Faculty Profiles
Full Time Faculty Members
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Dr.Jonathan Anuik HBA/PhD Saskatchewan, MA Memorial t: (705) 330-4008 ext.2613 |
At the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Anuik taught undergraduate history courses in Pre-Confederation Canadian History, Nineteenth-century Canadian Politics, Twentieth-century Prairie History, History of Women in Canada to 1919, and Twentieth-century Native-newcomer Relations
In 2009-2010, Dr. Anuik is teaching courses in Metis history, Aboriginal Education, and Women’s history, as well as Inquiry 1010 and Inquiry 1030.
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Ruth Beatty, Lecturer BSc Toronto, MA OISE/Toronto |
Ruth’s research work focuses on how children learn complex mathematical concepts, particularly in the domain of “early algebra”. This work has resulted in a comprehensive curriculum for students in grades 4 to 10, as well as a model of teacher professional development that links research and practice, and an understanding of incorporating technology in mathematics education. During the 2009-2010 year Ruth is teaching Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics (P/J), as well as Society and Education, and the History of Education.
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Dr. Fiona Blaikie
Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs in Education
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2634 |
Dr. Fiona Blaikie is a professor in the Faculty of Education. She is Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs in Education, President of the Canadian Society for Education through Art, and deputy chief examiner of visual arts for the International Baccalaureate Organization. Dr. Blaikie's research in art education is extensive, with numerous refereed publications, a book, chapters, and many conference presentations. Her research has evolved from a focus on aesthetic values inherent in assessment of studio art in schools (where as Dewey posits, good criticism functions as the re-education of perception) to my current arts-informed research work focusing on the aesthetics of scholarship, incorporating the social theory of clothing and the body (as a continually unfinished entity) with regard to scholars, all of whom perform within the contexts of their gender, disciplines, ethnicities, and cultures. She teaches undergraduate methods in art education, as well as courses at the graduate level, including Qualitative Research Methods, the Research Proposal Colloquium course (for students in the doctoral program) and Special Topics in Art Education.
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Dr. Daphne Bonar BA Concordia, MA Simon Fraser, PhD York
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2626 |
Dr. Bonar specializes in the history of early modern Europe, with a specific focus on seventeenth-century France. Her teaching specialties are medieval, early modern and modern European history. During the 2009-2010 year Dr. Bonar is teaching first-year European history and a third year course in European Violence, Crowds and Revolts.
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HBA, MA Carleton, PhD London, UK
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2628 |
Dr. Lesley Clement has published work on the Canadian writer Mavis Gallant, including Learning to Look: A Visual Response to Mavis Gallant's Fiction (McGill-Queen's UP, 2000) and has assumed various administrative roles in several Ontario and Alberta postsecondary institutions. Dr. Clement is currently researching the therapeutic value of secrecy in children's literature. Dr. Clement is teaching literature, rhetoric, children's literature as well as sixteenth-century and Shakespearean drama at Lakehead's Orillia campus.
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B.A.Wilfrid Laurier, M.Ed OISE Toronto, t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2636 |
During the 2009-2010 school year Ms. DeBeer will be teaching Educational Law, Educational Foundations for both Concurrent and Professional Year Program and Language Arts in the Professional Year. Her research interests education policy and teacher leadership.
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Dr. Alice den Otter BA Wilfrid Laurier, MA, PhD Waterloo
Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies and Associate Professor
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2622 |
Dr. Alice den Otter is the Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at Lakehead's Orillia Campus. A member of the English department at the Thunder Bay campus for the past ten years, she has taught British Romantic Literature, Literary Theory, and Creative Writing. Dr. den Otter has published several works on Romantic writers such as William Blake and Anna Letitia Barbauld, and she has edited Relocating Praise: Literary Modalities and Rhetorical Contexts (2000). This year, she is teaching Romantic Literature I and the inaugural section of the required, fourth-year Inquiry course.
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Professor Frances Helyar BA, BEd Toronto, MEd New Brunswick
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2623 |
Professor Helyar specializes in critical pedagogy, critical theory and the history of education. She has taught music and core subjects in public schools from Grades K to 12, as well as English as a Second Language to adults, and education courses at the undergraduate level. She has a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Seneca College and a background in broadcasting, music, and tourism. She is a Ph.D. Candidate at McGill University. Her current teaching assignment at Lakehead includes courses in the foundations and history of education, society and education, educational law and inquiry.
