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Centre for Respectful and Healthy Workplaces

It is with great pleasure that I announce the arrival of Jewel Amoah to the Centre for Respectful and Healthy Workplaces within the Human Resources Department at Sheridan.  Jewel has joined our team in the role of Manager, Equity and Human Rights Services.

Jewel joins us from McMaster University’s Human Rights & Equity Services Office, where she has worked as a Human Rights Officer, addressing harassment and discrimination concerns as well as providing advice to various university stakeholders over the past three years.  Prior to this she worked as Equity Initiatives Counsel for the Law Society of Upper Canada, where she was involved in policy development relating to equity and diversity issues in the legal profession, as well as designing and delivering human rights training programs.  Her background in developing diversity initiatives and promoting human rights matters also extends internationally, to such places as Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Malawi.  She has received her Master of Laws degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, and expects to complete her PhD through UCT  later this year.  I am confident that her unique combination of education and experience will enrich our Centre’s depth of knowledge and strengthen our capacity to deliver excellence in our diversity and human rights initiatives.

Jewel’s office will be located within the Human Resources Department at the Trafalgar campus, Room B237.  Please join me in welcoming her to her to her new role and the Sheridan community.

Thank you,

Lynn Rutherford

Director, Centre for Respectful and Healthy Workplaces

Student Services would like to welcome two new Student Rights and Responsibilities Officers to Sheridan College.

Stephanie Nelson-Beaver comes to us from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services; Probation and Parole Services.  As a Probation and Parole Officer Stephanie has a great deal of experience balancing client needs with that of public safety, and working  to liaise with families and community agencies to ensure successful compliance and good citizenship within the community.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with a minor in Psychology from Ryerson University, and also holds a Master’s degree in Social Science from Linkoping University in Sweden.

David Muracco comes to us from an established career with the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and has significant experience dealing with at risk youth.  His time with the Ministry was spent as a Youth Correctional Officer and as a Program Supervisor.  He was extensively involved in working with at-risk youth and promoting a safe environment for all staff and residents.

David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Brock University.

Please join me in welcoming them to Sheridan College.

Michael Jones
Manager, Student Rights and Responsibilities

Please note the location of Mike’s event has been moved to the lower level of the cafeteria from 1-3pm this Friday June 21^st.

Please rsvp to Sherri Murray at sherri.murray@sheridancollege.ca or ext 2587. 

After more than 37 years at Sheridan, Mike Collins has decided that it is time to initiate the next leg of his professional and personal journey.  Mike is currently Associate Vice President, Academic & Research.   He previously held the position of Dean of the School of Animation, Arts and Design at Sheridan where he took a leadership role in developing Applied Degrees in Animation and Illustration, and in the development of the facilities in the Sheridan Centre for Animation and Emerging Technologies.  Mike provided the academic leadership for Sheridan’s SuperBuild project which entailed developing a joint degree in Communication, Culture and Information Technology with the University of Toronto.   Dr. Collins holds his Ph.D from Concordia University in Art Education.

Luke Oko, Director of Food Services, has announced his retirement after 39 years of service.  Luke has provided exceptional service to our students and staff over the course of his career, and has gone above and beyond in his support of United Way fundraising initiatives, and special events such as the visit by Queen Elizabeth II in 2002 on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee.

A farewell reception will be held on Friday, June 21 at 2:30 pm in the Staff Lounge of the cafeteria, Trafalgar Road Campus.

It is with mixed feelings that I announce Paul Toms’ retirement on June 30 after a long and successful career at Sheridan. Please join the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology in celebrating Paul’s contributions to students in the Atrium by the Library at the Trafalgar campus on June 25, between 4 pm – 6 pm.

Paul has served at Sheridan for 22 years and has had countless leadership roles both in the School of Applied Computing and across the college. Early in his career here, Paul was instrumental in the development of the original Enterprise Database Management Graduate Certificate. He has been a tireless advocate of excellence in teaching and learning through his unique blend of wit and humour. Over time, Paul has held roles such as Program Coordinator, Academic Advisor, Peer Coach, Curriculum Coach, Student Orientation Presenter, and served on almost every committee or council known to Sheridan. Moreover, Paul has always been recognized for his love of music, soccer and warm friendship. Paul’s commitment to Sheridan is legendary, but behind his efforts lay his overarching dedication to our students’ success. His leadership and affable personality will be deeply missed. Please join our Faculty in wishing Paul well as he enters this new, and no doubt interesting, stage of his life.

