ADÉSAQ National Symposium
The art of training tomorrow's artists
- September 23, 2025
- Wilder Building, Montreal
Details
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, doors open at 8:30 AM
Wilder Building, 1435 Rue de Bleury, Montreal, QC
Mandatory registration starting August 1st (non-refundable)
Limited number of tickets
*All training, conferences and panels are in French.
- ADÉSAQ Members 125$
- Non-members of ADÉSAQ 150$
Schedule
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM - 11:45 AM
1- Teaching Arts in a Diverse World: Pedagogical Reflections in a Context of Diversity by Liza Petiteau from UQAM
2- Managers, Transform Your Enrollment Challenges into Influence Opportunities! by Michèle Glémaud from UdeM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Teaching to Reduce Pressure by Marianne Berthelette from the Centre psychologique pour artistes
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Training
Mandatory registration for one of the two training offered
Choice 1: Teaching Arts in a Diverse World: Pedagogical Reflections in a Context of Diversity
Teaching Arts in a Diverse World: Pedagogical Reflections in a Context of Diversity
by Liza Petiteau - UQAM
In art schools, the increasing diversity of student profiles invites a re-examination of pedagogical practices to better meet needs in terms of learning, support, and evaluation.
This training proposes a reflective approach articulating principles of equity, lived experiences, and teaching practices. Based on benchmarks from educational sciences and inclusive approaches in higher education, a collaborative and engaging activity will highlight the plurality of perceptions and interpretations in a learning context.
A reflective review will allow participants to identify some pedagogical levers, discuss field tensions, and discover concrete tools to enrich their practice. The workshop aims to initiate the development of a critical, flexible, and sustainable professional stance, conducive to dialogue in artistic teaching practices.
Choice 2: Managers, Transform Your Enrollment Challenges into Influence Opportunities!
Managers, Transform Your Enrollment Challenges into Influence Opportunities!
By Michèle Glémaud
In a constantly evolving higher education landscape, attracting the right students requires much more than a simple admissions campaign. This exclusive training for ADÉSAQ will equip you to build a powerful, targeted, and sustainable recruitment strategy.
In a context of strong competition and constant evolution of student paths, recruiting is no longer enough; it is necessary to attract, engage, and convert. This training aims to support managers in developing a thoughtful, structured, and adapted recruitment and engagement strategy specific to their institution’s realities. The workshop, resolutely anchored in practice, offers a collaborative space focused on the realities and needs of each participant. Key takeaways include concrete, transferable, and immediately usable tools upon your return to the office.
The program includes an exploration of student profiles (personas), an analysis of the role of influencers, and support from specialized literature to build a high-performing model for recruitment, admission, and conversion. At the crossroads of leadership, strategy, and practical applications, this training will give you the keys to make student recruitment a real lever for impact.
Lunch and Conference
Teaching to Reduce Pressure
by Marianne Berthelette from the Centre psychologique pour artistes
This space for reflection and discussion offers concrete ways to alleviate the pressure experienced in artistic teaching contexts, for both teachers and students. Through the sharing of sensitive and creative pedagogical methods, we will explore how to support free expression and autonomy of artists in training, while taking into account the realities and constraints of existing school frameworks. The aim is to explore how certain approaches can foster artistic expression, while coherently fitting within the guidelines specific to teaching.
The Panels
Presentation of the study: Analysis of the Economic and Cultural Contributions of Quebec Art Schools presented by Pierre Emmanuel Paradis from AppEco
Discussion between
- Marc Lalonde, General Director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
- Louis Morissette, President of KOTV
- François Colbert, Professor at HEC Montréal
Moderated by Jean Hamel, General Director of L’INIS
Followed by a fifteen-minute question period
Presentation of a video capsule featuring graduates of Quebec Art Schools
Discussion between
- Geoffrey Gaquère, Co-General Director and Artistic Director of Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
- Patrick Lowe, VP Head of Content Production at Encore
- Maryse Loranger, General Director of the École d’ébénisterie d’art de Montréal
Moderated by Karla Étienne, General Director of the Canadian Dance Assembly
Followed by a fifteen-minute question period
Cocktail networking
A cocktail is organized at the end of the Symposium and is included in the Symposium registration. Appetizers and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be offered.
Accessibility
To facilitate access to the event, we invite people with reduced mobility or special needs to contact us: [email protected]
Sponsors:
L’ADÉSAQ would like to thank the Symposium organizing committee
- Jean Hamel, President
- Esther Carré
- Karine Gaucher
- Alix Laurent
- Louise Richer
- Amélie Soulard