Emma Legault

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Emma Legault participates

Friday 5 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
Session 7 – Workshop on QUESCREN's Education Research Briefs
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
Workshop

Moderators: Debbie Horrocks, Director, The Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN)Emma Legault, Assistant Director, The Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) This virtual int...

Sessions in which Emma Legault attends

Wednesday 3 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:30 PM
Decorative image for session Welcome Remarks, followed by Keynote Address: The Importance of a Plurilingual Approach in English-Speaking Higher Education for Language Vitality and Identity Validation
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
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

Brian Lewis
Moderator
3:20 PM
Session 3B: Panel Discussion: Adapting Literacy Services: Considerations for Reaching Vulnerable Populations in Times of Crisis
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM | 50 minutes
LiteracyAdult education/adult learnersCovid 19Panel discussion

Moderator: Laura Thompson, Project Manager, Literacy Quebec Speakers:Margo Legault, Executive Director, Literacy QuebecWendy Seys, Executive Director, Yamaska Literacy CouncilThe panel will be composed of Wendy Seys, Executive Director of Yamaska Literacy Council and Margo Legault, Executive Director of Literacy Quebec. These two presenters will offer dif...

Thursday 4 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:50 PM
Session 5B: Education Rights and the Law
1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
Language laws - QuebecCanadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsCEGEPs

Moderator: Sylvia Martin-Laforge, Director General, Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)Speakers:Richard Bourhis, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, UQAM"On the Planned Declin...

3:10 PM
Session 6B: Panel discussion: Celebrating the Black Contributions to the History of Quebec from Mathieu da Costa to the Honourable Marlene Jennings: 1608-2021
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)
1:50 PM
Session 9A: Education Issues & English-Speaking Indigenous Communities
1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
Education and Indigenous communitiesIndigenous languagesEducational professionalsElementary schoolsTranslanguaging

Moderator: Lina Shoumarova, Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, QUESCRENSpeakers:Cathy Martin, Independent Consultant "Indigenous Education Initiatives in Quebec"