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
Talk
Sylvia Martin-Laforge, QCGN (Master of ceremonies)
Marion Sandilands, Conway Litigation (Speaker)
Richard Bourhis, Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal; QUESCREN Advisory Board (Speaker)
Sessions in which Sylvia Martin-Laforge attends
Keynote
Angelica Galante, McGill University (Keynote speaker)
Lorraine O’Donnell, QUESCREN, Concordia University (Master of ceremonies)
William Floch, Ministère du Conseil exécutifSecrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise (Master of ceremonies)
Brian Lewis, Department of Communications Studies, Concordia University; co-director, QUESCREN (Moderator)
Talk
John McMahon, Vanier College; Consortium of English-language post-secondary institutions; QUESCREN Advisory Board (Moderator)
D'Arcy Springate-Floch, Playfair Statistics (Speaker)
Caroline Dufour, Playfair Statistics (Speaker)
Keynote
Dr. Patrick Donovan, QUESCREN (Moderator)
Raymond Theberge, Office of offcial Language (Keynote speaker)