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Our team

We're here to help you meet your learning needs. Our team includes instructors and administrative staff from our English Language Studies Department and the Transition Year Program (TYP).

OLCD faculty and staff

Agravat, Mayur

Program Manager, professional certificates, career essentials and accreditations


Ajewole, Olu

Director, finance


Akhtar-Alwazeer, Saira

Director, educational development


Amit, Udeni

Director, technologies, operations and communication programs


Asad, Muhammad Usman

Instructor, Naval Fleet School Atlantic


Burns, Martin

Technology support specialist


Careless, Erin

Director, professional certificates, career essentials and accreditations


Dominey-Comeau, Hilary

Program assistant, professional certificates, career essentials and accreditations


Friesen, David

Instructor, Naval Fleet School Atlantic 


Gallant, Jason

Associate director, Naval Fleet School Atlantic 


Hann, Jennifer

Acting dean


Kimoto, Anna

Student experience coordinator


Lee, Cathy M.

Executive administrator


Lelwala, Pradeep

Accounts receivable clerk


Lewars, Ryan

Manager, marketing and digital content


MacDonald, Mark

Senior program manager, technologies, operations and communication programs


MacPhail, Darcy

Communication data coordinator


Martin, James

Manager, recognition of prior learning  


McNutt, Bennett

Instructional designer


Mehta, Prashant

Administrator/manager, people and culture


Nishimura Hasegawa, Leila

Program assistant, career essentials and accreditations


O'Neill, Ann

Academic director, CEBS program


Peters, Lynn

Program manager, technologies, operations, and communications programs


Power, Mary-Eleanor

Director, marketing and communications


Quinlivan-Hall, Duncan

Registration coordinator


Rusinak, Anthony

Associate director, professional certificates, career essentials, and accreditation


Snair, Charlotte

Registration officer, student services team


Soloviov, Ilie

Senior program manager, professional diplomas


Walker, Dawne

Senior program manager, professional certificates, career essentials, and accreditation


Wang, Ellie

Program manager, corporate solutions

English Language Studies Department

Blenkhorn, Sarah

Instructor, English Language Studies Department


Burgoyne, Natalie

Instructor, English Language Studies Department


Franz, Tracy

Instructional design and curriculum manager, English Language Studies Department


Kawashima, Hideyo

Instructor, English Language Studies Department


Meng, Zhenyu

Program assistant, English Language Studies Department


Mushtaq, Ayesha

Associate director, English Language Studies Department


Wang, Mingyi

Senior program manager, English Language Studies Department


Worthington, Sam

Instructor, English Language Studies Department

Transition Year Program faculty and staff

Amiro, Gerry

Math instructor, Transition Year Program


Bernard, Amber

Coordinator, Transition Year Program


Choyce, Lesley

English Instructor, Transition Year Program
University Teaching Fellow – Department of English (FASS)
TYPR 1100 English 1/ TYPR 1101 English 2


Doyle-Bedwell, Patti

Native Studies Instructor, Transition Year Program
Acting Program Coordinator,  Indigenous Studies (FASS)
TYPR 1750 Indigenous Studies 1/ TYPR 1751 Indigenous Studies 2


Farrimond, Melanie

Academic Writing and University Learning Strategies Instructor
Assistant Director, University Teaching Fellow, Transition Year Program


Surovell, Alan

Senior Instructor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
TYPR 0034 TYP Math/ TYPR 0035 TYP Math