International and Heritage Languages Association
Co-winner of the 2016 UNESCO Linguapax Award!
The IHLA Board
What IHLA Offers its Members
IHLA's Beginnings
President: Antonella Cortese: Comitato Promotore della Lingua Italiana
Vice-President: Renata Krawczyk: Polish Children's Theatre
Treasurer: Krystyna Dembowski: Henryk Sienkiewcz Polish School
Co-Treasurer: Kuljeet Buhee: Ramgarhia Khalsa School
Secretary & Welcoming Committee: Anupama Deshpande: Edmonton Marathi Shala
Academic Advisor: Nina
President: Antonella Cortese: Comitato Promotore della Lingua Italiana
Vice-President: Renata Krawczyk: Polish Children's Theatre
Treasurer: Krystyna Dembowski: Henryk Sienkiewcz Polish School
Co-Treasurer: Kuljeet Buhee: Ramgarhia Khalsa School
Secretary & Welcoming Committee: Anupama Deshpande: Edmonton Marathi Shala
Academic Advisor: Nina Paulovicova: Slovak Heritage School in Edmonton
Members at Large:
Seyed Hassan Bahmani: Edmonton Iranian School
Eyup Ozturk: Nebula Academy
Krishna Gupta:Edmonton Hindi Parishad
Members Emeritus:
Josephine Pallard :Edmonton Filipino Language & Culture School
Jaspal Bansal: Ramgarhia Khalsa School
IT Coordinator:
Matthew Zorzetto-Vermeire
IHLA's Beginnings
What IHLA Offers its Members
IHLA's Beginnings
Prior to 1977, heritage language schools operated in isolation. Thanks to a grant offered by the Canadian Consultative Council on Multiculturalism, heritage language schools participated in a conference attended uniquely by and for heritage language school teachers. Once teachers in schools discovered that their challenges and rewards wer
Prior to 1977, heritage language schools operated in isolation. Thanks to a grant offered by the Canadian Consultative Council on Multiculturalism, heritage language schools participated in a conference attended uniquely by and for heritage language school teachers. Once teachers in schools discovered that their challenges and rewards were similar across schools regardless of the languages they taught, they decided to continue to learn from one another and the organization was born. The tradition of learning from each other continues to this day.
What IHLA Offers its Members
What IHLA Offers its Members
What IHLA Offers its Members
IHLA supports heritage language students with our annual MLD and our annual MLD Book
IHLA supports our volunteer, internationally-trained, and Canadian-trained teachers with professional development opportunities, curriculum support, the IHLA Newsletter, and career support and advice.
IHLA supports language school leaders by offering the m
IHLA supports heritage language students with our annual MLD and our annual MLD Book
IHLA supports our volunteer, internationally-trained, and Canadian-trained teachers with professional development opportunities, curriculum support, the IHLA Newsletter, and career support and advice.
IHLA supports language school leaders by offering the mentorship programme, professional development and networking, advertisement, and support with developing a locally-developed curriculum,.