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Michael Cohen

Mike Cohen joined the English Montreal School Board as its communications and marketing specialist on February 18, 1999. Mr. Cohen is responsible for all aspects of media and public relations, publications, advertising, promotions, special projects and the Board’s website. He works closely with senior administrators, commissioners and principals.

Mr. Cohen is also a columnist for The Suburban Newspaper. He contributes stories to the Seniors Times, The Jewish Tribune, The Jewish Standard, The Jewish Magazine Directory and the Sandbox.com website. In November 2005 he was elected to Côte Saint-Luc City Council with 92 percent majority.

The school board serves more than 38,000 students through its youth and adult sectors. Prior to his arrival at the EMSB, Mr. Cohen spent 11 years as the national director of communications at Canadian Jewish Congress, the public advocacy arm of the Jewish community. He is a 1985 graduate of the Communications and Journalism Program at Concordia University .

Mr. Cohen actually began his career as a journalist with The Suburban and Monitor newspapers at the age of 16. Two years later, while attending Dawson College, he began working for the now defunct Sunday Express Newspaper as the assistant sports editor. He continued in that role for three years, returning to The Suburban as a full-time news reporter during his final semester of university and for the next three years. During this same time period he doubled as the sports information and promotions director for the varsity sports program at Concordia.