Staff
Staff
Co-founder of Alternatives, Michel Lambert specializes in projects related to civil society networking using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Prior to being nominated Executive Director in 2007, he established and developed the International Internship Program at Alternatives, initiated innovative global justice campaigns with... >>>
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Bashir has been working with Alternatives
since 2001 in different capacities. He is our Program Manager for the Middle East and
North Africa region and was Field Director for the Participatory Development Program, a
bilateral project between the Canadian and Egyptian governments between 2003 and 2006. Bashir has academic degrees in psychology,... >>>
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Catherine Pappas has been working with Alternatives since 1997. Having managed the internship programs and international solidarity projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan and Palestine, she now coordinates the Middle Eastern and North African programs. Holder of an M.A. in Communications from The University of Quebec in Montreal, Catherine... >>>
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Feroz Mehdi is one of the founding members of Alternatives and has been working largely on projects related to South Asia. In addition, he has been focused on education programs within Quebec and Canada by way of the organization of conferences and the publication of newsletters and other analytical documents. Since 2007, he has taken on the role... >>>
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Gaëlle Javier has a multidisciplinary profile . She has studied environmental design, urban planning and international project management. She also has practical experience in
ecological horticulture. Since 2007, she has been working at
Alternatives on different projects. She has actively contributed to the urban agriculture project of roof... >>>
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Khadija Mounib works in the field of new immigrant employability. An economist by education, she has studied in Morocco, France and Canada. At the end of her academic studies in France, she established herself in Morocco, where she worked in various domains. In 1993, she immigrated to Canada, where she currently resides. Khadija Mounib is the... >>>
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As a co-founder of Alternatives, Marcela Escribano has been largely responsible for projects in Latin American and the Caribbean. She has been working in this region for years - encouraging social organizations to network and connect with citizens - most notably in Brazil, where she worked for two years as a mobilization advisor for the Minister... >>>
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Ever since Mélanie discovered the impact and potential of information technology and communications (ICT) in attaining different forms of social justice, she has invested energy and creativity in projects which combine the two. Her initiation to the politicization of ICT came after an internship with Alternatives in 2007 in Cameroon. Today, she is... >>>
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After the
completion of her Bachelors in Sociology and her studies of the Spanish and
Arabic languages, Pauline Cordier sought to become involved in International
Cooperation. Her implication with Alternatives started in 2010 when she
followed the pre-departure trainings that the QSF interns going to Ecuador were
following. In June 2011, she did... >>>
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Having held the position of captain of Algeria’s National basketball team, Yasmina Moudda has traveled extensively throughout the world. Her international experiences allowed her to see firsthand the social inequalities and the injustice ravaging the countries that she visited. Consequently, she became motivated to join Alternatives in April 1998... >>>
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Fundraising, simultaneous translation, memberships, organization, troubleshooting, and babysitting the rest of us when anything goes wrong, Jimmy Lynch has been handling the administration of Alternatives for over a decade. >>>
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Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Teacher at Cégep Saint-Laurent, Ronald has held political office at the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN) for almost twelve years, serving as its president from 2008 to 2009. Among other things, he was the international action committee manager, though which FNEEQ united with Alternatives for... >>>
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Gabriel Goyette is Coordinator of Development Strategy in addition to holding the title of Chair C.A. Poissant for Research on Governance and Development Assistance at UQÀM. Gabriel’s research focuses on policy development and the underlying models of the international political economy. His research confronts the ways in which political aid... >>>
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A former intern with Alternatives, Marie has had the opportunity to help with the advancement of projects in Venezuela and Egypt. She is an active member of Québec Solidaire’s Anti-Globalization Committee since its early stages. Through her studies in the field of Political Sciences and International Development, she has gained an analytic... >>>
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In 2004, Miriam participated in the establishment of the Summer School of the Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM), a school of citizenship for young people between the ages of 15 and 35. Since 2006, she has been responsible for the INM’s publications, including an annual reference book entitled "The State of Quebec". Specialized in sociocriticism and... >>>
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Raphael is a member of the Quebec Social Forum (QSF) secretariat, and served as its Permanent Secretary in 2007. He also provided significant support for the 2009 edition. He has participated in every social forum since the one held in Mumbai in 2004, and now has an extensive network of international WSF and ASF council members. He founded several... >>>
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Vice President of the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF), and Vice President of the Toronto Council of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE /SCFP), Ali also sits on the board of the Centre for Social Justice, and the National Committee of the Canadian Peace Alliance. He previously served as Vice Chairman of the Ontario New Democratic Party. >>>
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Hamouda Soubhi is the Executive Director of the Morrocan Network for Euro-Mediterranean NGOs. He is both a co-founder of Alternatives in Montréal and of the Forum des alternatives Sud in Morocco. He sits on the Governance Council of Alternatives International and plays an essential role within the Liaison Commitee of the International... >>>
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Jacques has been head of International Relations for the Conseil des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN) since autumn 2004. He is a member of the Canadian delegation to the Executive Committee of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) and participates as an observer in the General Council of the International Trade Union Confederation.... >>>
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Louise is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She is also a researcher and former Director of CINBIOSE (Center for Interdisciplinary Research on biology, health, society and the environment), a center that collaborates with WHO and PAHO. She is a... >>>
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Professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa since 2003, Marie-Josée is currently coordinating the progress of a book on anti-globalization with Raphael Canet and Pierre Beaudet. The thesis of her Ph.D. in political science at York University focused on resistance movements against free trade agreements in the Americas.... >>>
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Michèle St-Denis is a community psychologist, psychology professor at the Cégep of Vieux-Montreal, and is responsible for courses at UQAM. She is a member of international committees, including the CSN, as well as being a member of the Women’s Teachers Union of Cégep. Internationally, she is engaged with women’s union groups, especially in... >>>
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Postgraduate student in political science at York University, Thomas has served on the Alternatives Board of Directors since 2005 and on its Executive Committee since 2007. He has been active in student and labour union movements, having first been integrated into Alternatives as an intern. He traveled as a chaperon of several interns to Ecuador... >>>
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For more than 18 years, Claude Généreux served as president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer within the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Territorial Council of Social Affairs. During the last 21 years, he has largely contributed to the advancement of the union cause in Quebec and has played a major role in the development... >>>
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Thérèse Guay has been a member of Alternatives since 2005. She has taken part in the organization of the first Quebecer Social Forum in 2006-2007 and she reiterated her involvement in 2009 as Coordinator of programming committee. She also took part in the Americas Social Forum in 2008 (Guatemala) and in the World Social Forum in 2011 (Senegal).... >>>
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