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Yolande
james
Nelligan
Office addresses
| Electoral Division 3535, boulevard Saint-Charles, Bureau 302 Kirkland (Québec) H9H 5B9 Phone : 514 428-8747 Fax : 514 428-8751 yolande.james@micc.gouv.qc.ca |
Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles Québec Édifice Marie-Guyart, Aile René-Lévesque 1050, rue L.-A.-Taschereau, 3e étage Québec (Québec) G1R 5E6 Phone : 418 644-2128 Fax : 418 528-0829 Montréal Édifice Gérald-Godin 360, rue McGill, 4e étage Montréal (Québec) H2Y 2E9 Phone : 514 873-9940 Fax : 514 864-2899 yolande.james@micc.gouv.qc.ca |
Biography
Yolande James was born in Montreal on November 21, 1977. Her parents, Frank and Tomacuita James, originally from the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, gave Yolande and her older sister Francine a bilingual and bicultural education. Ms. James obtained a bachelor’s degree in civil law from the Université de Montréal in 2000. Winning the Senator Frank Carrel scholarship, she then earned a bachelor’s degree in common law from Queen’s University. She was called to the Quebec bar in Montreal in 2004. From the outset, her professional experience has involved politics. She was a political aide to the MNA for Nelligan from 1998 to 2003. In 2004, she won a legal internship at the Department of Health and Social Services. In the same year she became political adviser in the office of the minister of Health and Social Services.
By the age of 17, Yolande James was already thoroughly involved in community affairs and politics. She collaborated on the development of a study program for students at risk in Montreal’s West Island, volunteered at Saint Barnabas Church, and was a member of the organizing committee for Black History Month at the Université de Montréal. She is recognized for her intellectual rigour, contagious, spontaneous energy and her determination to make the world a better place. Her interest in public affairs drew her to politics. At 18 she became regional coordinator for west Montreal for the Quebec Liberal Party youth wing and youth vice-president of the Nelligan Liberal Association. She became Nelligan’s Member of the National Assembly six years later in a 2004 by-election. Among other duties, from 2005 to 2007 Ms. James was parliamentary assistant to the minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities. Re-elected in March 2007, she was named minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities on April 18, 2007.
By the age of 17, Yolande James was already thoroughly involved in community affairs and politics. She collaborated on the development of a study program for students at risk in Montreal’s West Island, volunteered at Saint Barnabas Church, and was a member of the organizing committee for Black History Month at the Université de Montréal. She is recognized for her intellectual rigour, contagious, spontaneous energy and her determination to make the world a better place. Her interest in public affairs drew her to politics. At 18 she became regional coordinator for west Montreal for the Quebec Liberal Party youth wing and youth vice-president of the Nelligan Liberal Association. She became Nelligan’s Member of the National Assembly six years later in a 2004 by-election. Among other duties, from 2005 to 2007 Ms. James was parliamentary assistant to the minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities. Re-elected in March 2007, she was named minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities on April 18, 2007.
