Hearings of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission to be held in Sherbrooke:

List of individuals and groups that will present briefs or testimonies

Montreal, November 21, 2007 – The Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences (CCPARDC) will hold hearings on Thursday and Friday November 22 and 23, at the Delta Hotel, 2685 King West in Sherbrooke. The following individuals and organizations that will present briefs or testimonies have agreed to be identified beforehand:

Thursday November 22, 2007

TIME	METHOD OF PARTICIPATION	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
09:00	Testimony	Perrault, Jean	Maire, Ville Sherbrooke
09:10	Brief	Annab, Abdallah	Association des Marocaines et des Marocains de l'Estrie
09:25	Brief	Arango, Juan Ovidio
09:40	Brief	Audet, Gérald	SOCIECO
09:55	Brief	Bellavance, Guy	Service d'aide aux Néo-Canadiens
10:10	Brief	Caldwell, Gary
10:25	BREAK (15 min)
10:40	Brief	Castonguay, André	Groupe issu de 5 confessions religieuses de l'Estrie
10:55	Brief	Daigle, Yvon	Philosophe-théologien
11:10	Brief	Desbiens, Patrick
11:25	Brief	Gauthier, Gemma
11:40	Brief	Genest, Marie-Ève Martin Lambert	Cégep de Sherbrooke
11:55	LUNCH (1 h 45)
14:00	Brief	Habboub, Elmostafa	Associations oeuvrant auprès de la communauté musulmane de l'Estrie
14:15	Brief	Labonté, Michel
14:30	Brief	Thibodeau, Jean-Claude	Professeur honoraire INRS
14:45	Brief	Lavallée, Alexandre	Forum jeunesse Estrie
15:00	Brief	Limoges, Jacques	Université de Sherbrooke
15:15	BREAK (15 min.)
15:30	Brief	MacLeod, Roderick	Réseau de patrimoine anglophone du Québec
15:45	Brief	Létourneau, Alain	Département de philosophie, Université de Sherbrooke
16:00	Testimony	Courteau, Bernard
16:10	Testimony	Rivest, Stéphane	Collège Rivier
16:20	Testimony	Gravel, Suzanne

Friday November 23, 2007

TIME	METHOD OF PARTICIPATION	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
09:00	Brief	Talbot, Jeff	Stage Nicaragua du Cégep de Sherbrooke 2007-2008
09:15	Brief	Godin, André
09:30	Brief	Dumas, Marc	Département d'études religieuses, Université de Sherbrooke
09:45	Brief	Purkey, Mary Avril Aitken	Bishop's University / Champlain College Refugee-Student Sponsorship Committee
10:00	Brief	Soulami, Mohamed	Actions Interculturelles de développement et d'éducation AIDE
10:15	BREAK (15 min)
10:30	Brief	Laperrière, Guy
10:45	Brief	Robineau, Danielle Raymond Cyr	Communauté Métisse de l’Estrie inc. & Communauté Métisse de la Gaspésie inc
11:00	Testimony	Elbekkali, Abdelhaq
11:10	Testimony	Lacharité, Jean	Conseil central CSN Estrie
11:20	Testimony	Baril, Catherine
11:30	Testimony	Nakha, Jupiter

The Commission

The CCAPRDC, co-chaired by sociologist and historian Gérard Bouchard and philosopher Charles Taylor, has been asked to take stock of accommodation practices and analyse all facets of the question by conducting a province-wide consultation. The Commission will submit a report and make recommendations to the Québec Premier on March 31, 2008.

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