The Congress Team


The Corporation

The 5th World Environmental Education Congress is a non-profit corporation legally constituted under Part III of the Quebec Companies Act since June 29, 2007.


Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is equivalent to a Board of Directors and is responsible for heading up the organization of the “5th World Environmental Education Congress”. Its members include:

Lucie Sauvé, President, Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Education at the Université du Québec à Montréal and Director of the research journal Éducation relative à l’environnement – Regards, Recherches, Réflexions ;

Bob Jickling, Vice-president, Associate Professor at Ontario’s Lakehead University and Founding Editor of the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education ;

Robert Litzler, Secretary, President of the Association québécoise pour la promotion de l’éducation relative à l’environnement (AQPERE) and Treasurer of the International Francophone Forum on Environmental Education PLANET’ERE ;

Grant Gardner, Treasurer, Associate Vice President (Academic) and Associate Professor of Biology at Newfoundland’s Memorial University, and Chair of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) ;

Éliane Houle, Corporation Coordinator, Member of the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Education.