Steering Committee

The steering committee is the Chair’s authority on strategic direction, validation and arbitration.

Its role is to:

• ensure, with the Chair holder, the Chair’s representation within UNESCO;- adopt the Chair’s charter;
• approve the action plan, working lines and annual reports;
• ensure the sound financial management of the Chair;
• guarantee compliance with the agreement signed between UNESCO and CEGEP Marie-Victorin;
• contribute to the Chair’s influence.

The committee meets when convened by its chairperson, at least twice a year: one meeting is spent planning the year to come while the other is spent reviewing the report on the previous year.

Committee members have a renewable three-year mandate.

Steering Committee Chairperson – Nicole Rouillier

Acting as general director, the chairperson, in conjunction with the other members, assumes all Steering Committee responsibilities and must:

• act as the link between the Chair and CEGEP Marie-Victorin’s governance;
• represent the Chair in the political arena;
• lead committee meetings and maintain regular contact with the Chair holder in order to immediately receive information about any extraordinary situation requiring a special committee meeting.

The Steering Committee members are:

• Sylvain Mandeville, Chairperson, director general, Cégep Marie-Victorin

Curriculum vitae – Sylvain Mandeville

Acting as general director, the chairperson, in conjunction with the other members, assumes all Steering Committee responsibilities and must:

• act as the link between the Chair and CEGEP Marie-Victorin’s governance;
• represent the Chair in the political arena;
• lead committee meetings and maintain regular contact with the Chair holder in order to immediately receive information about any extraordinary situation requiring a special committee meeting.

• Paul Bélanger, Chairperson of the Science Committee

• Johanne Beausoleil, interim director general of the Sûreté du Québec

• Geneviève Perreault, Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prison

• Line Fortin, Deputy minister associate at ministère de la Sécurité Publique du Québec

• Bernard Chéné, coordinator, Division de la recherche, de la reddition de compte et de l’évaluation de programmes, ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec

• Alessandria Page, Deputy commissionner, Quebec Region, Correctional Services of Canada

• Emmanuel Rutsimbo, interim director, Reintegration Programs Division, Correctional Services of Canada

• Luc Barsalou, retired professor, Cégep Marie-Victorin