Celine Cooper
Executive Director, PPF Academy and Action Canada Fellowship
Celine Cooper is the Executive Director, PPF Academy and Action Canada Fellowship.
Prior to joining PPF, Celine served as the Managing Director of the Consortium of English-language CEGEPs, Colleges and Universities of Quebec where she forged collaborative partnerships across government, higher education and community sectors to build a province-wide network supporting post-secondary education, skills training, workforce development, and economic participation for Quebec’s minority language community.
Celine serves as the Director of the Bishop’s Forum at Bishop’s University, a civic leadership institute for Quebec youth. She has also served on several executive boards, including as President of the Association for Canadian Studies and President of the Fraser-Hickson Institute, and currently sits as a board member for the Montreal Institute for Global Security (MIGS). A former columnist with the Montreal Gazette and subject editor at The Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica Canada), she has taught at Concordia University’s School of Community and Public Affairs and held policy roles with Canada’s federal government at the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages and Status of Women Canada. Earlier in her career, she worked as an emergencies officer with UNICEF in Tbilisi, Georgia supporting the expansion of education, health, and child protection programs into conflict affected areas in the Southern Caucasus.
Celine holds degrees from Queen’s and York universities and pursued doctoral studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto.
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