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BA Guelph, B.Ed. Toronto, MA McMaster, PhD Lancaster (UK)
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2618 |
Dr. Horne has over twenty years of teaching experience, has been recognized as a master teacher of Geography and was nominated for UNBC's Excellence in Teaching Award. He has peer reviewed publications in Europe, Australia, America and Canada. Dr. Horne teaches a wide range of geographical specialties including economic, cultural, political, and urban geography, and environmental issues.
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Dr. Timothy Kaiser, Assistant Professor BA Swarthmore, MA Harvard, PhD Berkeley
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2611 |
Dr. Kaiser is an anthropologist whose fieldwork in Europe over the past three decades has focused on the archeology of the Balkans. Research into the region's prehistory has taken him to remote islands and into deep caves, where he has excavated sites spanning the last 20,000 years. Dr. Kaiser has organized and/or contributed to a number of major exhibits and projects at the Royal Ontario Museum, where he is a Research Associate. His current fieldwork is the Nakovana Cave Project in Croatia. At Lakehead - Orillia, Dr. Kaiser teaches Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology.
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Dr. Nandakumar Kanavillil, Assistant Professor MSc Cochin University of Science and Technology, PhD Goa University, DSc Kyushu University
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2633 |
Dr. Nandakumar (Nanda) Kanavillil has two doctoral degrees, one from India and the other from Japan, both in aquatic ecology. He has considerable research experience in India, Japan and Canada. He is the recipient of the prestigious Monbusho Fellowship, Center of Excellence Visiting Fellowship and NEDO fellowship from the Government of Japan. He has several national and international peer reviewed research publications. His research interest lies in aquatic ecology. At Orillia Dr. Kanavillil teaches Plant Biology, Animal Biology, Invertebrate Zoology and Ecology foundations for students interested in environmental sciences and health professions. He is initiating a research project on the community dynamics of phytoplankton and micro algae in the algal films in the water systems in Orillia, ON.
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Dr. Tom Kondzielewski BA McGill, BMus Regina, MA
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Dr. Kondzielewski is a faculty member with the Department of Psychology and Multidisciplinary Program of Lakehead University in
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Dr. Sreekumari Kurissery BSc Kerala, MSc, PhD Cochin University of Science and Technology
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2629 |
Dr. Kurissery has a doctoral degree in Microbiology. She has considerable research, teaching, and industrial experience in India, Japan, and Canada. Her research expertise includes applied & environmental microbiology, interdisciplinary studies (bioengineering and biotechnology) and molecular biology. Sree's research specialization is in bacterial attachment on surfaces and bio-corrosion. She was a recipient of the prestigious Centre of Excellence visiting research fellowship from Japan and she has several peer reviewed national and international research publications. In addition to coordinating the team taught Inquiry course, Dr. Kurissery also teaches Inquiry, Biology of microorganisms, Biology of food Safety, Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolutionary concepts.
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Dr. Sonia Mastrangelo
B.A., B.Ed York, M.A OISE Toronto, Ph.D. York
t: (705) 330-4008 ext 2635
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Dr. Mastrangelo specializes in the education and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders, cognitive developmental systems theory, family outcomes, and special/inclusive education. A former teacher for the Dufferin Peel CDSB, Dr. Mastrangelo has a strong interest in cognitive and developmental approaches to working with children on the autism spectrum along with bridging theory and practice. She is currently working on the development of a family outcomes instrument to be piloted in both Canada and the U.S. for families whose children are receiving a variety of autism interventions. During the 2009 academic year she is teaching Educational Psychology and Special Education.
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Dr. Nigel Moses BA, MA Calgary, Ph.D. OISE Toronto
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2617 |
Dr. Nigel Moses has diverse and interdisciplinary interests. His interests include the history and anthropology of youth and student culture, the changing family, action research, social movements, critical theory (in education and globalization), social relations in Canada, critical and feminist pedagogy, social justice and environmental history and politics. His ongoing research includes the study of women student agency in the formation of Canadian university policy and 'rural' change and development in Ontario.
His Ph.D. Dissertation focused on the activism of the National Federation of Canadian University Students (NFCUS) in the 1950s and early 1960s. At Lakehead-Orillia, Dr. Moses teaches courses in social-cultural anthropology and the sociology of education.
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Professor Don Napierala BA, BEd, BSc Lakehead, MEd O.I.S.E. Toronto
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2624
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Professor Napierala is the Acting Director of Concurrent Education at the Orillia Campus. His responsibilities include teaching Education courses that provide students with the knowledge and skills to become teachers and offering guidance and support as students pursue their teaching careers.
