Educational
Leadership Harbour Centre Cohort
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Job
/ Responsibilities |
Research
Interests/Theses/Defense information |
Wendy
Carr  |
Faculty
member and Coordinator of the BEd (French) program at UBC; Intensive
French Consultant for Surrey and Vancouver School Districts; Board of
Directors, Canadian Assn of Second Language Teachers. |
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Pat
Hibbits  |
Vice President
Finance and Administration, Simon Fraser University, responsible for
operations of nonacademic departments of the university including: financial
planning, budget, risk management, finance, accounting, ancillary services,
treasury, human resources, labour relations, health and safety, security,
purchasing, facilities management and campus planning and development,
computing services (this latter a joint responsibility with the VP Academic). |
We
do this for the next child: A mother's phenomenological audo narrative
inquiry into experiencing her children's schools. |
Nym
Hughes  |
I work as the Co-ordinator of Instructional and Learner Development at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the Justice Institute of BC. I am responsible for managing our curriculum development and review processes, our assessment and PLAR processes and various other program management functions. I also represent my division on the institute-wide Program Council which develops policy recommendations. | It unfolded
quite wonderfully: A history of the certificate in conflict resolution
at the Justice Institute of British Columbia 1983-1993. Defended April 29, 2009. |
Cheryl
Jeffs  |
Faculty
member at Douglas College (New Westminster BC) in Child, Family and Community
Studies, Program Manager, Continuing Education. Portfolio of responsibilities
includes the management of five certificate programs, the development
of new programs, and customized training. I provide leadership to the
instructors, screen student applications, market programs, work with advisory
boards and the Faculty Education Council on new and existing programs/courses. |
Scholarly
Activity in BC's Community Colleges: Senior Administrators' Perspectives |
Edith
Kirkpatrick
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I manage the financial and administrative issues for SFU Continuing Studies, including budget and financial management, human resources issues, and unit administration. | WORKING
TITLE |
Lynne
MacFadgen
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Regional
Literacy Coordinator for the Vancouver Island University region |
Mature
students in the persistence puzzle: An exploration of the factors that
contribute to adult learners' quality of life and retention in post-secondary
education. |
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Senior
Director of Support for WebCT: managing the support organization
behind WebCT, producers of online course software for universities and
colleges around the world. |
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Tom Nerini  |
I am the
Assistant Director of Admissions at Western Washington University. My
job is to attract, review and select students for admission to the university. I
do a lot of work with students of color and underrepresented groups. |
Learning
from the shadows: An exploration |
Rod Paynter  |
I'm working
as a TA in EDUC 220, Educational Psychology, at SFU. The learning
I am doing by teaching this course is applicable to my doctoral studies – synchronicity
strikes again! My last job was as Executive Director of the Lillooet
Learning Communities Society, spending federal money to enhance learning
opportunities in the Lillooet area communities. |
The creation
and sustainability of Community Economic Development projects are directly
dependent on the intra- and inter-personal skills of CED practitioners
and community participants. My interest is in how practitioners
go about ensuring that those foundation skills are in place. |
Gwen
Point  |
I am the
Education Manager for Sto:lo Nation Government. There
are 19 First Nation communities connected to the Sto:lo Nation. This
means there are 19 chiefs who represent the Sto:lo. I
oversee the Kindergarten to Grade 12 Program and Post Secondary. There
are six school districts and two college/ universities in Sto:lo Territory. I work with all the school districts
and local universities and colleges to create initiatives/programs/partnerships
to support First Nation students in the public education system. To
further support First Nation education, I have been involved in creating
and maintaining the Halqemeylem Language Program. |
Drop out
rate for Aboriginal students is decreasing. Why? How have support services
helped students? Links with language and culture? |
Heidi
Verburg  |
I currently work as the Community Liaison Coordinator for
the Institute for Aboriginal Health at UBC. The overall objective of this position is to link the Aboriginal
community with UBC. Some
of the projects I have worked on include: Summer Science at UBC for Aboriginal
youth; implementation of the Aboriginal Health Care Administration Program
(AHCAP) in conjunction with UBC Continuing Studies; Teach an Aboriginal
health course (IHHS 404); Teach for the First Nations Bachelor of Social
Work (FNBSW) program; Act as faculty liaison for Aboriginal students
in the School of Social Work and Family Studies at UBC; and many other
miscellaneous duties. |
(1) What
forms of holistic healing work most effectively with Aboriginal parents
(women) struggling with addictions?
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Terry
Waterhouse  |
I am a
faculty member in the Department of Criminology at the University College
of the Fraser Valley (UCFV). UCFV has made a commitment to developing
expertise in safe school and at-risk issues for youth and when they created
a faculty position related to these areas I jumped at the chance. |
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