Skip to main content

Executive board

Diane Querrien

Diane Querrien

Département d'études françaises, Concordia University

CSLP Co-Director

Dr. Querrien’s research centers on the practices and initiatives used by schools to promote allophone students’ French language skills, as well as on how French as a second language is taught in higher education.

Kathleen Sénéchal

Kathleen Sénéchal

Département de didactique des langues, Université du Québec à Montréal

CEAP-UQAM Director

Dr. Sénéchal's research is based on collaboration with practitioners and currently focuses on the teaching and learning of oral language in elementary school, the link between oral language didactics and classroom management, the articulation of French language skills, and teacher training.

David Waddington

David Waddington

Department of Education, Concordia University

CSLP Co-Director

Dr. Waddington’s research focuses on teacher free speech, video games and citizenship, philosophical questions in science and technology education, and the history and philosophy of progressive education.

Julie Corrigan

Julie Corrigan

Department of Education, Concordia University

Theme 2.1 Representative

Dr. Corrigan conducts research in the fields of technology, literacy, and assessment. She focuses on designing interventions aimed at improving students' ability to evaluate the credibility of online information; and on developing a virtual platform to teach, assess, and research complex workplace communication tasks.
Visit Dr. Corrigan's profile.

Eric Dion

Éric Dion

Département d'éducation et formation spécialisées, Université du Québec à Montréal

Theme 1.2 Representative

Dr. Dion specializes in the prevention of learning difficulties in reading in the first cycle of elementary school (grades 1 and 2). He is particularly interested in the development and evaluation of the effectiveness of peer tutoring activities.
Visit Dr. Dion's profile.

Florent Michelot

Florent Michelot

Department of Education, Concordia University

Theme 2.1 Representative (Interim)

Dr. Michelot's research examines the integration of digital technology in higher education, focusing on developing 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, digital literacy, and media literacy. His work explores the adoption of educational technologies in e-learning contexts and investigates the environmental impacts of misinformation and online disinformation. Currently, Dr. Michelot is studying the role of artificial intelligence in academic settings, examining its influence on teaching practices and student engagement with digital information.

Mélissa Goulet

Diana Miconi

Département de psychopédagogie et d'andragogie, Université de Montréal

Theme 2.2 Representative

Dr. Miconi’s research interests are focused on the field of developmental, clinical, and cultural psychology, and share as a common feature the adoption of a resilience and positive youth development approach.

Brad Nelson

Bradley Nelson

Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Concordia University

Theme 1.3 Representative

Dr. Nelson’s research seeks to help understand the ways in which science and technology structure our cognitive and artistic relationship with the worlds around us through the exploration of the works of baroque and contemporary authors such as Cervantes and Philip K. Dick.

Katrine Roussel

Katrine Roussel

Département de didactique des langues, Université du Québec à Montréal

Theme 1.1 Representative

Dr. Roussel's research focuses on the teaching and learning of writing at the secondary level, with a particular emphasis on writing processes, syntax, and the evaluation of written texts. She is also interested in the pedagogical potential of generative artificial intelligence for secondary-level classes.
Visit Dr. Roussel's profile.

Eva Mary Bures

Eva Mary Bures

School of Education, Bishop's University

Regional Representative #1

Dr. Bures’ research investigates how to support innovative learning processes through computer-mediated communication, the use of electronic portfolios in higher learning, and how online systems can improve the quality of dialogue amongst university-level students.

Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada

Abdelwahed Mekki-Barrada

Département d’anthropologie, Université Laval

Regional Representative #2

Dr. Mekki-Berrada’s research interests include the anthropology of well-being and distress; of Islam; of refugees and undocumented persons; as well as on ethnomedical and ethno-psychiatric traditions.

Hicham Tiflati

Hicham Tiflati

Department of Humanities, Philosophy and Religion (HPR), John Abbott College

CEGEP Representative

Dr. Tiflati is humanities professor at John Abbott College and the Islam expert at the Center for Civic Religious Literacy. His research explores religion, politics, and secularism, with a focus on radicalization, Muslim identities, and Islamic schooling.

Adele Aubin

Adèle Aubin

PhD Candidate, Education, Concordia University

Student Representative

Through her research, Adèle Aubin explores ways to rethink and improve ethics training in technical AI programs, notably through the integration of care ethics. She holds a master’s degree in AI applied to language and speech processing from the University of Edinburgh. She has also worked in both the private and public sectors as an IT analyst on projects involving AI, speech synthesis, grammar correction, and handwriting recognition.

Natacha Bérubé-Deschênes

Natacha Bérubé-Deschênes

PhD candidate, Département de didactique de la Faculté des sciences de l’éducation, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Student Representative

Natacha Bérubé-Deschênes focuses on the school experiences of gifted students in Quebec schools, student well-being in relation to school-related emotions, and differentiated instructional practices.

Non-voting members

Laurent Fahrni

Laurent Farhni

Research Officer, Université du Québec à Montréal

CEAP-UQAM Coordinator (Non-voting member)

Laurent Farhni’s research focuses on school-family-community relationships in socially and culturally diverse contexts, with a particular interest in how school architecture shapes these dynamics and how stakeholders engage with physical school spaces.

Zeina Ismail-Allouche

Zeina Ismail-Allouche

Research Associate, Concordia University

CSLP Research Coordinator (Non-voting member)

Dr. Ismail-Allouche is an activist, autoethnographer, performer, and storyteller with over 20 years of experience in designing, implementing and monitoring strategic, multidisciplinary, and participatory reform plans in support of preventing violence against children with a special focus on gender-based violence and preventing forced separation.

David Pickup

David Pickup

Information Specialist, Concordia University

CSLP Communications Officer (Non-voting member)

David Pickup is the CSLP's in-house librarian and Communications Officer, as well as a part-time faculty member at Concordia University. His expertise includes advanced search techniques for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Role & responsibilities of the Executive board

The Executive board:

  1. meets at least twice a year to advise on the CSLP’s goals and policies;
  2. determines criteria for membership in the CSLP and recommends changes;
  3. plans CSLP-wide knowledge mobilization activities (internal and external); and
  4. critically evaluates the CSLP’s effectiveness at meeting the objectives of the Regroupement stratégique on a continuing basis.

Policies and Procedures

Back to top

© Concordia University