Our team

General Secretary, Alternatives International *

Feroz Mehdi is one of the founder member of Alternatives. He has been working on projects related to the countries in South Asia. He has also been working in education programs in Quebec and Canada organizing conferences and contributing to publication of newsletters and other documents of analysis and information.

Since 2007 he has taken the job as General Secretary of Alternatives International. The federation of AlterInter has 9 member organizations from Canada, France, Brazil, Israel, Palestine, South Africa, Niger, India and Morocco and its Secretariat is in Montreal.

Chargée de projets Amérique Latine et Caraibes

The Middle East and North Africa

Catherine Pappas works with Alternatives since 1997. After managing the internship program and international solidarity projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan and Palestine, she now coordinates the Middle East and North Africa programme.

Holder of an M.A. in communications from l’Université du Québec à Montréal, Catherine Pappas has also worked as a director, researcher and photographer on several photo and film documentaries with the National Film Board of Canada, Radio-Canada and several independent production companies. Her work has been nominated for a Jutra Prize for best documentary as well as prestigious photography prizes (Lux Contest).

Co-fondateur en 1994 puis Directeur général d’Alternatives entre 2007 et 2020, Michel Lambert fut Président de l’Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale de 2017 à 2020. Il a travaillé au rapprochement des groupes et organisations de la société civile, d’ici et d’ailleurs pour la promotion des principes de la démocratie, de l’égalité et de l’équité pour tous.

Il a tour à tour développé plusieurs des programmes de solidarité internationale d’Alternatives en plus de lancer et animer de multiples campagnes de justice sociale au Québec et au Canada. Il a dirigé l’antenne d’Alternatives en République démocratique du Congo entre 2002 et 2005 avant de prendre la direction de l’organisation en 2007.

Michel Lambert fut membre du Conseil de Gouvernance d’Alternatives International , du Conseil d’administration d’Alliance syndicats et tiers-monde. Il a aussi été membre des Conseils de l’AQOCI entre 2009 et 2013, de l’Association pour le progrès des communications (APC) entre 2008 et 2011 puis entre 2017 et 2020 et de Food Secure Canada entre 2009 et 2012

Il a représenté Alternatives au Conseil International du Forum social mondial et au sein de diverses coalitions québécoises et canadiennes dont notamment, les coalitions Pas de démocratie sans voix, Voices/voix. le Réseau québécois de l’intégration continentale - RQIC et plus récemment au comité de coordination du Front commun pour la transition énergétique .

Michel Lambert a joué un important rôle de mobilisation et de construction lors du Forum social des peuples tenu à Ottawa en août 2014 .

En 2018, il confondait Cultiver Montréal, le réseau des agricultures montréalaises.

En 2020, il a contribué à la création du FISIQ, le Fonds d’investissement solidaire international du Québec.

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International Internships and ICT Program

Holder of a graphic design degree, Caroline has always been interested in communications beyond the content. After doing an internship in South Africa with Alternatives in 2003, Caroline has worked with the community sector in Quebec, in particular with Communautique and Koumbit, two organizations involved with issues related to information and communication technologies (ICT). She has put in place many ICT projects among them community websites, and is interested in the appropriation of technologies for development as well as social communication.

Employability and Career Development Service

Khadija works in the field of the employability intended for new immigrants. Economist by education, she has studied in Morocco, France and Canada. At the end of her academic studies in France, she established herself in Morocco where she worked in various different domains. In 1993, she immigrated to Canada where she currently resides.

Khadija Mounib is the author of several articles on the integration problems of cultural communities in Canada and has given many conferences on the same topic. After going through the immigration process herself, she joined Alternatives’ team in 1997.

Accountant, Alternatives International *

As the captain of Algeria’s National basketball team, Yasmina has traveled throughout the world, which allowed her to see for herself the social inequalities and injustice in the countries she visited. These reasons helped her in her choice to join Alternatives in April 1998 to work in an organization that fights to reduce poverty, social inequalities as well as the eradication of injustices in regards to social and economic development. She is particularly concerned with the issues of women’s rights in Muslim countries. Yasmina holds a degree in Administration and Account Management. She is the head accountant of Alternatives International.