Mark Orlando,

Associate Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology

It is with mixed feelings that I announce that after 32 years of dedicated service, Nancy Hood has decided to retire from Sheridan College. Her last day at work will be June 28, 2013.

Nancy joined Sheridan on October 5, 1981 after graduating from Sheridan.  During her career at Sheridan, Nancy has worked in a number of capacities and has been a member of the Financial Services department for many years working in the Accounts Payable team and later accepting the position of  Accounts Receivable Refund Clerk.

Nancy is a major contributor in the success of the student refund team.  Nancy works tirelessly to ensure student refunds are processed accurately and on time.  More importantly, her willingness to share her vast knowledge with other employees in the department is much appreciated by her colleagues and the College community.

A retirement reception will be held in Nancy’s honour on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the President’s Boardroom at Trafalgar.  Please join us to wish Nancy a long, happy and healthy retirement.

Doris Law,

Supervisor, Accounting Services

Effective Monday, July 8^th, Sheridan’s alumni and development staff has moved to J114 at the Trafalgar Campus.

The phone numbers and email addresses for team members will remain the same.

VP Advancement & External Relations Lisa Piccolo and Executive Assistant Carol LaFrance will remain at B wing.

Please drop by to say hello the next time you are near the J wing.

Human Resources and Payroll have been working towards making some operational changes to ensure recommendations of our financial auditors are realised.  As part of an initial phase, effective July 1, 2013 the Payroll team has moved from Human Resources to Financial Services, where they will continue to be responsible for payroll processing for all employee groups as well as the administration of part time employee information.  This change will begin the transition to achieve the appropriate segregation of duties.  Please send all payroll information related to part-time employees to the Payroll department via interoffice mail.

The management of full time employee information will remain with Human Resources.  Please send all full-time employee change information to the attention of Human Resources.  In addition to managing the HR information for full-time employees, the HRIS team within HR will provide an analytical role to ensure the integrity of the data and confidential administration of HRIS records in accordance with Collective Agreements and related legislation. They will act as key participants in projects that provide opportunities to enhance the HRIS systems functionality for the College and support the future strategic vision of the College.

Payroll

Part Time employees include:  All part time teaching contracts (Part time, Partial Load, and Sessional), Part Time Support, Part Time Student, Non-Teaching Academic and Special Payments

Human Resources

Full Time employees include: Administrative, Temporary Administrative, Part Time Administrative, FT Support, FT Faculty, All compensation inquiries including rates for PT and employee\employer relationships

Financial Services

Associate Director – Joanne Faught

Payroll Supervisor – Ravi Rajnish

Payroll Officer -  Ruby Hynes – Part Time employees – last names starting with A-F

Payroll Officer – Monica Hatch – Part Time employees – last names starting with G-L

Sr Payroll Officer – Janette Fattore – Part Time employees – last names starting with M

Payroll Officer – Leona Kemp – Part Time employee – last names starting with N-Z

Human Resources

Director, Human Resources Service Centre - Megan Mascarin\Karen Tobin

Manager, Total Compensation Services – Toni Umerez

HRIS Records Analyst – Arlyn Ocampo – Full Time employees – last names starting with A-L

HRIS Records Analyst – Sara Freitas – Full Time employees – last names starting with M-Z

Sr HRIS Specialist – Sally Lam

Pensions and Benefits Specialist – Lynn Barrett – Administrative, FT Support, and Partial Load Employees

Pensions and Benefits Specialist – Sandy Tanaka – FT Faculty, Retirees

Benefits Associate – Nancy McMahon - Absence accruals, Benefits support

Compensation Specialist – Lisa Brady

Mail – when forwarding employment changes, payroll timesheets etc., please place the information in separate envelopes indicating either Payroll or Human Resources based on the segregation of duties outlines above

Employment letters – Please direct all requests to Human Resources – contact ext 2297

General Enquiries – Human Resources 2297

Payroll Enquiries – Contact appropriate person as outlined above

Physical drop off of documentation (HR and\or Payroll) – Human Resources B237

As many of you know, I have retired from my position as Associate Vice President, Academic and Research at Sheridan College as of June 30, 2013.  I am glad to go but I will miss you all.  Many of you contributed directly to whatever success I have enjoyed and I owe you many thanks for that support.  Others have kept the institution on which I depended functioning and for that I am also grateful.

