Western Prairies, Canada
A Certified Sociocratic Organizational Consultant, Francine is associated with the Canadian Centre for Sociocracy and the Global Sociocratic Centre in the Netherlands. She received her certification in April of 2011.
Francine’s involvement in sociocratic projects is extensive. She applies Dynamic Governance at her current place of employment, the Institut français of the University of Regina, where she is the resident expert for Dynamic Governance and manager of the Centre de services aux étudiants (French Student Services Centre). She facilitated the last two collective agreements between teachers, support staff, and the provincial Francophone school division, Conseil des écoles fransaskoises. As part of that process, she integrated the interest-based approach to conflict resolution with Dynamic Governance.
She is also using Dynamic Governance in her work with an educational organization for youth at risk and the Francophone community networks.
Francine’s diverse professional portfolio includes more than 25 years of practical experience in management and organizational arts, facilitation, conflict resolution, and mediation for government, nonprofit, and academic organizations. She has served as a municipal administrator, a provincial municipal advisor, and an assistant executive director for Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise, a nonprofit organization that provides governance of the Francophone community in the French-speaking population of Saskatchewan.
A strong belief in community involvement is reflected in Francine’s volunteer activities for various projects at different levels. She facilitates the Table des Élus (Table of Elected Officials), which oversees the Fransaskois community’s comprehensive development plan. She also serves as the elected Francophone Member-at-Large for PFLAG Canada, a charitable organization that speaks for a more accepting Canadian society by providing support, education, and resources on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Education and credentials
- Local Government Certificate from the University of Regina
- Courses in interest-based conflict resolution from Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
- Various professional development seminars
- Certified Sociocratic Organizational Consultant
