Rollande Deslandes is a full tenure Professor in the Department of Education at Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Quebec (Canada). She received a Research Excellence award from the University in 2004. For several years she has been involved with the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Family-School-Community Partnership Sig, the European Research Network of Parents in Education (ERNAPE) and the Association Internationale en Education Familiale (AIFREF).