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BA/BEd, HBA Lakehead, MA Guelph
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2632 |
Professor Rodenburg's research focuses on Native Canadian and Maori literatures and their intersections with contemporary postcolonial theories. Linda has taught in primary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions over the past eight years. She is completing a PhD through University of Otago in New Zealand on a Commonwealth Scholarship. At Lakehead, Linda teaches courses in English literature, including courses focusing on Canadian Literature, Native literature and Literary Theory and Criticism.
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Professor Jo-Anne Ryan HBCom Laurentian, CA ICAO
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2630 |
Professor Ryan, a lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration, is the Coordinator for the Business Administration College Transfer Degree program at Lakehead Orillia Campus. She is also completing her PhD at the University of Birmingham in the UK, where she focuses on web-based financial information and its impacts on stakeholders. She works closely with the Canadian Accounting Association and she is a facilitator at the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants School of Accountancy Program, a program run annually in Toronto for all Ontario CA Candidates. This year, Jo-Anne is teaching Intermediate Financial Accounting, Management Policy, and Cost Accounting at Lakehead Orillia.
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Dr. Susan Scott BA McMaster, MSW McGill, PhD York
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2621 |
Dr. Scott has 25 years of social work practice in both social policy/research and clinical practice. Her research interests and practical experiences include justice, mental health, health care planning, children and youth issues, education, young offenders, child welfare, children's mental health, and the court systems. Dr. Scott has worked for federal and provincial governments doing policy, research, business planning, and program development. Also, she has been in private practice consulting for 17 years, providing services to community organizations, governments of all levels, private sector corporations, as well as community-based youth justice programming, children's mental health, and youth gangs. At Lakehead Orillia, she teaches Social Policy & Social Welfare, Theory of Social Work Practice 1, and Field Instruction.
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Nancy Stevens B.A./Social Work Certificate Waterloo, M.Ed OISE Toronto |
Aanii. She:kon. Hello. My name is Nancy Stevens. I am a woman of Haudenausaunee and Celtic ancestry, a mother and grandmother of Anishinabek children, now teaching in the Social Work Department at Lakehead. My "social work" experience lies primarily in the area of Aboriginal Mental Health, as a helper providing direct counseling and crisis intervention, capacity building for community workers, and coordinating Aboriginal Mental Health programs. I have also worked and volunteered for a variety of other organizations, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, over the years, which has given me a broad base of knowledge that continues to inform my current work. During the past several years, I have taught sessionally for the Anishinabek Education Institute, primarily in the Native Community Care and Development Program, and for Laurentian University's School of Native Human Services. My research interests lie in enhancing Aboriginal peoples' levels of wellness, in the work being done to decolonize and empower Aboriginal individuals, families and communities in a variety of contexts. Miigwetch. Nia:wen. Thank you
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Dr. Thomas Stiff BSc Wilfred Laurier, MSc, PhD York
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2610 |
Dr. Stiff is an astrophysicist with a considerable research and teaching background. As a consultant to both NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, he continues to work with several resource development teams, designing educational activities and experiments for classroom use and Shuttle missions. For the past 10 years, Tom has also played a critical role as Project Consultant with Canada's national YES I Can! Science project, and has co-developed many award-winning online learning resources for educators and students. At Lakehead Orillia, Tom teaches Calculus, Physics, and General Science.
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Professor Adam Stibbards BA Trent, Diploma in Education UBC, MA in Psychotherapy Lesley University (USA)
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2612 |
Professor Stibbards has taught a wide variety of psychology courses and last year won an award for teaching excellence at Trent University. He has been in private practice as a psychotherapist for over 10 years. Adam's main research interest is in cognition and learning, with a special interest in active, student-centered learning approaches, and how social exchange leads to deeper integration of knowledge. He is currently teaching Statistics, Personality, and Inquiry at the Orillia campus of Lakehead University.
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Dr. Todd Stubbs BA McMaster, MA, PhD York
t: 705-330-4008 ext. 2625 |
Dr. Stubbs is a specialist in late 19th and early 20th century urban Canadian history. His doctoral dissertation "Visions of the Common Good: Britishness, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere in Nineteenth Century Toronto" focuses on the relationship between group identity, civic engagement, and the development of public cultures in Toronto from the 1830s to the 1890s. His main area of interest is in the gendered, ethnic and class content of various modes of urban public association and deliberation, including voluntary societies, mass assembly, and a range of print media. Dr. Stubbs is currently collaborating with Geography professor Dr. Reg Horne on a research project that investigates the history of Tudhope Motor Works, which will comprise part of a larger planned study of industrial Orillia. Dr. Stubbs teaches Foundations and Applications of Inquiry, Canadian History, and Society and Culture in Modern Canada.
