{"id":52635,"date":"2023-05-31T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=52635"},"modified":"2023-06-01T11:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:01:51","slug":"letter-from-the-executive-director-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/letter-from-the-executive-director-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Interim Executive Director, June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello everyone, it\u2019s a pleasure to be writing you as Interim Executive Director! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I am new to the role, this month marks four years since joining the team for me, so I am certainly no stranger to ELAN and its community. 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