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- 1986 M.Sc. in Economics of Natural Resources Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/li>\n
- 1983 B.SC. in Economics, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEMPLOYMENT:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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- 1995 \u2013 present International Education Analyst \/ Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Immigration, de la Francisation et de l\u2019Int\u00e9gration, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada.\n
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- Producing evaluation reports, completing the Ministry\u2019s diploma and institution database, conducting research and contacting foreign educational authorities. Assessing authenticity of educational documents. Updating the written methodology and ensuring uniform application thereof, animating case reviews and other committees, presenting all aspects of the work to internal and external partners, training junior and senior analysts, testifying in court at trials. Answering queries from international credentials partners inside and outside of Qu\u00e9bec (schools, colleges and universities, professional boards and other credential services), presenting at international conferences, publishing articles. Institutional memory and currently
\ntransferring expertise for retirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n - 1989-1995 Immigration Officer \/ Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Immigration, de la Francisation et de l\u2019Int\u00e9gration, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada,\n
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- Appling the regulations when interviewing prospective immigrants to accept or refuse their application. Advise those accepted on the continuation of their procedure and to prepare their arrival in the Province of Quebec. Providing advice to those refused on ways to better prepare for a new immigration application. Posted in Nicosia, Cyprus from 1989 to 1991, and in Paris, France, from 1991 to 1995.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- 1985 \u2013 1989 Economist \/ Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et Minist\u00e8re des Affaires internationales\n
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- International trade analyst.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Presentation on credential assessment to the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec network registrars\u2019 offices, L\u00e9vis, QC, Canada, 2019<\/li>\n
- \u00ab Evaluation Resources: Before the Internet, There Were\u2026Books! \u00bb, TAICEP Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2018<\/li>\n
- \u00ab An Update on Bologna in Africa \u00bb, TAICEP Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2018 Co-writer of \u00ab Demystifying Institution and Program Recognition in French-Speaking Africa\u00bb, TAICEP Annual Conference, Rome, Italia 2017<\/li>\n
- Day Workshop on French Speaking Africa (methodology, recognition, authentication), Universit\u00e9 de Moncton et Coll\u00e8ge communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick, Moncton, NB, Canada, 2013<\/li>\n
- Presentation on authentication at the National Workshop of Credentials Evaluators of the Canadian Information Center for International Credentials, Moncton, NB, Canada, 2011<\/li>\n
- Day workshop on credential authentication for the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec network of registrars\u2019 offices, Qu\u00e9bec, QC, Canada, 2010<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment to Human Resources Dept. of Ville de Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada, 2010<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential authentication for C\u00e9gep international and Service r\u00e9gional d'admission du Montr\u00e9al m\u00e9tropolitain, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada, 2009<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment at the Intercultural Meetings Week of Ville de Laval, QC, Canada, 2009<\/li>\n
- Presentation on methodology at the Conseil interprofessionnel du Qu\u00e9bec, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada, 2009<\/li>\n
- Co-writer of \u00ab ATYPICAL CREDENTIALS Detecting Fraudulent Educational Documents \u00bb, NAFSA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 2008<\/li>\n
- \u00ab Atypical Credentials \u00bb, AACRAO Annual Meeting, Boston, 2007 Presentation on methodology at the National Workshop of Credentials Evaluators of the Canadian Information Center for International Credentials, Edmonton, Alta, Canada, 2007<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment to the Coll\u00e8ge d\u2019enseignement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et professionnel (CEGEP) de Maisonneuve\u2019s Educational Advisors, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2007<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment at conference of the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation, des Loisirs et des Sports on recognition of prior learning, Qu\u00e9bec, QC, Canada, 2007<\/li>\n
- Attendee at NAFSA Annual Conference, Montr\u00e9al QC, Canada, 2006<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment at the Conseil interprofessionnel du Qu\u00e9bec, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada, 2005<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment at the Conference of the CEGEPS\u2019S association professionnelle des aides p\u00e9dagogiques individuels, Longueuil, QC, Canada, 2005<\/li>\n
- Presentation on methodology, Annual Meeting of the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada, Toronto, Ont, Canada, 2005<\/li>\n
- \u00ab Afghanistan and Iraq: Document Control \u00bb, AACRAO Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2004<\/li>\n
- Presentation on credential assessment at the Registrar Office of the \u00c9cole des Hautes \u00c9tudes Commerciales, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada, 2003<\/li>\n
