Montreal, June 12, 2025 – The Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) is thrilled to officially release the CARE Conference (Community + Action + Resolve = Education) report.
CARE Conference, held in Montreal last September, brought together stakeholders from Quebec’s English-language education community and organized jointly by QESBA, Association of Administrators of English Schools of Quebec (AAESQ), Association of Directors General of English Schools Boards of Quebec (ADGESBQ), English Parents Committees’ Association (EPCA), TALQ (formerly QCGN), Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) and the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT).
Over two-days, we focused on five major themes that impact our schools, school boards and the community-at-large. We discussed staff retention and recruitment, programs and expertise, strengthening community links, government relations and best practices and advocacy.
“Sharing with our education and community partners in the same room for these important discussions was invaluable in helping us shape how we move forward. We have firm considerations in this report built on these tangible exchanges that will help all our Associations plan for the future,” said QESBA president Joe Ortona.
“QESBA thanks all partners involved in making this such an important event and a positive and useful report that we were able to table with the Minster of Education for his consideration,” concluded the president.
QESBA is the voice of English public education in Québec and represents 100,000 students in over 300 elementary, high schools, and adult and vocational centres across Québec.
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