Presidente, Conseil des Relations Interculturelles, Quebec

Plenary Panelist

Patricia has been the President of the Conseil des relations interculturelles of Québec since October 2003. The “Conseil’s” primary role is to advise the Minister of immigration and cultural communities on the planning and implementation of government policy on issues relating to immigration, integration and ethnocultural diversity. Some of the more recent publications under her leadership have included briefs on managing ethnocultural diversity, reasonable accommodation, religious diversity, racism policy and immigration capacity. She was promoted by the Minister’s council to preside the Conseil after briefly occupying the post of chief of staff for the Minister of Immigration and citizen relations. Prior to these nominations, she was special political advisor to the Mayor of Montreal, on municipal reform and cultural communities from 1998 to 2001. Patricia has also held a number of management positions in both the public and private sector, primarily as Executive Director of the Maimonides Geriatric Hospital Foundation and as Vice-President and co-founder of Scoop Communications. She holds a graduate degree in communications and political science from McGill University.