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Richard Walling grew up outside Quebec City in the English-speaking community of Shannon, QC, near the Valcartier military base. He later studied social psychology at McGill, focusing on language use and minority relations in Quebec. Returning to Quebec City in the early 1980s, he joined Voice of English-speaking Québec (VEQ), where he worked to document the community and improve access to health and social services. Building on this experience, Walling helped found the Holland Centre (now Jeffery Hale Community Partners), developing partnerships that strengthened ties between community organizations and the public system to expand support for English-speakers in the region.