AGATHE TUPULA KABOLA

A speech-language pathologist by training, Agathe regularly collaborates with the media as a columnist (television, radio, magazines), notably on Moteur de recherche (ICI Première), On va se le dire (ICI TÉLÉ), L'actualité, and Naître et grandir.

 

Since 2014, Agathe has established herself as a leading voice in the prevention and promotion of healthy communication habits. She is interested in the deep mechanisms that govern how we speak, connect, and form society. She explores major contemporary issues through a human and accessible lens, with rigor and sensitivity.

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Agathe is a speaker, trainer, author, and clinical teaching instructor at the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Montreal. She also hosts the series Passer le message (Savoir Média), a scientific and practical magazine show that she created, which earned her a nomination at the 2024 Gala Dynastie in the "TV Host" category.

 

With hundreds of conferences and training sessions delivered since 2015, she promotes her profession and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge on human communication, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

 

Her recent book Dis-moi tout (Cardinal) was recognized among Renaud-Bray's favorites.

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Her empathetic and scientific approach captivates audiences, while her expertise and extensive experience help to concretely assist the public. Agathe has represented Quebec at several international events, including the Geneva Book Fair and the Francophonie Women's Conference in Bucharest, Romania.

 

She has trained teams from influential organizations working in various sectors, such as the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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Her multiple professional roles stem from the same source of motivation: to equip families, promote social participation for all, and contribute to human development.

Booking Agathe Tupula Kabola means offering your audience a keynote or workshop that combines scientific rigor, human insight, and practical expertise, inspiring, educating, and equipping participants to improve communication, foster inclusion, and strengthen human connections in any setting.

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• SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE | Communicating effectively with the general public Knowing a lot is not enough: you still need to know how to make yourself understood.

 

This training is aimed at experts, professionals, or entrepreneurs who wish to make their knowledge accessible, relevant, and engaging to the general public.

 

Drawing on concrete examples from media, training, and communication research, this training explores common pitfalls of popularization: jargon, information overload, emotional distance.

 

It offers practical strategies for structuring a clear message, telling stories accurately, capturing attention, and adapting your discourse to different audiences.

 

Participants will leave with concrete tools to communicate with impact, without oversimplifying or betraying the complexity of their knowledge. Popularization becomes a lever for credibility, influence, and dialogue.

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• UNDERSTANDING AND VALUING THE DIVERSITY OF VOICES IN ORGANIZATIONS | (or Tell Me Everything - The Surprising Underpinnings of Communication) - Content based on my book published in 2025 (Cardinal Editions)

 

Inspired by the book Tell Me Everything – The Surprising Underpinnings of Communication, this conference invites us to rethink organizational communication through the lens of voice diversity.

 

Accent, pace, intensity, hesitations, silences: the ways we speak influence how we are perceived, heard… or made invisible.

 

Drawing on the science of human communication and real workplace situations, this training highlights often unconscious biases that affect inclusion, collaboration, and decision-making.

 

It offers concrete pathways to create environments where all voices can exist, be heard, and recognized. An essential reflection for organizations seeking to combine performance, equity, and humanity.

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• PLANTING THE SEEDS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS | The power of reading from an early age (or Preparing school perseverance before entering school / Preventing school dropout from the earliest years of life)

 

Academic success does not begin at school: it is prepared well before.

 

This conference highlights the fundamental role of shared reading from early childhood in the development of language, thought, and school perseverance.

 

Drawing on accessible scientific data and concrete examples from family and educational life, it deconstructs certain misconceptions and reminds us that reading with a child is not about "teaching to read," but rather nourishing their curiosity, understanding, and relationship to knowledge.

 

Intended for parents, practitioners, and organizations, this conference offers simple and realistic strategies for integrating reading into daily life and preventing, from the earliest years of life, inequalities and school dropout.

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• CULTIVATING BILINGUALISM FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD | Myths, realities and tips (content based on my book published in 2025, CHU Sainte-Justine Editions)

 

Bilingualism still raises many concerns and misconceptions: confusion, delays, cognitive overload.

 

Based on scientific research and the book published by CHU Sainte-Justine Editions, this conference offers a nuanced and reassuring look at bilingual development in young children.

