MEET OUR STAFF

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(From left to right: Janice Priest, Annique Boelryk, Bob Marchessault, Ashley Taylor, Nina Koniuch, Adon Irani, Tricia Hayden.)

The Centre for Teaching and Learning is located in the K building at the Barrie campus, in room K105. CTL hours are 8:30am until 4:30pm.


Janice Priest – Dean (ext.1421)

Tricia Hayden – Dean’s Administrative Assistant (ext. 5153)

Bob Marchessault – Instructional Designer (ext. 1665)

Annique Boelryk – Instructional Designer (ext. 1151)

Adon Irani – Instructional Technologist (ext. 1162)

Nina Koniuch – Faculty Consultant (ext.1821)

Amy Hutchinson - Ontario Learn Coordinator (on maternity leave)

Ashley Taylor – Ontario Learn Coordinator (ext. 1672)




Centre Mandate:

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) facilitates academic professional development with an emphasis on the quality of students’ learning experiences and support for those experiences both in and outside classrooms. This includes support for the program development and review process. The emphasis is on internal PD as well as external PD that leads to improved student learning through improved teaching and learning practices, systems, and support.

Centre for Teaching and Learning Priorities:

  1. To encourage and facilitate discussions about professional teaching practice at the post secondary level, through workshops, mentoring, online learning, and open dialogue.
  2. To facilitate skill development regarding the effective use of technology for teaching and learning.
  3. To create instructional and resource materials for faculty on a variety of topics related to assessment, teaching strategies, and teaching with technology.
  4. To provide and support technological (i.e. scanners, development software, digital camera, web links) and print (i.e. books, journals) resources to enhance teaching and learning
  5. To develop skills in the academic areas for making and implementing informed delivery choices for curriculum.
  6. To implement a model for new faculty orientation and development.
  7. To provide support in continuously improving college curriculum.