I was a faculty member for many years teaching writing in the School of English and Media Studies and then, for a second act, I taught drawing and painting in the School of Animation, Arts and Design.  I am deeply appreciative of the opportunity I had to work with so many dedicated students.

Many of you I first knew as Dean of Animation, Arts and Design at Sheridan where I focused on developing new Baccalaureate degrees in Sheridan’s Art programs, among them Animation.  I was also privileged to come along at a time when Sheridan had capital grants for building Arts program space.  Developing new programs and new space at the same time is a lot of fun I discovered.  Recently I have enjoyed helping to build Sheridan’s research infrastructure, both academically and institutionally.

My interest in the Arts continues unabated as a creator and researcher as well as educator.  Perhaps our paths shall cross in the future in one of those areas.

Again, thank you for your support and best wishes.

Mike Collins

The Sheridan community is saddened to hear of the loss of Linda Gowda, a long time professor in the Faculty of Business.

A memorial service for Linda will be held on Monday July 22 in Vancouver at Ryerson United Church.  Linda’s family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be sent directly to:

Ryerson United Church

2195 West 45^th Avenue

Vancouver, BC  V6M 2J2

For any individuals wishing to share their condolences, cards and letters will be accepted at the HR office at Trafalgar Campus and forwarded to the family.

On Monday, flags will be lowered to half-staff at Sheridan, in memory of Linda.

The Fall 2013 term sees major changes to the registration process for courses in the Early Childhood Education and Business Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs.

Employees, who have declared their intent or accepted an offer of admission and intend to take courses as part of these programs, will register using Sheridan’s new Custom Timetable System. Staff members are advised to familiarize themselves with the new procedures and timelines. To avoid delays in your registration, please follow these steps outlined below:

1. 1.   For each semester you wish to take a course through the tuition subsidy program, you must request an Employment Status Confirmation from the Human Resources department indicating your eligibility for this benefit.

The confirmation request can be made via email at employee.tuitionsubsidy@sheridancollege.ca Please note that the confirmation is only valid for the semester in which it is requested.  Registration will not occur until this confirmation has been provided to the Office of the Registrar (OTR).  In response to the adjusted registration timeline which is outlined below, please begin this confirmation process now.

1. 2.   Confirmation of employee eligibility will be provided directly to the OTR typically within 48 hours of the initial request.  Please proceed to the Office of the Registrar to pay your employee tuition subsidy fee ($20 per course plus ancillary fees) by the deadline noted on your invoice.   Payment of the tuition subsidy fee will allow you to choose your courses online during your enrolment appointment in early August. 

Please note that Administrative, Program and Mobile Technology fees will apply to all staff (calculated on a cost per credit) and a first in program, one-time Administrative fee as noted below, will also be charged:

If you are a part-time staff or part-time/partial load faculty member, on top of the one-time, first in program, and Administration, Program and Mobile Technology Service fees, you will also be required to pay the SSUI Medical and Dental Plan annual fee.  For the Fall term, this fee is $240 and coverage runs from September 2013 through to August 2014 and is payable at time of registration.  If you have an existing plan and want to opt out, please follow the instructions and deadlines outlined at the following url:  www.ihaveaplan.ca     A refund cheque will be issued directly to you from StudentCare. 

Payment must be done in person at the Office of the Registrar using Debit, Money Order or Certified Cheque.  Once you have registered in your course(s), Finance will apply all relevant fees to your account.  Your Account Summary can be viewed online through myStudent Centre.  Final payment of all outstanding fees will be required by the fourth week of the term.

1. 3.   Registration in courses that are associated to our Course Based Registration Pilot Project (Business and Early Childhood Education) will be done online through myStudentCentre.  Stay posted to myTimetable and continue to check your Sheridan email account to make sure you are aware of important information, guidance and deadlines related to this new service. Enrolment Appointments begin as early as August 12.

For staff members who are planning to take courses that are offered through the Faculty of Continuing and Professional Studies, the process remains the same as in previous years. Please proceed with obtaining your Employment Status Confirmation with Human Resources and then register as normal in your course(s) at the Office of the Registrar.

