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Staff Search

Leadership Administration

Jen Gilbert

(She/Her)
Chair

Rob Simon

(He/Him)
Associate Chair, Student Experience

Leslie Stewart Rose

(She/Her)
Associate Chair, Teacher Education

Bessie Giannikos

(She/Her)
Manager, Finance & Administration

Responsible for the administrative, financial, human resources, research & operational management of CTL.

Michelle Pon

(She/Her)
Manager, Academic Programs

Responsible for providing operational guidance and managerial oversight of CTL's graduate administrative team.

Executive Assistant & Finance Administration

Morgan Selvanathan

(He/Him)
Executive Assistant to the Chair
  • Hiring of sessional lecturers and searches for faculty
  • Promotion of sessional lecturers and faculty
  • Coordinating/organizing departmental meetings

Candice Corda

Finance Assistant
  • Human Resources (payroll, contracts, and onboarding of new faculty)​
  • Finance (expense claims, invoice processing, and budget)​

Louise Hoshiba Schuch

(She/Her)
Business Officer
  • Human Resources (payroll, contracts, and onboarding of new faculty)​
  • Finance (expense claims, invoice processing, and budget)​
  • Operations (shared spaces, keys, printer codes, etc.) ​

Graduate Program Administration

Shuyi Chen

(She/Her)
Programs Assistant
  • Provide administrative support to the MT Faculty and students 
  • MT Practicum support for students
  • Provide operational support to the department (e.g. office keys, room bookings) 

Eliza Ren

(She/They)
Program Administrator, C&P and LLE
  • Provide administrative support to the C&P and LLE Program Coordinators and Faculty 
  • Course scheduling support for the C&P and LLE Programs
  • Responds to student and applicant inquiries

Maha Mubeen

Program Administrator (MT)
  • Course scheduling for the MT Program
  • Provide administrative support to the MT Leadership
  • Responds to student and applicant inquiries

Lynette Lobo

(She/Her)
Practicum Assistant, MT Program
  • Liaise with partner school boards for MT Practicum placements
  • MT Practicum inquiries
  • Coordinate Practicum Partnership events and Faculty Advisor assignments

Mary Lovatsis

(She/Her)
Graduate Liaison Officer, MT Program
  • Admission to the MT Program
  • MT-Specific Awards for new and continuing MT students

Andrea Cuellar

(She/Her)
Graduate Liaison Officer, CTL Programs
  • Admission to C&P and LLE Programs
  • CTL awards administration
  • CTL GA and funding support

Alanna McKnight

(She/Her)
Academic Programs Officer
  • Course scheduling
  • Governance

Alex Merrick

(She/Her)
Partnership, Practicum and Experiential Learning Coordinator
  • Co-developing, coordinating, leading, and supporting partnerships with schools and community-partners
  • Supporting practicum and experiential learning opportunities for CTL students

Email: alexandra.merrick@utoronto.ca

Special Offices

Máiri McKenna Edwards

(She/Her)
Coordinator, Diversity, Equity & Student Experience
  • Support navigating & connecting with resources & supports
  • Communications & programming
  • Conversations (about the good, the bad and the stuff in between)
  • Special projects
  • Supporting student leaders

Alex Andrei

(He/Him)
Application Support Specialist
  • Providing support for Pepper, SharePoint, and other systems
  • Enhancing workflows and processes
  • Supporting online communications (website, newsletters, etc.)

Lisa Juan

(She/Her)
Communications & Events Coordinator
  • Provides communication strategies for the department
  • Coordinates departmental events
  • Generates promotional material related to events and programs
  • Manages social media platforms

Amelia Ainsworth

(She/Her)
Research & Project Coordinator
  • Point of contact for CTL research inquires
  • Faculty grant support
  • Student award administration
  • Updating/creating CTL faculty research profiles

AV Verhaeghe

(They/Them)
Editorial Assistant, Curriculum Inquiry
  • Address inquiries from authors
  • Support student and faculty editors
  • Support Curriculum Inquiry peer reviewers​