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QUEBEC FEDERATION
OF HOME & SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION
(QFHSA) PLEASED
TO BE
CELEBRATING 70
YEARS OF
PARENTAL
PARTICIPATION IN
EDUCATION
MONTREAL, May
12, 2014 – The
Quebec
Federation of
Home & School
Associations
kicked off
celebrations of
their 70th
anniversary of
parental
participation in
education in the
province of
Quebec on May 3,
2014. In
response to
ongoing concerns
of parents in
regards to the
health and
well-being of
children, Quebec
Home and School
Associations
have been acting
as a voice for
parents and
volunteering in
their schools
since 1944.The
Annual General
Meeting of the
QFHSA, with the
theme
“70 years of
Challenge and
Change” was
held at the
Novotel Hotel in
St Laurent on
May 3rd, 2014
with keynote
speaker
Clifford Lincoln
addressing the
delegates.
The Annual
General Meeting
brought together
Home & School
parents from
across the
province to
discuss policy
and determine
the future
direction of the
organization.
Two resolutions
were passed: one
on Financial
Literacy and the
other on
Permanent
Linguistic
Voters Lists for
School Board
Elections. It
was an
opportunity to
celebrate what
Home and School
has accomplished
in the past and
to look forward
to the
challenges and
inevitable
changes in the
years to come.
The Quebec
Federation of
Home and School
Associations
(QFHSA)
has been
active in many
aspects of
community life
in the past 70
years, from
health and
welfare,
citizenship,
education
(Operation
Bootstraps was a
major brief
undertaken in
response to the
Parent
Commission,
1962), literacy
projects, child
safety, school
bus transport
and rights. It
has written many
briefs and
position papers
over the years,
from the
Outremont School
Question in 1947
to its recent
responses to
Bill 104, Bill
56, and Bill 60.
It continues to
advocate for the
rights of
parents.
This year, the
national body,
the
Canadian Home
and School
Federation
held its own
Annual General
Meeting in
Montreal and
joined QFHSA at
the evening
Awards Banquet,
where together
they honoured
outstanding
individuals,
whose dedication
and generosity
to enhancing the
school
experience for
all students
serves as such
an example to
all.
Canadian Home
and School
Federation
honoured
Leo LaFrance
with their
Samuel R.
Laycock Award for
making real
contributions to
relations
between the
school and the
home,
among other
credits.
Also honoured
this year was
Eddy Nolan,
of
Roslyn School,
with the
Maybelle Durkin
Health Advocacy
Award,
for an
individual who has worked to improve the health awareness of children
and to emphasize
the importance
of each
individual who
attempts to make
a difference.
Anne MacWhirter
received the
CHSF
Volunteer
Recognition
Award
for 2014 for her
45-year long
service to Home
and School at
the local,
provincial and
national level.
QFHSA presented
four awards of
its own this
year: the
Gordon Paterson
Award,
for an
outstanding
educator who
believes in
involving
parents, to
Craig Hodgson,
Music teacher at
John Rennie High
School; The
Lewis Peace
Prize,
for
an individual,
or a group, who
has made a
significant
contribution
towards peace,
to
Dorset
Elementary’s
Peace
Pals
Program;
The
Pat Lewis
Humanitarian
Award
that recognizes
an individual,
or group, at the
elementary
school or high
school level,
who has made an
outstanding
effort for a
humanitarian
cause,
to
Westwood High School’s Senior’s International Development Program;
and the
Pat Lewis
Environmental
Award,
that recognizes
an individual,
or group, at the
elementary
school or high
school level,
who has made an
outstanding
effort for an
environmental
cause, to
Gardenview
Elementary’s
Science teacher,
Valerie
Honig-Nandhra,
for her
extraordinary
work with the
students through
their Earth
Club.
Quebec
Federation of
Home and School
Associations (
www.qfhsa.org
) is a not for
profit
organization
that promotes
the involvement
of parents,
students,
educators and
the community at
large in the
advancement of
learning and
acts as a voice
for parents.
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For more
information,
please contact
Carol at
info@qfhsa.org
or call
514-481-5619.
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