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Thursday 4 November, 2021

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12:30 PM
Keynote Address: Online Education - The Experience of the Quebec Board of Black Educators
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 ...

Qaadira De Coteau
Moderator

ALIX ADRIEN
Keynote speaker
1:20 PM
Decorative image for session BREAK - Join us in Agora, our virtual space for conversations and networking
BREAK - Join us in Agora, our virtual space for conversations and networking
1:20 PM - 2:40 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...

1:50 PM
Session 5A: Current Education Research: Experiences of Black students, LCEEQ Accompaniment Project
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...

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...

Session 5C: Panel Discussion: Protecting the Vitality of the English-Speaking Community in Québec: The Role of the School
1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
Panel discussionVitality of English-speaking QuebecEducational services in the regionsEmployability

Speakers:  Tino Bordonaro, Chair, Advisory Board on English Education Sandy Astles, Coordinator of Complementary Educational Services, Eastern Shores School Board 

2:40 PM
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BREAK - Join us in Agora, our virtual space for conversations and networking
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
Session 6A: Adult Education, Vocational Training and Work-Integrated Learning
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM | 50 minutes
Adult education/adult learnersVocational trainingEDI

Moderator: Ghada Sfeir, Researcher-Member, QUESCREN, Concordia UniversitySpeakers:Maria Giammarco, Senior Lead, Research and Development, Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER)  "Strengthening Learner Pathways...

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) 

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