Inter-Level Educational Table (ILET)
In 2017, QUESCREN created the Inter-Level Educational Table (ILET), which brings together representatives of Quebec’s English-language educational institutions and associations, along with community groups and the public sector.
Vision
Our vision is of a healthy, complete and accessible English-language education system in Quebec. It ensures attachment to the province and sustains and promotes the multifaceted vitality of its English-speaking communities.
Mission
Supporting Quebec’s English-language education system through research, knowledge mobilization, and educational activities.
Biennial Forums: Minority Community Vitality through Education
Since its first edition in 2018, ILET’s biennial community-building forum has brought together researchers, practitioners, community partners and policymakers to share information, research and best practices that support an inclusive and quality English-language minority education system in Quebec.
Click here to learn more about the three editions of the Forum (in 2018, 2021 and 2023), consult their programs and watch recordings of the presentations.
The next forum will take place on Nov. 6-8, 2025, at Concordia University in Montreal. Stay tuned for more details coming this fall.
Research Action Plan
ILET promotes research on Quebec’s English-speaking communities through its active support for QUESCREN’s development of: biennial community-building forums, an online researcher directory, and other research-related activities.
Educational Action Plan
To enhance Quebec’s English-speaking community vitality, ILET supports activities promoting the continuum of Quebec’s English-language educational offer and the collaboration of English-language educational institutions.
ILET Research Hub
Education professionals have repeatedly identified the need for easy access to research on Quebec’s English-language education sector. The ILET Research Hub meets that need. This engaging online space—the first of its kind in the province—shares research information pertaining to all levels of education and in a variety of formats: research video capsules, infographics, podcasts, blogs, StoryMaps, and more.
The Hub aims to raise awareness and understanding, among a broad audience, of priority issues for Quebec's official language minority community and its educational ecosystem. Such issues include decreased enrollment in schools, particularly in rural and remote areas; high rates of outmigration of bilingual university graduates from the province; and the effects of Quebec government's laws and policies on the institutional vitality of education. Ensuring access to effective evidence-based knowledge through the ILET Research Hub, will go a long way towards addressing these real-world concerns and informing future educational policy and programming.
ILET Members
- Brian Lewis, Chair, Professor, Department of Communications Studies, and Co-Director, QUESCREN, Concordia University
- Alix Adrien, President, Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE), and Principal, LaSalle Elementary School, Junior Campus
- Avril Aitken, Representative, Leadership Committee for English Education in Québec (LCEEQ); Full Professor, School of Education, Bishop's University
- Teresa Berghello, Director General, John Abbott College
- Tino Bordonaro, Chair, Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE), Ministère de l’Éducation
- Richard Bourhis, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
- Anne-Marie Cech, Project Manager, Community Health and Social Services Network
- Jennifer Cooke, Regional Development Officer, Greater Montreal, Community Health and Social Services Network
- Celine Cooper, Managing Director, Consortium of English-language CEGEPS, Colleges and Universities of Quebec (CELCCUQ), Bishop’s University
- Julie Corrigan, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University
- Anthony Di Mascio, Full Professor, School of Education, Bishop’s University
- Patrick Donovan, Research and Operations Manager, QUESCREN, Concordia University
- Linton Garner, Commissioner, Western Quebec School Board
- David Fortier, Project Officer, Recruitment and Retention program, Dialogue McGill
- Chuck Halliday, Coordinator of Community and Business, New Frontiers School Board
- Kimberley Hamilton, Director of Communications and Special Projects, Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA)
- Debbie Horrocks, Director, Provincial Resource Team - CLC Network, Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN)
- Katherine Korakakis, President, English Parents' Committee Association (EPCA)
- Kathleen Machabée, Executive Director, Literacy Quebec
- Sylvia Martin-Laforge, Director General, Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
- Rosemary Murphy, President, Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA)
- Grant Myers, CEDEC/Labour Market Information Network
- Lorraine O'Donnell, Senior Research Manager, QUESCREN and Affiliate Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University
- Maria Popica, Teacher and Researcher, Department of French, John Abbott College
- Nicholas Salter, Executive Director, Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT)
- Lina Shoumarova, Research Associate, QUESCREN, Concordia University
- Stephen Thompson, Independent Consultant
- Paul Zanazanian, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
- Antonia Zannis, Executive Director, Quebec Association of Independent Schools (QAIS)
- Observer: Martin Durand, Research Manager, Official Languages Branch, Policy and Research Directorate, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Observer: Peter Fequet, Directeur, Direction du soutien au réseau éducatif anglophone, Secteur de la diversité, des relations extérieures, des anglophones et des Autochtones, Ministère de l'Éducation
- Observer: Joseph Junior Pierre, Statistician-demographer, Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise (SRQEA), Ministère des Finances
To learn more about the Inter-level Educational Table (ILET), please contact Lorraine.ODonnell@concordia.ca.