- \u00ab Document Authentication \u00bb, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Annual Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001<\/li>\n
- \u00ab Forgeries and Erroneous Documents \u00bb, Council of Ontario Universities Conference London, Ont, Canada, 2000<\/li>\n
- \u00ab Les rouages de la d\u00e9tection des faux documents \u00bb, National Conference \u00ab Shaping the Future: Qualifications recognition in the 21st Century \u00bb Toronto, Ont, Canada, 1999<\/li>\n
- Conference \u00ab True or False: Authentic Forgeries and Erroneous International Documents \u00bb, AACRAO Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, USA, 1999<\/li>\n
- Presentation on Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, AACRAO Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, USA, 1999<\/li>\n
- Attendee at ACCRAO Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 1998<\/li>\n
- Attendee at the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) Biannual Conference. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 1998<\/li>\n
- Attendee at ECE\u2019s Seminar on Eastern Europe & the Former USSR, Elyria, OH, USA 1997<\/li>\n
- 100+ workshops on methodology, document authentication, and educational systems of French Speaking African countries for the staff of the Ministry, from 1996 to present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PUBLICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Demystifying Institution and Program Recognition in French Speaking Africa: Introduction, B\u00e9nin, R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, TAICEP Talk Newsletter, January 2018<\/li>\n
- Private Higher Education in French-Speaking Africa: Accreditation by the CAMES, TAICEP Talk Newsletter, June 2016,<\/li>\n
- Guides de comparaison des \u00e9tudes avec le syst\u00e8me \u00e9ducatif du Qu\u00e9bec, Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Immigration et des Communaut\u00e9s culturelles, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada :\n
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- Maroc (2004),<\/li>\n
- Rwanda (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- A Guide to Educational Systems Around the World, Shelley M. Feagles, NAFSA, Washington DC, 1999, Country Outlines of: Algeria, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Morocco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PRESENTATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Atypical_Credentials_AACRAO_2007 (1)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Moncton 2013 authenticit\u00e9 des documents (1)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Moncton 2013 recherches (1)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Moncton 2013 Syst\u00e8mes \u00e9ducatifs (1)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Moncton 2013 reconnaissance (1)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nCOLLABORATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Online Course: Assessment 101, Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials, 2014<\/li>\n
- Pan-Canadian Quality Assurance Framework for the Assessment of International Academic Credentials (QAF), Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials, 2012<\/li>\n
- National Workshop of Credential Evaluators, Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials, Edmonton, Alta 2007, (see Pan-Canadian Quality Standards in International
\nCredential Evaluation, 2009)<\/li>\n - General Guiding Principles for Good Practice in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials, Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials, 2008<\/li>\n
- Various projects and meetings with the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada(ACECS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
PHOTOS:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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ACESC 2014 (ROGER HUR (C))<\/p><\/div>\n
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Meeting of the ACESC 2014 (ROGER HUR (C))<\/p><\/div>\n
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2018 TAICEP Conference in Philadelphia<\/p><\/div>\n
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With Emily Tse and Nancy Katz at the 2018 TAICEP Conference<\/p><\/div>\n
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The famous Video Spectral Comparator 2024<\/p><\/div>\n
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At Banff with Daugther 2017 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
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Immigration officer Paris c. 1993<\/p><\/div>\n
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Those were the days c. 1986<\/p><\/div>\n
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Montreal 2016<\/p><\/div>\n
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- Moncton 2013 authenticit\u00e9 des documents (1)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Atypical_Credentials_AACRAO_2007 (1)<\/a><\/li>\n
- International trade analyst.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Producing evaluation reports, completing the Ministry\u2019s diploma and institution database, conducting research and contacting foreign educational authorities. Assessing authenticity of educational documents. Updating the written methodology and ensuring uniform application thereof, animating case reviews and other committees, presenting all aspects of the work to internal and external partners, training junior and senior analysts, testifying in court at trials. Answering queries from international credentials partners inside and outside of Qu\u00e9bec (schools, colleges and universities, professional boards and other credential services), presenting at international conferences, publishing articles. Institutional memory and currently
- 1995 \u2013 present International Education Analyst \/ Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Immigration, de la Francisation et de l\u2019Int\u00e9gration, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada.\n
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