If you have any questions concerning the fee payment or registration process, please email mytimetable@sheridanc.on.ca

If you have any future questions pertaining to professional development funding, please contact Christine Randall at christine.randall1@sheridancollege.ca or ext. 2220.

For more information on the “Employee Access to Sheridan Courses at a Reduced Rate” policy and procedure please review the documents online by accessing the Policies Page.

I am pleased to announce that Claire Wollen will be joining our team as FCAPS Liaison Librarian effective Monday August 12th. Claire will be based out of the HMC Library.  Claire’s two main roles will  be to assist Susan Shepley and the HMC Team in the design and delivery of information services at  HMC and as Liaison Librarian for FCAPS.

Claire is coming to us from the Rotman School of Management, Business Information Centre at the University of Toronto where she acted as Public Services Librarian for 1 year and as Business Librarian for 4 years.   At U of T, she provided library instruction and delivered reference and research services, both in-person and also on various platforms (including the LMS) to students.  During this period, Claire was seconded to the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources where among her instruction and reference duties, she also prepared a weekly e-publication delivered to more than 1,000 subscribers that outlined for faculty, the latest research in their field of study.

Along with her Master of Library Science, Claire also has a Post Graduate Applied Information Technology Diploma. She has applied her technical saavy in various ways from building a new 150-page web site for the Business Information Centre at the University of Toronto to initiating and managing the Pages of the Past digitized newspaper page product as Manager of Torstar Syndication Services.  At Torstar, Claire not only managed the Pages of the Past digitized newspaper page product but launched 3 web sites to promote the photo archive and handled licensing agreements with database vendors including LexisNexis, Factiva, ProQuest, EBSCO, FPInfomart and Dialog.  The Pages of the Past product remains an active revenue-generator for Torstar.

Early in her career, Claire created and launched the first public library email reference service in Canada while employed at the Toronto Public Library.

Please join the Library Team in making Claire feel welcome in her new position.

I am pleased to announce that Aesha Brown has joined the Ancillary Services team as Manager, OneCARD.

Aesha joins us from Seneca College where she was the Assistant Manager in College Services. In this role, Aesha assisted with the management of OneCARD, Bookstore and Parking Operations.  Her experience also includes leading a customer service team of support staff and developing policies and procedures to maximize operational success.

A graduate from Seneca College, Aesha holds a Diploma in Retail/Business Management.  She also has her certification in Accounting for Small Business.

Aesha’s office is located in B114c at the Trafalgar Campus.

Kindly join me in welcoming Aesha to Sheridan College.
Elisabeth Connell

Manager, Ancillary Services

On behalf of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, we would like to congratulate Bob Small on his retirement from Sheridan College.  Bob began teaching for Sheridan in 1974 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) degree from the University of Guelph.  Bob had the opportunity to teach and develop curriculum for many years in the Academic Upgrading Program servicing students at both the Davis and Skills Training Centre campuses. He also taught dual credit students through the School-Within-A-College (SWAC) program – a joint initiative between the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board and Sheridan.  Additionally, on behalf of Sheridan, Bob delivered life skills curriculum to many not-for-profit agencies in Halton and Peel for the “Open the Door to Better Futures Program” as well as Angela’s Place (Salvation Army).  We wish Bob the best in his future endeavors and thank him for his dedicated service and commitment to Sheridan.  Bob on behalf of the Faculty, and your AU and FHASS colleagues, congratulations and all the very best in your retirement.

Janet Shuh, Associate Dean, and Has Malik, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

There is a new member of the Occupational Health and Safety Services team! I am pleased to announce the addition of Kelly Kwon as Occupational Health and Safety Specialist. Kelly replaces Siobheann Lahey.

Kelly comes to Sheridan from a similar role with the Toronto Catholic District School Board. While at the TCDSB, Kelly was responsible for ensuring compliance with OHSA, regulations, incident investigations and Board policy for 200+ schools in the district. She also created and delivered training programs for various audiences while in the role. Kelly also was employed by the Ministry of Labour as part of a Special Projects team that researched industrial hygiene issues and substitution for toxic chemicals identified in the Toxics Reduction Act.

Kelly’s formal education took her to Queen’s where she completed her B. Sc. in Life Sciences. Hungry for more knowledge, she then attended Ryerson where she received her B. A. Sc. in Occupational Health and Safety. Her passion for the subject and hard work resulted in receiving the Ryerson General Scholarship for her academic performance. Instead of resting on her laurels, Kelly has also received additional certification and training in Ergonomics, Emergency Management, Violence Risk Threat Assessment amongst several more.