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Dr. Mary J. Thornbush HBSc, MSc Toronto, DPhil/PhD Oxford (UK)
t: 705-330-4008 ext. 2627 |
Dr. Thornbush is a geomorphologist with an educational background in fluvial and environmental geomorphology. Her research specialties are rock weathering (of cultural and natural stone) and environmental change. She is working on several projects in her area of research expertise, including headstone weathering in British churchyards. Dr. Thornbush has reviewed articles for international scientific journals. She teaches courses in Geomorphology, Environmental Issues, and Climatology at Lakehead’s Orillia Campus.
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Dr. Herman VanDerBerg H.B.B.A., MBA , Ph.D. |
Dr. Herman van den Berg joined the Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University in Orillia in 2009. He holds an Honours B.B.A. with an Economics Option, an MBA in Finance, and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management. Dr. van den Berg's research is focused on the knowledge-based view of the firm (KBV) and the valuation of knowledge assets. He has taught Finance, Economics, and Strategy/Policy courses at various universities in Canada and in the Netherlands. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Dr. van den Berg served in successively more senior positions in an electrical utility, bank and environmental services company. His management experiences include responsibility for corporate analysis, capital investment evaluation, project structuring, business plan preparation, financial forecasting and reporting. He has also held public office as a Trustee on two school boards in Ontario, and at the age of 27 he became the youngest person licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to operate a 2,800 Megawatt commercial nuclear reactor.
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Dr. Maria Grazia Viola PhD University of Iowa (USA)
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2615 |
Dr. Viola has held postdoctoral positions in Mathematics at Texas A&M University and Queen's University. Her research area is operator algebra, and her research interests are with von Neumann algebra, subfactors, C*-algebras, planar algebras and free probability. In her most recent project she has used subfactor theory to solve a conjecture from algebraic combinatorics. Dr. Viola has taught for over nine years at the undergraduate level, and she has given several graduate courses in her research area. In the academic year 2009-2010 she is teaching Calculus, Differential Equations, Vector Calculus and the first semester of Topics in Mathematics.
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Dr. Anne-Marie Walsh BA, BSW, MSW McMaster, PhD Toronto
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2620 |
Dr. Walsh has worked extensively in the field of child welfare and in the area of custody and access dispute in Ontario. Her work has included clinical, supervisory, policy, and educational aspects of social work practice. At Lakehead Orillia campus, she teaches courses in the areas of social work theory and skills development, macro social work, child welfare, and diversity. Dr. Walsh is interested in the interconnections between the arts, education, depth psychology, religious traditions, and the variety of social helping responses to disadvantaged persons and communities.
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Dr.Kevin Willison BA Queens, MA Lakehead, PhD. Toronto
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2614 |
Dr. Willison is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Sociology and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. He specializes in social gerontology and the sociology of health and illness. For the past seven years, he has taught Ontario postsecondary courses in Sociology, Psychology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Adult Development and Aging, Integrative Medicine, and Gerontology. His research links Sociology with such topics as chronic disease management, and inter-professional care (IPC)/inter-professional education (IPE). In December of 2009, through the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly (NICE), Dr. Willison and a pan-Canadian and International group of investigators were awarded a contract by Human Resources and Social Development Canada in excess of $500,000.00 to help define and seek measures of elder abuse and neglect.
Currently, Dr. Willison is Chair of the Simcoe Community Research Group and has recently served as the Orillia faculty representative at Lakehead for the United Way, as well as a campus representative for the Good Food Box Program. Kevin has actively participated in a number of conferences and, has authored to date ten internationally peer-reviewed journal articles. At Lakehead's Orillia campus, for the 2009-2010 academic, Kevin teaches Introduction to Sociology, the Sociology of Law, the Sociology of Aging, and, Inquiry into the Health Professions.
Part Time Faculty
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Mary Binsted
B Mus Honours Western, B Ed Western
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Professor Binsted teaches Curriculum and Instruction in Primary/Junior Music at Lakeheads Orillia Campus.
Lou Brandes M.Sc. Education Niagara University. B.Ed. B.Sc Brock
Teaching Planning and Assessment, Classroom Management, Education Law and Foundations and Faculty Advisor for the Student Teaching in the Professional Year.
