Isabelle Feillou is an ergonomist, a professor in the Department of Industrial Relations at Université Laval and a member of the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS). As an ergonomist, she is interested in the design of innovative systems and environments that respect the abilities and health of workers and users. She has participated in several research projects on the occupational health and safety of caregiving staff, particularly beneficiary attendants in long-term care facilities, as well as in several interdisciplinary projects in the health network.

James joined the Committee for Anglophone Social Action (CASA) in 2021 as Patient Navigator, with a mandate to assist English speakers as they navigate the health system. His previous experience within the health sector has allowed him to build relationships with various departments within the CISSS. This has facilitated access to services for English speakers and supported health professionals in their efforts to serve this linguistic community.

In his role as Patient Navigator, Jim has made significant advances in the community and CISSS levels by providing services in line with CHSSN’s Liaison Model.

Jan Warnke is a PhD student in geography at Université Laval and principal investigator of the Geodata
project at Jeffery-Hale English-Language Community Services (SCLA-JH). Over the past 20 years, he has specialized in the spatial analysis and online visualization of the parameters of health care access and use by the English-speaking population in Quebec and of the French-speaking population outside
Quebec. His applied research focuses on the development of protocols for the use of administrative
health data and geospatial analysis methods for targeting contextual and individual factors of current
and potential users of health services. These methods were used to analyze users of English-language
health services (Jeffery-Hale English-language community services) and users of French-language health services (Montfort Hospital – (Ontario) as well as of other services related to community vitality and the well-being of minority populations.

Jennifer Johnson has been the Executive Director of the Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) since 2005 and worked for the organization since its inception in 2000. She is also the Executive Director of the Quebec Community Health and Social Services Foundation (QCHF) since 2011. Jennifer has been working on access issues for health and social services for the English-speaking community of Quebec since 1995.

Jennifer holds a Master’s degree in public health as well as a Certificate of international development from Institut universitaire des études de développement, Geneva, Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN. She immigrated to Canada from the United States in 1991 and has been living in Quebec City ever since.

Jérôme Gaudreault is the president and CEO of the AQPS.

With a wealth of experience in the associative and business sectors, Jérôme is also a man of causes.

His career path is marked by diversified professional experiences and multiple commitments in his community, particularly in the areas of business, health, youth and employability.

Since his arrival at the AQPS more than 8 years ago, Jérôme has been able to mobilize all the actors in the community so that each and every one of them is committed to suicide prevention.
in favour of suicide prevention.

Jérôme fundamentally believes that it is possible to significantly reduce the number of suicides in Quebec.

In this sense, the AQPS is the vehicle that has the capacity to touch our society as a whole and to push us collectively towards action.

Jess Malz, Inbo’s founder, was an enterprising child who started creating business plans for fun at the age of 5. But at school, they were disengaged—and led to believe they were the problem.

Joanna Bateman is a sociologist who has been engaged in community work for almost 20 years. Since 2008 she has been involved in a variety of collective projects that led her in 2015 to become the Executive Director of Literacy in Action, a non-profit in the Estrie region. Joanna co-creates hands-on, interactive and accessible learning environments that offer opportunities for citizens to share their knowledge and build on existing skills, all while creating new community connections.

Dr. Joanne Pocock is a sociologist with expertise in policy analysis, evaluation and multi-method research techniques who has devoted much of her academic and research career to the study of Quebec’s English-speaking minority communities. Her efforts have contributed to a body of knowledge supporting organizations serving the interests of minority language communities in various sectors and at national, provincial and regional levels. As a research consultant, Dr. Pocock supports CHSSN by studying the socio-demographic characteristics of English-speaking Quebec as well as health and social service access as a key social determinant of health and well-being.

Jodie Glean-Mitchell is an award winning anti-racism educator who has dedicated her career to developing programming in the field of anti-racism, equity and inclusion. Currently the Director of the Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office at the University of Toronto, she is simultaneously completing her PhD in education at York University, focusing on the relationship of institutionalized equity, diversity and inclusion programming and anti-racism principles. She attained her Masters of Arts in educational studies from Concordia University in 2011.

In September of 2016, Jodie founded REACT – Race Equity Advisory Consulting & Training Inc. which offers education programming and consultation services to create spaces for organizations and companies to meaningfully engage in critical dialogue and action planning to increase racial equity, diversity and inclusion.

In 2017 and 2020, Jodie was the recipient of the Leadership in Learning Award from Canadian Association for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education and the Harry Jerome Diversity Award from the Black Business Professional Association respectively.

Karen Allen has been a full-time guidance counsellor for over 20 years at Westmount High School.