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| Effrosyni Diamantoudi, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies |
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| Ali Dolatabadi, Associate Dean, Recruitment and Awards |
Awards, recruitment. |
| Peter Pawelek, Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Postdoctoral Studies |
Admissions, postdoctoral studies, theses, student progress, student requests. |
| Brad Nelson, Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Development |
New programs, Individualized Program, GradProSkills, curriculum development and reform, liaison with Concordia International. |
| Joanne Beaudoin, Administrative Director |
Academic and administrative planning, Office of the Dean strategic advisor, projects and new initiatives, secretary to the Council of the School of Graduate Studies (CSGS). |
| Amir Aghdam, Academic Code Administrator |
Implements the Academic Code of Conduct for graduate students. |
| Erika MacFadden, Manager of Operations |
Office of the Dean operations, SGS personnel, budget, archives and GPD liaison. |
| Michael Jordan, Academic Governance Assistant |
Assistant to code administrator, provides administrative support to the Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) and the Council of the School of Graduate Studies (CSGS). |
| Katherine Belloso, Executive Secretary to the Dean |
Manages Dean’s agenda and correspondence, processes budget requisitions. |
| Adriana Rico, Web and Graduate Calendar Coordinator |
SGS website, on-line Graduate Calendar. |
| Jennifer Bacon, Analyst, Graduate Enrolment |
Conducts analysis of graduate enrolments, student requests pertaining to registration, inter-university registration requests. |
| Jennifer Sachs, Assistant, Office of the Dean |
Greets and refers visitors for Dean's office, agendas for Associate Deans, administrative support for the Office of the Dean. |
| Vacant, Service Assistant |
Greets and refers visitors, responds to front-line enquiries for SGS units, archiving, service request triage. |
| Saul Carliner, Graduate Program Director |
Graduate Program Director for the Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (UNIT). |
| Rachel Berger, Graduate Program Director |
Graduate Program Director for the Individualized Program (INDI), Master and PhD. |
| Kristy Clarke, Manager, Academic Programs and Development |
Manages the Academic Programs and Development team, which includes GradProSkills, new graduate program development and curriculum changes, graduate professional development, INDI and UNIT programs. |
| Gina Beltran, Developer, Graduate Academic Programs |
Administrative leadership for graduate curriculum changes and new program development. Coordination of graduate professional development projects. |
| Darlene Dubiel, Coordinator, INDI and UNIT |
Administrative support for all aspects of the Individualized Program (INDI), and the Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (UNIT). |
| Racha Cheikh-Ibrahim Coordinator, Academic Programs and Development |
Conducts research and development of academic programs and GradProSkills. Coordinates events and outreach to programs and faculties. |
| Cristina Barbu, Administrative Assistant, GradProSkills |
Supports daily operations of GradProSkills, including responding to student and partner inquiries and workshop logistics. |
| Nadeem Butt, Manager, Graduate Academic Services |
Oversees graduate admissions standards, policies and procedures, IITS liaison, web registration, student requests related to admissions, liaison with faculty representatives. |
| Raja Bhattacharya, Advisor, Student Affairs |
Academic standing issues, student requests, issues and receives all research-based program reports, produces all performance monitoring letters for programs. |
| Irene Grigoropoulos, Advisor, Graduate Admissions |
Assesses and establishes admission requirements from international countries, international exchanges, reviews all exceptional applications for admission. |
| Dolly Grewal, Administrator, Thesis |
Administers all theses and graduation prizes. Maintains the listing of doctoral theses rankings and recognition opportunities for students in thesis programs. |
| Daniela Ferrer, Coordinator, Thesis |
All doctoral theses (scheduling of defences, first and final submissions), Master’s thesis (final submissions) and graduation lists. |
| Cynthia Raso, Manager, Graduate Awards and Postdoctoral Studies |
All graduate awards and postdoctoral policies and procedures, liaison with University Advancement and Financial Services. |
| Michael Verwey, Developer, Graduate Fellowships |
Foster research growth by providing advice and guidance to students, faculty, and departments, in order to contribute to increasing the quality of fellowship applications submitted by students, and to optimize the success rate in external fellowship competitions. |
| Marwa Gouda, Advisor, External Awards |
Student and faculty liaison for all federal and provincial external agency awards (i.e. SSHRC, NSERC, FRQSC, FRQNT, etc…), as well as the special entrance award. |
| Jordan Carey, Advisor, Internal Awards |
Student and faculty liaison for all internal awards (pre-allocated, departmental, conference and thesis completion). Coordinates all graduate awards data in the Student Information System. |
| Niyusha Samadi, Coordinator, Postdoctoral Development |
Postdoctoral fellow and faculty liaison for all matters related to postdoctoral affairs, including the Horizon and Banting competitions. Developing and implementing the IDP (Individual Development Plan) for our postdocs. |
| Donald Lafrance, Manager, Graduate Recruitment and Outreach |
Graduate student recruitment, communication strategies and activities. |
| Lorena Marzitelli, Officer, Graduate Recruitment |
Graduate student recruiter, represents the University at graduate fairs in Canada, North Eastern U.S.A. and International Fairs, coordinates on campus recruitment events, SGS events and student orientation. |
| Rachel Andren, Advisor, Communications |
Assists the School in the development and implementation of communication strategies. Also the point of contact and liaison between the School and University Recruitment and University Communication Services. |