Retired teacher, principal, superintendent and Associate Director of Education for the Simcoe County District School Board.
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Professor Harold Fung
t: (705) 330-4008 |
Professor Fung teaches Introduction to Music.
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Joan Hamilton
BSED Northern Illinois University, BED York
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Classroom teacher, special education resource teacher and language arts curriculum resource staff for over two decades in Ontario and the United States.
Course Director for York University Faculty of Education for the past seven years, teaching language arts, introductory teaching courses, curriculum studies, physical education and health to pre-service teachers.
Rosemary Hartley
B.A. Guelph
Rosemary Hartley has taught primary grades for the Simcoe County District School Board for 11 years. Rosemary has also taught Reading Recovery for 5 years and has special interest in literacy. At Lakehead Orillia Campus Rosemary will be teaching a combined language and literacy course consisting of ED 4013, 4012 & 3013
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Wayne Hubbard BMath Waterloo, BEd Toronto, MEd
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Former elementary school principal, vice principal and teacher with the Simcoe County District School Board. Former middle school teacher with the Etobicoke (Toronto District) School Board. Former special project consultant with the Simcoe County District School Board and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.
Teaching Introduction to Planning and Evaluation, Introduction to Classroom Management and Faculty Advisor for the Student Teaching in the Professional Year course.
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Doug Johns
B.A. Wilfrid Laurier , M.Sc. Niagara University |
Doug has recently taught in the Faculty of Education for the University of Prince Edward Island and the Nunavut Arctic College. He was a former elementary school principal in York Region, Ontario, and has taught science K-8 plus outdoor education K-12 there. Doug is teaching Science and Technology, plus the Outdoor Ecological and Experiential Education elective here at Lakehead University Orillia.
Jo-Anne Lake BA, B.Ed York, MScED
Niagara University
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Gary Lyon
t: (705) 330-4008 |
Gary Lyon teaches Principles of Entrepreneurship at Lakehead's Orillia campus.
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Susan Jarson B.A. Toronto, M.Ed O.I.S.E Toronto |
Currently a Lakehead Orillia faculty advisor and instructor of Classroom Management", "Introduction to Planning and Evaluation" and "Student Teaching in the Professional Year", Susan is a former North York Board of Education elementary school teacher, Vice-Principal and Principal, Curriculum Coordinator in Primary/Junior Education and Principal of Plant Operations.
Within the field of adult education, Susan has also served as course director and instructor of Primary/Junior additional qualification courses at York University and has taught administrative office management programs at Humber College's School of Business.
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Kristina Marcellus
HBA Lakehead, MA Lakehead,
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2635 |
Kristina Marcellus works primarily in the area of sociology of technology, and her current research focuses on changing understandings and uses of domestic space as domestic appliances and the home generally become part of global information networks. Kristy has taught courses on Technology and Society, Mass Media, Information and Society, and Deviance. During the 2009-2010 year, she is teaching Criminology, Surveillance and Society, Urban Life and Culture, Information and Society, and will be participating in first year Inquiry in the Winter Term.
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Dr. Brian G. Marshall
B.A., M.A. Waterloo, M.Ed. Toronto, E.dD. Toronto
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Experience teaching high school, college and university programs. Planning and social research experience with the Alberta Government and C.M.H.C. Research interests in economic development and the geography of post-secondary education systems.
Claudia McKnight B.A. Queen's, M.A. Toronto, B.Ed. Toronto, post-graduate diploma Toronto Art Therapy Institute
As an artist, Claudia studied Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art, and has exhibited in public and private galleries since 1984. Claudia and her family live in central Ontario. Claudia paints in her home studio and on location in cottages on Georgian Bay and Lake Penage, southwest of Sudbury. Her passion is expressive landscape and how it reflects the presence of place.
Claudia also maintains a private practice as an art therapist; Contract work in this area has extended to many support agencies in the community. Claudia combines her love of intuitive drumming and art to develop, together with area sound practitioners, expressive arts workshops for men and women.
As an educator, Claudia has been a Visual Arts teacher for grades 1 – OAC in public, separate and independent schools. For over fifteen years, she has been a recipient of "Artist in Education" grants through the Ontario Arts Council.
She has also been the instructional leader of courses and/or workshops for art galleries, museums, colleges, universities, leadership centres, art education conferences and school boards across the province.
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Dr. Rocsana Panescu
t: (705) 330-4008 |
Dr. Panescu teaches Inquiry and Modern Chemistry I and II at Lakehead's Orillia Campus.
