Lucie D'Amour

Lucie D’Amour is currently school principal of Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes in Canada. The school has been an IB World School offering the MYP since December 1995. Since taking up her post in 2001, Lucie has implemented far-reaching reforms to the education programme and has presided over major renovation projects, including the addition of new campus buildings. She has extended and developed the existing student support services and has improved communications within the school and also with the wider community. There has been a resulting twenty per cent increase in student enrollment.

Lucie was previously vice-principal of Rive-Nord High School, from 1995 to 2001, where she was responsible for overseeing the curriculum for students in year 10. She also had school-wide responsibility for French, religious and moral teachings, and arts and humanities. She taught in the Mille-Iles school district from 1978 to 1995, during which time she acted as a consultant and pedagogical adviser in multiculturalism for the school district’s educational services.

Lucie graduated from the University of Montreal in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in humanities, majoring in history, and was awarded a master’s degree in history in 1978. She then studied for a certificate in psycho-education (1982) and a certificate in group and institutional management and leadership (1992). She is currently studying for a master’s degree in educational management.

She is an enthusiastic member of the IB community and has contributed to a number of committees, including the IB North America regional heads representative committee (RHRC). She is an assessor for French-speaking schools in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and has advised schools in Morocco and Egypt. She has participated in workshops on a range of issues, including diversity, multiculturalism, and peace education.