 

It addresses the different forms of bilingualism, the factors that influence language learning, the link between language, identity and emotions, as well as situations where clinical vigilance is necessary.

 

Participants will discover concrete strategies to support children's language development in multilingual contexts, both at home and in educational settings.

 

An essential conference to better support families and value linguistic richness from early childhood.

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• ENTREPRENEURIAL RESILIENCE | Concrete lessons from creating and selling a business (content based on the book My Business Resilience, which I co-wrote (literary collective, 2018)

 

Entrepreneurship is often presented as a succession of successes.

 

This conference offers an honest and clear-eyed look at entrepreneurial reality: doubts, failures, difficult decisions... and the resilience they require.

 

Based on lived experience of creating, growing, and selling a business, as well as the book My Business Resilience, this conference explores the essential human skills for navigating uncertainty: adaptation, communication, alignment, and courage.

 

Through concrete and accessible examples, it offers useful reflections for entrepreneurs as well as managers and professionals. An inspiring and pragmatic conference that highlights resilience as a driver of personal and professional development.

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• REACHING BEFORE CONVINCING | Communicating with meaning and humanity in a world saturated with messages

 

In a context where messages multiply and attention fragments, convincing is no longer enough: first, you must reach people.

 

This conference proposes to rethink public, organizational, and media communication from the perspectives of listening, empathy, and meaning.

 

Drawing on the science of human communication and concrete examples from public discourse, it shows why rational messages often fail when they ignore emotions, values, and lived experiences.

 

Participants will discover how to create messages that resonate, foster dialogue, and build trust.

 

An essential reflection for those who wish to communicate in a more responsible, inclusive, and sustainable way.

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• FOSTERING COMMUNICATION WITH OLDER ADULTS | Concrete strategies for better understanding

 

Communicating with older adults can become a challenge when certain age-related changes occur, such as hearing impairment, aphasia, dementia, or other neurocognitive disorders.

 

This conference aims to equip family members, practitioners, and organizations to maintain respectful, effective, and human exchanges, even when communication becomes more fragile.

 

Drawing on knowledge of human communication and concrete everyday situations, it highlights attitudes and strategies that facilitate understanding, reduce frustration, and preserve connection.

 

Tone of voice, pace, word choice, message structure, relational posture: small adjustments can transform the quality of interactions.

 

A conference that reminds us that communicating well also means preserving dignity, autonomy, and social connection.​

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• INTERACTIONS THAT HELP GROW | How to talk with our children?

 

Talking to children is not just about giving them instructions or correcting their mistakes: it's about building their relationship with language, themselves, and others.

 

This conference is aimed at parents and practitioners who wish to support children's language and emotional development in daily life.

 

Drawing on research and concrete situations, it highlights common mistakes (even if well-intentioned) that can hinder exchanges.

 

It offers simple strategies to foster rich, respectful, and stimulating interactions, even in a busy daily life.

 

An invitation to rethink communication with children as a powerful lever for development and relationships.

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• HEALTH INEQUALITIES | When our standards exclude rather than heal

 

Access to care is not only a matter of services, but also of norms, representations, and communication.

 

This conference explores how certain implicit practices and expectations of the healthcare system can exclude, invisibilize, or discriminate against people from marginalized groups.

 

Through concrete examples and accessible analyses, it highlights the role of cultural, linguistic, and social biases in the care experience.

 

It invites reflection on a more inclusive, respectful, and equitable approach, where communication becomes a tool for social justice.

 

An essential conference to rethink care through a human and systemic lens.

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• THE DECLINE OF READING | How our habits are transforming our thinking and our society

 

Our ways of reading are changing... and with them, our way of thinking, concentrating, and understanding the world.

 

This conference offers an accessible reflection on the decline of deep reading and its impacts on language, cognition, and democratic life.

 

Drawing on recent research and examples from current events, it explores the link between screens, attention, comprehension, and critical thinking.

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Without nostalgia or alarmism, this training invites collective reflection on the place of reading in our personal, educational, and social lives.

 

A conference to better understand what we risk losing, and what we can still preserve.

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