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Dr. Deborrah C. Pinto BSc.Toronto, MA Florida Atlantic University, PhD Ohio State University |
My areas of research include bone biology, forensic anthropology, spinal anatomy and biomechanics, bioarchaeology, and osteology. My past teaching experience includes courses such as introductory Biological Anthropology, World Prehistory, and Cultural Anthropology, as well as assisting in Human Gross Anatomy, Bone Biology, and Human Variation. I have also taught osteology at the field school offered by the PAST Foundation in Ohio as well as to officers from various law enforcement agencies. This Fall I will be teaching Biology of Human Variation and Introduction to Anthropology I. During the Winter I am scheduled to teach Introduction to Anthropology II as well as Applications to Inquiry.
Rob Prouty B.Adm., B.Ed.,
Rob is a native of
On Tuesday nights, Rob is proud to be the advisor of Cohort C, instructor of EDUC-4470-YCO (Classroom Management) and EDUC-4414-YCO (Curriculum and Instructional Planning and Evaluating Student Achievement).
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Dwight Robbins St. Bonaventure University, Brock, Western |
Currently employed full-time as a Special Education Teacher at Innisdale Secondary School (Barrie)
Currently teaching in Education (PE Methods for Elementary Teachers)
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Debra Slingerland Hons. Degree Psychology York, B.Ed. York |
Teaching Experience, Grade JK through to grade eleven, Special Education Resource Teacher, Adult ESL: Dufferin-Peel Separate School Board, York Region Separate School Board, Simcoe County Public School Board, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board; North York Continuing Education. Consultant: Special Education and Curriculum Consultant- SMCDSB Vice Principal: St. Theresa’s High School - SMCDSB, Sacred Heart Elementary School Principal Canadian Martyrs Catholic School
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Alexa Scully BA Hons Trent, MES York
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Lex's years of canoe trip guiding in the Algonquin Park, Temagami, Kipawa and Quetico regions led her to Trent University, where she completed an BA Hons in Indigenous Studies, with a minor in Comparative Development. Lex's continued fascination and deeply held commitment to the importance of connection with place and Indigenous environmental thought was fostered and developed in the Master's of Environmental Studies program at York University, which she completed in 2007. Alexa is currently teaching Aboriginal Education.
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Professor Theresa Soper HBA Queen's, MA Queen's, B Ed Toronto
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Professor Soper's area of specialization in art history is Venetian Renaissance painting, specifically, the work of Giovanni Bellini. In addition to teaching art history courses at Lakehead, Ms Soper teaches Special Education in the Simcoe County District School Board. Ms Soper has worked for a number of years as a corporate fine art consultant at CIBC Head Office in Toronto, where she managed the bank's Canada-wide Canadian art collection. She also volunteered for several years as a docent at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Professor Soper teaches the second-year art history courses at Lakehead - Orillia
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Dr. Harminio Meireles Teixeria
Ph.D. Carleton University
t: (705) 330-4008 ext. 2635
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Dr. Teixeria teaches Political Science with a specialization in the History of Political Thought and the History of Ideas. He teaches in the department of political science and Interdisciplinary Studies Program.
Elizabeth Thomas B.A
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Dr. Sandy Thorburn B Mus Honours McGill, Graduate Diploma in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television - University of Southern California, MA Toronto, PhD Toronto
t: (705) 330-4008 |
Dr. Sandy Thorburn is Resident Musical Director at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, founding editor of the online musicology journal Discourses in Music (www.discourses.ca), regular speaker at the Canadian Opera Company, Organist and Choir Director at Calvin Presbyterian Church (Toronto), and adjunct lecturer at the University of Waterloo.
His areas of research include Canadian Music, Musical Theatre, Music and Media, and Baroque opera. Sandy is co-editor, with Dr. Christina Baade (McMaster) and Dr. Jim Deaville (Carleton), of the volume, Over the Waves: Music in Broadcasting (forthcoming, 2009,Oxford University Press). At Lakehead-Orillia, Sandy teaches Film Music.
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Dr. David Wolfe BA Saskatchewan,MA Dalhousie, PhD Columbia
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Dave specializes in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. He has taught philosophy and interdisciplinary courses at UBCO and Columbia and is currently teaching philosophy and inquiry at Lakehead.
Lab Technicians
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Darrell Goddard |
Mr. Goddard is the laboratory technician for Physics at Lakehead Orillia Campus.