Patrick Bissonnette

Patrick is passionate about immigration, international education, and intercultural understanding. He has been working in the field for more than 20 years. Since 2006, Patrick has worked as an International Student Advisor (ISA) at Université Laval. He has held the RCIC designation since 2021 and previously held the RISIA designation (2016 to 2021). He also holds a bachelor’s degree in social work (Université Laval, 2004). From 2019 to 2026, Patrick served on the BCEI Immigration Advisory Committee. He also taught from 2017 to 2020 in the French version of the International Students and Immigration Education Program and is frequently invited to present in the English-language stream of this program. He has a long-standing interest in international education and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.