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François GUERIN

SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE

Ward Number 2

Toronto North-East

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

François Guérin has been a mediator since 1990. In this capacity, he was awarded in 1998 the prestigious Amethyst Award recognizing his exemplary leadership in delivering the first mandatory mediation program in Canada. He is currently a mediator with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and with the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program. He was previously a mediator with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Commission of Ontario.

In 2004, François Guérin was appointed a federal arbitral judge in Brazil where he offers mediation and arbitration training.

Throughout his career with the government of Ontario, he was also a Manager, Program Delivery in the Literacy Section of the Work Preparedness Division of the Ministry of Training and Colleges and Universities. He was also a Program and Policy Officer with the French Language Health Services Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Assistant Coordinator with the French Language Services Office of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. Furthermore, he worked on contract with the Ministry of International Relations, the Ministry of External Trade and Technological Development and the Ministry of Revenue of the Government of Québec and the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of Canada.

François Guérin was elected School Board Trustee in Ward number 2 of the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest (Ontario) at the municipal and school board elections of November 13, 2000.

Since he arrived in Ontario in 1989, François Guérin has been very involved in the Toronto community. He was a member of the City of Toronto's Planning Advisory Committee and became more known through his involvement with the French-speaking community. He chaired the Toronto Chapter of the Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario (the French Canadian Association of Ontario), he was the vice chair of TV Ontario's Francophone Advisory Council and was a member of the board of the Centre médico-social communautaire de Toronto (Toronto's French Medical Health Center). He was also a member of the local board of Collège des Grands Lacs, the City of Toronto's French Committee, the Toronto Police's French Committee and the board of Franco-Fête de Toronto (Toronto's yearly French Festival in June).

Community involvement has always been very important to François Guérin and started well before his arrival in Toronto. Already, in Québec City, François Guérin did volunteer work with the Blind community and persons with Cerebral Palsy. He helped immigrants settle in Québec City. He also contributed as a volunteer to the Carnaval de Québec working in the communications branch.

Born in Québec City (Québec) in 1963, François Guérin holds a MBA from California Coast University and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from Université Laval in Québec City. He also received a Certificate in Sociology from Université Laval.

He speaks fluently French and English, Canada's Official Languages, and is conversant in German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. He loves to travel and has visited more than 60 countries.