Leadership Committee for English Education in Quebec (LCEEQ)Speakers:Tya Collins, PhD Candidate, Université de Montréal  "Experiences of English-Speaking Youth at the Intersections of Bla...

2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM | 30 minutes

Here is how to connect to Agora:Agora uses the online platform Wonder. This networking platform is meant to simulate the live experience of informal networking and connecting with your peers in between sessions. The virtual room is open all day, you may revisit at any point during the day.Before joining the room...

3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM | 50 minutes
Panel discussionEducation and Black English-speaking communities in QuebecCurriculum

Speakers:  Brian Rock, Chairman, Committee for the Enhancement of the Curriculum of the History of Quebec Marlene Jennings, President, Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) 

Friday 5 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM | 50 minutes
KeynoteOfficial Linguistic Minority CommunitiesDemographics - Canada

Raymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages of CanadaThe Future of Education in an Official-Language Minority Setting: Demographic Change and New Points of ViewCanada’s demographic landscape is in constant evolution; it is also very different than what it was half a century ago, when the Official Languages Act was first adopted. Our population is becoming increasingly diver...