{"id":270,"date":"2022-09-14T22:12:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T02:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationmaisonaphasie.ca\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:56:55","slug":"direction-generale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationmaisonaphasie.ca\/en\/direction-generale\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"270\" class=\"elementor elementor-270\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-138c620d elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"138c620d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Bourbonnais<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f2b83b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f2b83b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Executive Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5738ac61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5738ac61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>D\u00e9tentrice d&rsquo;un B.A. en p\u00e9dagogie et apr\u00e8s dix ans dans le monde de l\u2019\u00e9dition, Louise Bourbonnais a obtenu une ma\u00eetrise en biblioth\u00e9conomie avec sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 en m\u00e9decine de l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 McGill. C&rsquo;est \u00e0 la biblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Institut universitaire de g\u00e9riatrie de Montr\u00e9al (IUGM) qu&rsquo;elle mit \u00e0 profit ses nouvelles comp\u00e9tences de 1989 jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 sa retraite en 2008. C&rsquo;est aussi dans ce milieu qu\u2019elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9e \u00e0 la condition des personnes aphasiques par l\u2019orthophoniste Michelyne Hubert. Voyant que la biblioth\u00e8que pr\u00e9sentait des conditions propices \u00e0 l&#8217;emploi d&rsquo;une personne aphasique et h\u00e9mipl\u00e9gique, Michelyne y a propos\u00e9 les services de Maurice Dancause&#8230;qui y travailla avec bonheur pendant 25 ans.<\/p><p>En 2010, L. Bourbonnais a pris la direction de l&rsquo;Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des personnes aphasiques jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 d\u00e9cembre 2015. Avec l&rsquo;appui du conseil d&rsquo;administration de l&rsquo;AQPA, elle a cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 2013 la Fondation Maison de l&rsquo;aphasie qu&rsquo;elle dirige b\u00e9n\u00e9volement depuis 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-447bc16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"447bc16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e3c5bc1\" data-id=\"4e3c5bc1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ec641c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"28ec641c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-798bb4c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"798bb4c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7af22877\" data-id=\"7af22877\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be13a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2be13a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Would you like more information?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c997634 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1c997634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fondationmaisonaphasie.ca\/en\/?page_id=106\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact Us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale Louise Bourbonnais Directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale D\u00e9tentrice d&rsquo;un B.A. en p\u00e9dagogie et apr\u00e8s dix ans dans le monde de l\u2019\u00e9dition, Louise Bourbonnais a obtenu une ma\u00eetrise en biblioth\u00e9conomie avec sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 en m\u00e9decine de l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 McGill. 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