School boards allowed at hearings to include a broader spectrum of voices.
Source: montrealgazette.com
Robotics EV3 hands-on training for EMSB Science teachers at B&B #EMSBedu #robotics @EnglishMTL https://t.co/WJSyxY9vpa
Source: twitter.com
“Former NFSB DG Wayne Goldthorpe at the podium talking CLC #CLCConference2016”
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PRESS RELEASE For immediate diffusion
Montreal, September 2015 – The English Parents’ Committee Association of Quebec (EPCA) wishes to detail its position in regards to each recommendation made in the Final Report of the Election Systems Study Panel.
EPCA represents Central Quebec School Board, Lester B. Pearson School Board, Western Quebec School Board, Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board, Riverside School Board, Eastern Shores School Board, and New Frontiers School Board.
Our mandate is to advocate for and represent the parents of our member School Boards PCs and CPCs.
EPCA’s position to each recommendation in the Election Systems Study Panel Report is as followed:
We must bear in mind that many of our school boards cover huge areas and encompass many different communities. This being said, many of our communities are not only represented by parents, but also by community representatives who represent the Anglophones without children in the system but have the right to vote in the English School Board present election system.
These representatives from these communities should definitely be elected by Universal Suffrage as they represent their respective communities. EPCA stands firmly behind this notion.
This would bring a wider variety of representation especially from our outlying regions, a
representation that the Anglophone community is entitled to under the Canadian
Constitution.
For additional information and/or interviews: Mr. Angelo Grasso, Director General of EPCA, (514) 778-3722 or director-general@epcaquebec.org.
Education has focused on the basic “3Rs” of reading, writing & arithmetic, but as technological innovation changes educators must re-evaluate their skills.
Source: www.edudemic.com
All over the world, there’s growing consensus that our education systems are broken. These educators share big ideas on how we might re-imagine school.
Source: www.ted.com
The chair of the English school board serving West Quebec thinks a proposed law eliminating elected school boards should alarm English-speaking parents in the region.
Source: www.cbc.ca
Loi modifiant l’organisation et la gouvernance des commissions scolaires en vue de rapprocher l’école des lieux de décision et d’assurer la présence des parents au sein de l’instance décisionnelle de la commission scolaire
[embeddoc url=”https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/151207_Loi-modifiée.pdf” viewer=”google”]Loi modifiant l’organisation et la gouvernance des commissions scolaires en vue de rapprocher l’école des lieux de décision et d’assurer la présence des parents au sein de l’instance décisionnelle de la commission scolaire
[embeddoc url=”https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Projet-de-loi-86.pdf” viewer=”google”]ENGLISH SCHOOL BOARDS
ELECTION SYSTEMS STUDY PANEL
REPORT 2015
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The members of the Election Systems Study Panel (ESSP) wish to thank the Quebec English
School Boards Association (QESBA), the English Parents’ Committee Association (EPCA), the
Québec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Québec Federation of Home and School
Associations (QFHSA) for their initiative in creating this workgroup and for the development of
its mandate; special thanks to QESBA for providing the ESSP with a location and the logistical
support to hold its hearings and conduct its work.
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