Montreal International Conference on Education in Prison

About the UNESCO Chair

The UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prison, affiliated with Cégep Marie-Victorin, has been involved for several years in disseminating and promoting research activities on education in prisons, highlighting the fundamental role that education, in all its forms, plays in the social reintegration of incarcerated people, who are among society's most vulnerable and marginalized populations. The UNESCO Chair aims to improve educational practices in the prison continuum through research, the dissemination of research on education in prisons and the networking of people involved in different educational practices in the prison context.

Its creation follows on from the 2009 Belem (Brazil) Framework for Action, which recommends providing adult education in prisons at all appropriate levels. Given UNESCO's role and mandate in its implementation, the UNESCO Chair in Applied Research on Education in Prison helps to support and initiate research on adult education in prison.

Mission

The mission of the UNESCO Chair is to promote, stimulate and encourage applied research into the various aspects of prison education, and to intensify international reflection and action in this field.

Objectives

1. Applied research. Identify and analyze institutional, political and pedagogical issues related to prison education.
2. Documentation center. Collect, organize and disseminate innovative research and practices in prison education.
3. Community of interest. To create an international community of interest enabling researchers, practitioners, managers and workers to exchange and disseminate their research and innovative practices in prison education.
4. Training and awareness-raising. Contribute to the improvement of prison education services through training and awareness-raising among decision-makers on the benefits of prison education.

Frédérick Armstrong, Co-chair in research

514 325-0150, poste 2120
frederick.armstrong@cegepmv.ca

Marc-André Lacelle, Development and research advisor
514 325-0150, ext. 2077
marc-andre.lacelle@cegepmv.ca

Camille Trembley, pedagogical consultant, development strategy and communication
514 325-0150, ext. 2769
camille.trembley@cegepmv.ca

General information

educare@cegepmv.ca
www.cmv-educare.com