About

The mandate of the Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE) is to advise the Minister of Education on all matters affecting the educational services offered in English elementary and secondary schools and adult and vocational education centres. The Minister may also ask the Board for advice on a specific topic.

Composition of the Advisory Board

The Minister of Education names the members to the Advisory Board. The term of office is normally three years. Candidates are nominated by the various English education associations and organizations that represent, among others, teachers, parents, school and board administrators and commissioners, as well as individuals involved in post-secondary education. Nominations can be received at any time.

In August 2021, Minister Jean-François Roberge named Tino Bordonaro as Chair of the Advisory Board on English Education for a mandate of four years. Mr. Bordonaro succeeds Dr. Cathrine Le Maistre who had chaired the Board since 2007.

Mr. Bordonaro presently teaches at McGill University’s Faculty of Education and was formerly a pedagogical consultant and a school administrator.

Members 2021-2022

Chair

  • Tino Bordonaro

Ex-officio Member

  • Georges Lemieux
    Assistant Deputy Minister (interim)

Secretary to the Board

  • Lynn Travers

Members

  • Lynn Butler-Kisber
    McGill University
  • Noel Burke
    Lester-B-Pearson School Board
  • Jodie Callaghan
    First Nations Regional Adult Education Centre
  • Odette Côté
    Champlain College Lennoxville
  • Michael Di Raddo
    Québec Provincial Association of Teachers
  • Steven Erdelyi
    Solomon Schecter Academy
  • Heather Halman
    Sir Wilfrid-Laurier School Board
  • Sabrina Jafralie
    English Montréal School Board
  • Philip Joycey
    Littoral School Board
  • Katherine Korakakis
    English Parents’ Committee Association
  • Kandy Mackey
    Eastern Townships School Board
  • Marisa Mineiro
    English Montréal School Board
  • Corinne Payne                
    Féderation des comités de parents du Québec
  • Sylvain Racette
    Riverside School Board

Publications

2021-06-01

Prioritizing Student Diversity in Québec’s Education System (PDF 257 Kb)

2020-10-01

Supporting English schools in Quebec through the pandemic (PDF 69 Kb)

2020-06-01

Returning to school in the English education system in uncertain times (PDF 100 Kb)

2020-02-01

Response to the consultation on the proposed Ethics and Religious Culture Program (PDF 78 Kb)

2020‑03‑10

Lettre au ministre concernant le dépôt du mémoire intitulé "Le projet de loi no 40 et le système d’éducation anglophone du Québec" (PDF 162 Kb)

2020-03-04BILL 40 and the English Education System in Québec (PDF 3.50 Mb)
2018-06-01

Plus ça change, plus c'est pareil : Revisiting the 1992 Task Force Report on English Education in Québec (PDF 655 Kb)

2017-03-01Indigenous Education : Walking on Both Sides of the River (PDF 1.04 Mb)
2016-12-21Keeping the Door Open for Young English-speaking Adults in Québec  (PDF 523 Kb)
2015-06-01"We are accountable to the Students": Success and Retention in English-Language Schools (PDF 1.91 Mb)

Contact information

Advisory Board on English Education
600, rue Fullum, 11e étage
Montréal (Québec) H2K 4L1