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| Paula Wood-Adams, Dean of Graduate Studies |
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| Effrosyni Diamantoudi, Associate Dean, Recruitment and Awards |
Awards, recruitment. |
| Amir G. Aghdam, 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 |
Council secretary, SGS operations, personnel, and budget. |
| Alexandra Panaccio, Academic Code Administrator |
Implements the Academic Code of Conduct for graduate students. |
| Erika MacFadden, Coordinator, Information and Projects |
Assistant to code administrator, documentation, archives, GPD liaison. |
| Michael Jordan, Executive Secretary to the Dean |
Manages Dean’s agenda and correspondence, processes budget requisitions. |
| Lorena Marzitelli, Manager, Graduate Student Recruitment |
Graduate student recruitment |
| Martine Fachena, 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. |
| Adriana Rico, Web and Graduate Calendar Coordinator |
SGS website, on-line Graduate Calendar. |
| Tatiana St-Louis, 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. |
| 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. |
| Steve Hirst, Service Assistant |
Greets and refers visitors, responds to front-line enquiries for SGS units, archiving, SRF 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. |
| Frédérica Martin, Manager, Academic Programs and Development |
Conducts comparative analyses of all graduate programs, advises programs and faculties on new program development, advises on all major curriculum revisions, manages GradProSkills. |
| Darlene Dubiel, INDI and UNIT Coordinator |
Administrative support for all aspects of the Individualized Program (INDI), and the Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (UNIT). |
| Kristy Clarke, Program Administrator, GradProSkills |
Coordinates the GradProSkills program including program development, workshop programming, policies and procedures, and supervision of student employees. |
| 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. |
| Virginia Bruce, Director, Graduate Admissions and Student Affairs |
Oversees graduate admissions standards, policies and procedures, IITS liaison, web registration, student requests related to admissions, liaison with faculty representatives. |
| Irene Grigoropoulos, Advisor, Student Affairs |
Academic standing issues, student requests, issues and receives all research-based program reports, produces all performance monitoring letters for programs. |
| Donald Lafrance, Graduate Enrolment Analyst |
Conducts analysis of graduate enrolments, student requests pertaining to registration, inter-university registration requests. |
| Kelly Walsh, Advisor, Graduate Admissions |
Assesses and establishes admission requirements from international countries, international exchanges, reviews all exceptional applications for admission. |
| Raja Bhattacharya, Thesis Administrator |
Administers all theses and graduation prizes. Maintains the listing of doctoral these rankings and recognition opportunities for students in thesis programs. |
| Mary Appezzato, Thesis Coordinator |
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. |
| Dolly Grewal, 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, Postdoctoral Development Coordinator |
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. |
