
Sylvia Martin-Laforge, who has been the Director General of the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) for almost 15 years, has vast experience at the federal government and government of Ontario dealing with linguistic minority communities as well as women’s and indigenous people’s issues. Prior to her taking the helm at QCGN, Martin-Laforge was involved in policy and program development in employment equity and linguistic duality.
In 2012, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal which honours significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.
Sessions in which Sylvia Martin-Laforge participates
1:50 PM
1:50 PM
- Session 5B: Education Rights and the Law
- 1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
- Moderator: Sylvia Martin-Laforge, Director General, Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
- Talk
Sessions in which Sylvia Martin-Laforge attends
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Welcome Remarks, followed by Keynote Address: The Importance of a Plurilingual Approach in English-Speaking Higher Education for Language Vitality and Identity Validation
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Welcome remarks:Lorraine O'Donnell, Research Associate, QUESCREN; Affiliate Assistant Professor, Sch...
- Keynote

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Session 2B: Mapping the Demographics of English-Language Education
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Moderator: John McMahon, Directo...
- Talk
3:10 PM
3:10 PM
- Keynote Address: The Future of Education in an Official-Language Minority Setting: Demographic Change and New Points of View
- 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM | 50 minutes
- Raymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages of CanadaThe Future of Education in an Official-Language...
- Keynote
