Paula Fortier has been a French Immersion educator for over 20 years with the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools in Saskatoon. She was a Kindergarten teacher for 14 years and worked as the Early Learning Literacy Support Consultant before recently taking on the role of vice-principal with itinerant teaching duties in K- 2. Paula graduated from the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Education (Baccalauréat en éducation) and completed a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Saskatchewan and is currently working on her Master’s in Administration. Her passion resides in children of all ages but she has an exceptional love and respect for early childhood and second language education.
Marielle Hamon has been French Immersion educator for over 10 years. Marielle is an early childhood educator (K-2) with Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools in Saskatoon. Marielle graduated from the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Education (Baccalauréat en éducation) and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in French Language. She has researched many different learning theories but has focused much of her studies and work on the approach taken in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Her passion is teaching French as a second language and/or Immersion to a variety of grade levels but she appreciates and strives toward being successful in early childhood French Immersion while creating a respectful learning environment that values all children’s creativity, natural curiosity, and wonder.