Please join me in welcoming Kelly to Sheridan!

George Georgopoulos

Manager, Occupational Health & Safety Services

The on boarding process is an important element in the recruitment and retention of new employees.  It is the process of introducing new employees to the College, their managers and coworkers, their jobs and the organizational culture.

In an effort to ensure a timely, consistent and successful on boarding process, Human Resources & Organizational Development would like to remind you of the online New Employee Welcome Package available to all employees. This can be found on the Human Resources webpage (About Sheridan – Faculty and Staff – Human Resources – Learning and Development – New Employee Welcome Package).

To help managers prepare for their new employees as well as help to acclimatize them to Sheridan a Manager’s Toolkit can be found on the Human Resources Intranet webpage (AccessSheridan – Human Resources – Learning and Development – New Employee Orientation) and includes the following checklists:

• Before the employee starts
• Employee’s first day
• Within the first few months

We strongly encourage managers to implement this onboarding process with all new hires.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact your Human Resources Portfolio Manager

Please join me in welcoming Carrie Hinich who joins the Office of the Registrar as Assistant to the Registrar, effective August 1.

Carrie has over 8 years  of experience in Operations Support and Human Resources.  This experience, coupled with her administrative background, will be invaluable as we move forward with many new initiatives in the Office of the Registrar. Carrie worked most recently with Grohe Canada, Mississauga and previously worked with the Hamilton-Wentworth District Catholic School Board.

Carrie holds certificates and diplomas from Mohawk College (Post-Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, Office Administration Diploma and Early Childhood Education Diploma) and has also studied at Brock University in Child and Youth Studies.

Carrie replaces Hilary Carver who retired from Sheridan in June.

Welcome Carrie!

Linda Dalton

Registrar

It is with great pleasure that I share with you that Matt Rempel is now our new Associate Dean, Student Services: Accessible and Co-curricular Learning.

Matt’s home campus will be HMC and he will be providing leadership to the Accessible Learning, Co-Curricular Record, and Student Leadership and Engagement portfolios. He will also continue to facilitate and support our Student Services Team through a strategic planning process and, with his background in performance measurement, he’ll be helping us to foster an assessment and outcome-oriented culture.

Matt came to Sheridan this past spring, as our Manager, Accessible learning Services. He joined us from the government of Ontario where he led a team of accessibility experts to transform the Ontario Public Service into an accessible service provider, employer, and policy maker. He brings 10 years of experience in leadership roles from the private, public, and non-profit sectors and is a graduate of an Executive MBA with an undergrad from Queen’s University.

Matt is passionate about student success, inclusive and universal design for learning, as well as innovative methods and emerging theories for learning that maximize the potential of technology.

He is eager to get started in his new role and build a career within post-secondary education.

I think Matt will fit into Student Services and the collective Sheridan Team, very well.

Congratulations Matt!

Maria Lucido Bezely, Dean of Students

“Take Your Kids to Work” day is an annual, nationwide program that helps Grade 9 students understand the importance of staying in school.  The hope is that these young people will develop an appreciation for their parents’ careers, start exploring career options and gain a better understanding of just how many career choices are open to them.   The goal of this program is to give insight into the importance of schools and businesses to promote and support continuous learning and successful transitions into the working world for young people.

Sheridan is proud to be involved in an exciting career exploration activity for our employees’ grade 9 children.  In the spirit of providing an environment that encourages and stimulates creativity and learning, Human Resources & Organizational Development is pleased to announce that a planning committee has been put together to plan a structured program for “Take Your Kids to Work Day” on Wednesday November 6, 2013.  This is the perfect opportunity for Sheridan to highlight the range of positions and careers that are available within our own institution but also help to develop an appreciation of a parent’s career.

If you are an employee with a child entering grade 9 this September and you plan to take your child to work with you on November 6, 2013, we are asking for your input so the planning committee can make this day a success.  Could you please take a few moments of your time along with your child to complete this brief survey by end of day Monday, September 16, 2013. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/interestin_takeyourkidstowork

Your input will be instrumental in helping the committee determine best choices for topics on the day.  More details will be announced later in September once the planning committee has had an opportunity to review these survey results and design a day that will spark your child’s interest and participation.