Matt Wilson
President
About Us
The Pearson Teachers Union (PTU) is the union representing all teachers working for the Lester B. Pearson School Board.
We are one of the largest anglophone teacher unions in the province of Quebec, representing teachers in over sixty elementary schools, high schools, adult education centres and vocational training centres. Our mandate is to protect and improve the professional, economic and social welfare of our members.
The PTU Office
At the PTU Office, you may reach out to our President Matt Wilson, as well as to our two full-time Union Advisors, Erica Lamothe and Pasquale Machado.
Matt Wilson
Erica Lamothe
Pasquale Machado
Matt is responsible for the political life of the union, and is also the main spokesperson for PTU in relation to the LBPSB, to our provincial association QPAT and with the media. When there are local negotiations to conduct with the LBPSB, he is also the Chief Negotiator for the PTU
Erica specializes in questions related to teachers in the Youth Sector (elementary and high schools) relating to contracts, working conditions and staffing. Pasquale specializes in questions related to teachers in the Continuing Education sector (Adult Education and Vocational Training) relating to contracts, working conditions and staffing. Pasquale also takes care of questions related to parental rights.
The PTU Staff also consists of Melissa Noel, who takes care of the day-to-day operations in the office, Sonia Dumont, who coordinates our communications with members, and Beverly Kennedy, who takes care of our bookkeeping.
The PTU Executive Committee
The members of the Executive Committee are elected for two-year terms. Other than the President, the members of the Executive are all full-time teachers who work on a voluntary basis with the union. The PTU Executive meets monthly to conduct the business of the union.
Christina George
Vice-President, Elementary
Jonathan Keane
Vice-President, Secondary
Marguerite Prince
Vice-President, Continuing Education
Annie Sabourin
Chairperson
Stephanie Côté
Treasurer
Jennifer Baltuonis
Secretary
Lara Jreige
Member at Large
Kyle Rougeau
Member at Large
Jacqueline Jansons
Member at Large
PTU Delegates
The PTU Delegates serve as the link between the PTU Office and teachers in our schools and centres. Delegates meet with the PTU Executive and Office monthly to discuss issues of importance and to help make policy decisions for the PTU. They consult with their colleagues before meetings and report back afterwards.
Each school or centre is entitled to elect one delegate for the first twenty teachers in active service, plus an additional delegate for every additional twenty teachers (or major fraction thereof). Schools and centres may also elect an alternate, who acts when one of delegates is unavailable.
Elementary Schools
School
Delegate
Alternates
Allion
Annie-Claude Valois
Scott Kelly
Beacon Hill
Chadwick Dixon
Beechwood
Kevin Austin
Nicoletta Pantazopoulos
Birchwood
Erin Wainwright
Children’s World Academy
Emilie Lepage
Christmas Park
Barbara Viola
Erin Shore
Clearpoint
Layla Barroca, Vanessa Motter
Dorset
France Bourassa
Pascale Perreault-Smith
Dorval
Suzanne Smith
Erin McKinnon
Edgewater
Marie Rennie
Lisa Nelson
Evergreen
Isabelle Rinfret-Petterson, Shauna Beauchamps
Janelle Lafrenière
Forest Hill Jr.
Josianne Boulay
Forest Hill Sr.
Lauraine Cormier
Melissa Rose
Kingsdale
Kathryn Polley
Lara Drapeau-Gilbert
LaSalle Jr.
Donna Higham
LaSalle Sr.
Jeff Haynes
Gina Bouchard
Maple Grove
Stephanie Cirino, Cheryl Villeneuve
Margaret Manson
Annie Hébert
Mount Pleasant
Jennifer Weir
P.E.T.E.S.
Anne Ellyson
Fiona March
Riverview
Isabelle Naud
Sherbrooke Jr.
Sonia Balazovjech
Nadia Jasmin
Sherbrooke Sr.
Sylvain Proulx
Bernice Dresner
Soulanges
Marie-Hélène Townshend
Kathryn Clare
Springdale
Robin Zinman
Kayleigh Donovan
St. Anthony
Amélie O'Sullivan
Suzanne Belair
St. Charles
Karine Bouchard
St. Edmund
St. John Fisher Jr.
Nadine Émond
St. John Fisher Sr.
Marie-Hélène Mondor
Victor Guerriero
St. Patrick
Toniette Rose, Yan Bonnema
Robert Pigas
Sunshine Academy
Tina Himal
Valérie Barbet
Terry Fox
Tania Polletta
Laura Lumer
Verdun
Nancy Stephen
Westpark
Aliakemi Odubayo
Wilder Penfield
Hélène Constantin
Secondary Schools
School
Delegate
Alternates
Beaconsfield
Lucia De Luca
Beurling Academy
Horizon
Lévi Roussel-Lustgarten
Gabrielle Sousa
John Rennie
Kevin Saunders, Catherine Murray, Theresa Bingham, Amanda Wilkins
Mélanie Gadbois
Lakeside
Nikole Gregory, Renaud Labesse
Venel Sanon
LCCHS
Susan Varinsky, Marie-Pier Michaud, Adam Mackenzie
Amélie Racine
Macdonald
Melissa Ralph, Karen Jones, Alexandra Cadillo
PCHS
Matthew McCarthey, Emily Hache, Meghan Guyver
St. Thomas
Stacey Keating, Stephanie Canci, Joanna Schreyer, Paul Moniodis
Cindy Plante
Westwood Jr.
Marco Cianfarano, Andrea Domanski
Westwood Sr.
Kristina Marie Smith
Social Affairs
School
Delegate
Alternates
Angrignon
Dawson Alt.
Michael Wilds
Mountainview
Adult Education
Centre
Delegate
Alternates
Cartier
Rami Kamel, Kara Connolly, Grace Bruna
Julian Verboomen
PACC – Adult
Ines Renner, Sabrina Turrin
Lianne Luciani
Vocational Training
Centre
Delegate
Alternates
Gordon Robertson
Pamela Bachner
P.E.C.
Johanne Dion, Adrian Ulfig, Ricardo A. Ramos
Ricardo Monreal
PACC – Voc.
Donna Stephens, Nektarios Liapis, Nancy Livernoche, Donna Colmenero
Erin Chiasson
PCVC
VACC
WICC
Kirsten Scheede, Jeff Labelle, Elizabeth Harewood