Meet the Team

Aisha Haque

Acting Director

Research Interests: international education, TA development, intercultural teaching competence, postcolonial/decolonial pedagogies

Contact about: teaching international students, graduate supervision, teaching in the Humanities, mentoring new faculty, teaching awards, educational leadership

Melanie-Anne Atkins

Acting Associate Director, Graduate Education

Research Interests: engaging students with traditionally marginalized identities in the academy, mental health literacy, holistic graduate student development, peer mentorship and education, anti-oppressive practices in education; co-designing experiential learning and assessment opportunities with students

Contact about: graduate supervision, peer mentorship, students as partners in teaching and learning, mentally healthy classrooms, supporting students living with mental illness

Beth Hundey

eLearning and Curriculum Specialist

Research Interests: science communication training, curriculum mapping, blended curriculum design, teaching in natural sciences and geography

Contact about: 
curriculum mapping, online teaching, collaborative learning

Sanja Ivanov

Educational Developer, ITA Programs

Research Interests: intercultural communication in the classroom, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, family-friendly higher education, community-engaged teaching

Contact about: intercultural teaching competence, course design, teaching international (graduate) students, internationalizing the curriculum

Ken Meadows

Educational Researcher

Research Interests: scholarship of educational development, teaching culture, positive faculty and student development

Contact about: research on teaching and learning, assessment, faculty development

Judy Purves

Program Coordinator

Contact about: finance, human resources, administrative operations, faculty programs

Karen Simmavong

Program Coordinator

Contact about: general inquiries, registrations and deposits, certificates, TA programs