History of PROCEDE
In 1976, PROCEDE was created as a support group for the Directors of Services of both Protestant and Catholic school boards that provided Adult and Vocational Education Services in English. At that time, school boards were still organized along confessional, not linguistic lines.
This made PROCEDE one of the first linguistic-based educational organizations in Quebec. Its creation pre-dated that of its present-day francophone counterpart, TREAQ-FP (Tables des responsables de l’éducation des adultes au Québec et de la formation professionnelle).
In its earliest days, PROCEDE was independent and did not respond to any other organization. While having its own constitution, it was not registered as a legal entity. Based on the trust and goodwill of its member school boards, it acted as a forum for exchange and support in terms of educational programming, as well as for human, financial and material resource management. It also developed the concept of an annual conference for its boards’ non-teaching staff.
Transition to Today
With the 1998 reorganization of Quebec’s public education system along linguistic rather than confessional lines, newly created English-language school boards were regrouped under the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA). Their Directors General were regrouped under the Association of Directors General of English School Boards of Quebec, which became the parent body to a series of sub-committees, including PROCEDE.
PROCEDE, in turn, became the parent body to several related operational and consultative sub-committees.
Our Logo
The nine curving lines represent the nine English School Boards bending smoothly in a common direction of change, movement and development as to arrive at a cross road of joint cooperation and continuity of ‘Life Long Learning’.
The colors are chosen to give the logo a classic and rich appearance suggesting value, merit and quality. The enclosed rectangle box brings to mind the structural boundaries or limitations that are often worked around in pursuit of the objectives.
The type style chosen is classic called ‘Copperplate’ reflecting the period of hot type casting by the serif crosstrokes. This aids in giving the logo a sense of stability, strength and support. This typeface was often used in business institutions and symbolic of the long tradition of serving the population at hand.