WO ARE WE?
Our mission
Contribute to equal opportunities and enable vulnerable populations to have real access to educational success*.
*Educational success means the process that encompasses academic success and allows for personal, social and professional development of the individual (Higher Education Council, 2008).
Our values
Social Justice | Collaboration | Integrity | Ambition
Our vision
Preventing and reducing poverty through education.
Annual reports
Governance and teams
We are fortunate to be surrounded by an excellent team. We are a meritocratic team of administrators, employees and volunteers who share common values and mobilize towards a common vision.
Members of the Board of Directors
President
Jasmine Dupont, Eng.
President
Jasmine Dupont, Eng.
Director of Material Resources at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
Vice-president
Hussein Wissanji, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Vice- president
Hussein Wissanji, MD, MPH, FRCSC
General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgeon
Montreal Children's Hospital
McGill University Health Centre
Treasurer
Oussama Charifi, CFA, M.Sc., ASA
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Manager – Replication of actions and activities related to the balance sheet
Treasurer
Lecturer
Mentor
Treasurer
Oussama Charifi, CFA, M.Sc., ASA
Secretary
Tasheen Wissanji, MD, M. Sc., FRCPC
Secretary
Tasheen Wissanji, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC
Internist and Intensivist
University of Montreal
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Administrator
Normand Brais, P. Eng, PhD
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CTO & Founder
Sanuvox Technologies Inc
Administrator
Normand Brais,
P.Eng., PhD.
Our Team
Executive Director
Professor and researcher at Cégep Marie-Victorin
Founder of the School of the Greats
Alisha Wissanji, PhD.
Field Project Manager at the School of the Greats Centre at Ahuntsic College
Trainer for project managers at the École des Grands centers
Andreea Zinca
Coordinator of activities at the School of the Greats®
Field Project Manager at the School of the Greats Centre at Cégep de Drummondville
Anne Bussières Gallagher, M.A.
Field Project Manager at the School of the Greats centre at Collège Montmorency
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Bachelor's degree in Educational and Social Adaptation, University of Quebec in Montreal
Operations and Research Coordinator
Ana-Virginia
Tejada Cuerno,
B.Ed.
Ambassador Committee
Sylvain Authier
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President at Vision,
a management consulting group.
Sylvain Authier
Nadine Tabet
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Vice President, Customer Experience & Institutional Solutions
Nadine Tabet
Dominique Babin
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Corporate lawyer and partner at Dentons
Dominique Babin
Roula Zaarour
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Board director, strategic advisor and investor
Roula Zaarour
Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee is a consultative body that meets three times a year and is made up of disciplinary experts who share the values and mission of the Foundation W. The committee's mandate is to take a critical and constructive look at the various facets of the Foundation W. and to inform the President and Executive Director of their recommendations.
Lony Tehini, Eng.
Lony Tehini, Eng.
Global Product Manager
Hitachi ABB Powergrids
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Julie Veilleux
Director of Communications, Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation
Julie Veilleux
Josée Desjardins
Valérie Mac-Seing
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Avocate associée
Mac-Seing Thomas - Avocats
Valérie Mac-Seing
Mathieu Blais​
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Associate
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Certification services at EY
Mathieu Blais
Assistant Director of Studies, Programs and School Organization, Cégep de Trois-Rivières.
Émilie Lefrançois
Michael Benitah
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President and owner of Peel Solutions
Michael Benitah
Karina Pepin
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Director, Growth Marketing at HALEO Clinic
Karina Pepin
Volunteer Experts
Volunteering is a key value of the Foundation W. We are fortunate to have a team of disciplinary experts who contribute to the Foundation W. mission through their generosity in time and knowledge.
Research consultant
Professor, Department of Specialized Education and Training, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Researcher, Groupe de Recherche sur les Environnements Scolaires (GRES)
Researcher, Institut universitaire Jeunes en difficultés-CIUSS-du-Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
Mélissa Goulet, PhD
Research specialist
Professor, School of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal
Canada Research Chair in Children's Schooling, Well-Being and Educational Success
Myriagone McConnell-UdM Co-Chair in Youth Knowledge Mobilization
Director of the Groupe de recherche sur les environnements scolaires (GRES).
Isabelle Archambault, PhD
Co-author of the School of the Greats mentor training guide
Baccalauréat en Enseignement en Enfance Inadaptée, orthopedagogy section,
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Practice in child psychiatry
Founding member and consultant of the Association des Orthopédagogues du Québec.
Manon Laferrière, B.E.E.I.
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Helping seniors by offering home support aimed at independence at the Mercier-Est and Anjou CLSCs
Social work technician
Sarah-Lourdes
Tejada Cuerno
Content development consultant
Ergothérapeute travaillant auprès de diverses clientèles, dont les enfants présentant des troubles de développement variés ou des difficultés dans leur fonctionnement .
Marie Beaumont, Eng.
Friends of the Foundation
Friends of the Foundation are people we are grateful to for their significant role in the development of the Foundation W.
Stéphanie St-Jean
Consultant
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Former member of the Board of Directors of the W Foundation.
Stéphanie St-Jean
Josyane Fortin
Manager, Business Planning and Strategies
Hydro-Québec
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Former member of the advisory committee of the W Foundation.
Josyane Fortin
Paul Hamelin
GIRO and Projet Casa
Danielle Lysaught
Projet Casa
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Founding partners of Foundation W.
Paul Hamelin and
Danielle Lysaught
of Fonds Hamelys
Noor Al-Hayek CPA
Director, mergers and acquisitions, Deloitte
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Former member of the Foundation W. Board of Directors
Noor Al-Haiek, CPA
Al Karim Dhanji, CPA, CA
Finance director
Aldex Chemical co.Ltd.
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Former member of the Board of Directors of the W Foundation.
Al Karim Dhanji, CPA, CA
Jessica Dufresne
Jessica Dufresne
Student, Faculty of Legal Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal
School of the Great® alumnus
Contributed to the W Foundation as Administrative Assistant
Leslie Grah
Graduate of Cégep Marie-Victorin
School of the Great® alumnus.
Contributed to the development of the School of the Great® communications.
Shirley Vuong
Computer engineering student, Polytechnique de Montréal.
Contributed to the development of the computer programming curriculum, as well as to data entry and consolidation for impact measurement.
Alessandro Sartor
Graduate of Cégep Marie-Victorin
School of the Great® participant since 2016
Contributed to technology development for School of the Great® as Technology Coordinator
Sabrine Lyna Hamouni