Dr. Samira ElAtia is professor of education and the Associate Dean-Graduate Studies at the bilingual Campus Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta. She specializes in the evaluation of competencies and language assessment. Her research interest focuses on issues of fairness in assessment, especially in bilingual contexts. She has served on experts' panels of several international testing agencies: Educational Testing Services in the US, Pearson Education in the UK, The International Baccalaureate Organization, Chambre du commerce et de l’industrie of Paris, Centre international des études pédagogiques of the Ministry of Education in France. She holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA from Illinois State University. She is past-president of the Canadian Association of Language Assessment.

Komla is a candidate for the Masters of Science in Education. His work focuses on the management of schools during times of uncertainty, crisis leadership, and leadership practices that promote mental health in the workplace. He completed a License and a Masters in Management Sciences at the University of Lomé (TOGO), and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and School Administration at the Faculté Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta.

Maia is in the third year of the elementary education program. She started the Combined Kinesiology Education Diploma but realized she wanted to teach in the French Immersion program and so she transferred to Campus Saint-Jean. She studied French immersion from Kindergarten to Grade 12 and speaks 3 languages: French, English and Italian.