Patrick Charland, PhD, is a full Professor in the Department of Didactics, a co-holder of the UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development at UQAM, and Director of the Institute of International Studies in Montreal. He has developed expertise in analyzing educational systems, as well as in initial training at the elementary, secondary and university levels, both in Quebec and internationally.
Catherine Haeck, PhD, is a full Professor in the Department of Economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She specializes in the economics of education and labour economics and directs the Skills axis at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (CIRANO). Her research focuses on the human capital of children and youth and on the intergenerational transmission of income and education.
Sylvana Côté, PhD, is a psychologist by training, a full Professor in the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal and a researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine. She directs the Research Group on Psychosocial Maladjustment in Children (GRIP) and the Observatory for Children’s Education and Health(OPES), and co-directs the Network on the Perinatal Determinants of Child Health.
Hannah Sutherland is a doctoral student at the Education Faculty of University of Ottawa.
Phyllis Dalley is a Professor in minority contexts education at University of Ottawa. She is also founder and Director of Chantiers d’actions pour des francophonies inclusives (CARFfI.ca).
Roda Muse has more than 20 years of experience in the federal public service, where she held several leadership positions. She was a school board trustee from 2017 to 2022 for the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario.
Megan Cotnam-Kappel, PhD, is a francophone Professor in Educational Technologies at the University of Ottawa. Her interest in learning through play stems from her passion for pedagogies that centre students’ and teachers’ cultures, languages, and identities, online and offline.
Trista Hollweck, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education whose work explores professional learning, mentoring and coaching, leadership, networks, and systemic change.
Jasmine Hodson-Bautista is a Research Analyst at People for Education. She holds an MA in Educational Leadership and Policy from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, a BA in Sexual Diversity Studies from the University of Toronto, and a BFA in Film Production from York University.
Robin Liu Hopson, PhD, is the Director of Policy and Research at People for Education. She holds a PhD in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning from OISE/UT, an MA in French Literature from McMaster University, a BEd from OISE/UT, and a BA&Sc from McMaster University.
Raeesa Hoque is a student from Collège Jeanne-Sauvé in Winnipeg, Man., and part of the CCUNESCO Youth Advisory Council. She actively participates in all that she can, enjoys new experiences and tries to make the most of everything she puts her mind to.
Fiona Shen is an aspiring writer, intersectional feminist, and activist currently in Grade 11 at Havergal College in Toronto, Ont.
Lesley Eblie Trudel, PhD, is a former Assistant Superintendent of K–12 Schools, now Associate Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg. She works ardently to promote the links between research and practice.
Rauno Parrila, PhD, is the founding Director of the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy at Australian Catholic University, Sydney. His research examines both typical and atypical reading development and the cognitive and environmental factors affecting how we learn to read different writing systems.
George K. Georgiou, PhD, is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta and a member of the UNESCO Canada working group on the impact of Covid-19 on education. His research focuses on early prevention and intervention of reading difficulties.
Garine Papazian-Zohrabian is an associate professor in the Department of Psycho-Pedagogy and Andragogy of the Faculty of Education of the University of Montreal, the scientific Director of the interdisciplinary research group on refugee and asylum seeking families (FRQSC). She is also a regular member of the Research center SHERPA (Research, Immigration, Society) as well as a member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec.
Her clinical experience, research and teaching focus on the development of children and adolescents and their mental health, the normal and pathological processes of loss and trauma. She has also studied their influence on students’ school adjustment and achievement as well as the development of their identity, with a particular emphasis on migratory paths and processes and the inter-influence of these various phenomena.
Her main research projects, financed by SSHRC, target the promotion of the students’ psychological well-being and the development of new practices and tools in schools.
Dr. Ruth Kane is a full Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa. She served as Director of Teacher Education from 2006 to 2011 and Director of Graduate Studies (Anglophone) from 2015 to 2021.
Dr. Linda Radford is a long-term appointment Professor, and Co-Lead of the Urban Communities Cohort in the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, since 2015.