Our Team

Meet our team at the Faculty of Open Learning & Career Development. We're here to help you meet your learning needs. Our team includes instructors and administrative staff from our English Language Studies department, and the Transition Year Program. 

Agravat, Mayur

Program Manager, Professional Certificates, Career Essentials and Accreditations
Email: Mayur.Agravat@dal.ca
 

Ajewole, Olu

Director, Finance
Email: oluseyi.ajewole@dal.ca
 

Akhtar-Alwazeer, Saira

Director, Educational Development
Email: s.akhtar-alwazeer@dal.ca
 

Amit, Udeni 

Director, Technologies, Operations & Communication Programs
Email: Udeni.Amit@dal.ca
 

Asad, Muhammad Usman

Instructor, Naval Fleet School Atlantic
Email: Muhammad.Asad@dal.ca

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Blenkhorn, Sarah 

Instructor, English Language Studies Department
Email: sj.blenkhorn@dal.ca
 

Burgoyne, Natalie

Instructor, English Language Studies Department
Email: nburgoyn@dal.ca
 

Burns, Martin 

Technology Support Specialist
Email: Martin.Burns@dal.ca
 

Careless, Erin 

Director, Professional Certificates, Career Essentials and Accreditations
Topics:  Adult Education
Email: Erin.Careless@dal.ca

Dominey, Hilary 

Program Assistant, Professional & Leadership Studies
Email: Hilary.Dominey@dal.ca
 

Edirisinghe, Nilanthi 

Accounts Payable Clerk
Email: Nilanthi.Edirisinghe@dal.ca
 

Franz, Tracy 

Instructional Design and Curriculum Manager, English Language Studies Department
Email: Tracy.Franz@dal.ca

Friesen, David 

Instructor, Naval Fleet School Atlantic 
Email: David.Friesen@dal.ca
 

Gallant, Jason

Associate Director, Naval Fleet School Atlantic 
Email: jasongallant@dal.ca
 

Hann, Jennifer 

Acting Dean
Email: Jennifer.Hann@dal.ca
 

Kawashima, Hideyo 

Instructor, English Language Studies Department
Email: hideyo.kawashima@dal.ca
 

Kimoto, Anna

Student Experience Coordinator
Email: annakimoto@dal.ca
 

Lee, Cathy M. 

Executive Administrator
Email: cathy.lee@dal.ca
 

Lelwala, Pradeep 

Accounts Receivable Clerk
Email: Pradeep.Lelwala@dal.ca
 

Lewars, Ryan

Manager, Marketing & Digital Content
Email: ryan.lewars@dal.ca
 

MacDonald, Mark 

Senior Program Manager, Technologies, Operations & Communication Programs
Email: MacDonald.Mark@dal.ca

MacPhail, Darcy 

Communication Data Coordinator
Email: darcy.macphail@dal.ca
 

Martin, James

Manager, Recognition of Prior Learning  
Email: James.Martin@dal.ca

McNutt, Bennett 

Instructional Designer
Email: bennett.mcnutt@dal.ca
 

Mehta, Prashant 

Administrator/Manager People & Culture
Email: prashant.mehta@dal.ca
 

Meng, Zhenyu

Program Assistant, English Language Studies Department
Email: zhenyu.meng@dal.ca
 

Mushtaq, Ayesha 

Associate Director, English Language Studies Department
Email: Ayesha.mushtaq@dal.ca
 

Nishimura Hasegawa, Leila 

Program Assistant, Professional Certificates
Email: leila.nishimurahasegawa@dal.ca
 

O'Neill, Ann

Academic Director, CEBS Program
Email: ann.oneill@dal.ca
 

Peters, Lynn

Program Manager, Technologies, Operations, and Communications Programs
Email: lynn.peters@dal.ca

Power, Mary-Eleanor 

Director of Marketing & Communications
Email: mfpower@dal.ca
 

Quinlivan-Hall, Duncan

Registration Coordinator
Email: dquinliv@dal.ca
 

Rusinak, Anthony 

Associate Director, Professional Certificates, Career Essentials, and Accreditation
Email: arusinak@dal.ca

Snair, Charlotte

Registration Officer, Student Services Team
Email: charlotte.snair@dal.ca
 

Soloviov, Ilie

Senior Program Manager, Professional Diplomas
Email: ilie.soloviov@dal.ca

Walker, Dawne 

Senior Program Manager,
Professional Certificates, Career Essentials and Accreditations
Email: Dawne.Walker@dal.ca

Wang, Ellie

Program Manager, Corporate Solutions
Email: ellie.wang@dal.ca
 

Wang, Mingyi

Senior Program Manager, Department of English Language Studies
Email: mingyi.wang@dal.ca
 

Worthington, Sam

Instructor, English Language Studies Department
Email: sworthin@dal.ca
 

Transition Year Program Faculty and Staff
 

Amiro, Gerry

Math Instructor, TYP (2024/2025 Academic Term
TYPR 0034 TYP Math/ TYPR 0035 TYP Math
Email: gamiro@dal.ca

Bernard, Amber

Coordinator, Transition Year Program
Email: abernard@dal.ca   
 

Choyce, Lesley

English Instructor, Transition Year Program
University Teaching Fellow – Department of English (FASS)
TYPR 1100 English 1/ TYPR 1101 English 2
Email: lesley.choyce@dal.ca

Doyle-Bedwell, Patti

Native Studies Instructor, Transition Year Program
Acting Program Coordinator,  Indigenous Studies (FASS)
TYPR 1750 Indigenous Studies 1/ TYPR 1751 Indigenous Studies 2
Email: patti.doyle.bedwell@dal.ca

Farrimond, Melanie

Academic Writing and University Learning Strategies Instructor (On Sabbatical 2024/2025)
University Teaching Fellow, Transition Year Program
Email: melanie.farrimond@dal.ca

Surovell, Alan

Senior Instructor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
TYPR 0034 TYP Math/ TYPR 0035 TYP Math
Email: Alan.Surovell@dal.ca