How Dr. Gina Valle Is Creating a More Inclusive Canada When author and diversity trainer Dr. Gina Valle moved back to Toronto in 2000, she was managing a full plate. She had a doctoral thesis to defend, a young son in diapers, and a second child on the way. Her husband, David, was travelling extensively […]
People-Centric Leader: How Mélissa Romulus Lisanti Makes Personable Professionalism Work When Mélissa Romulus Lisanti started at PwC, she brought one big guiding principle to her management role: Being personable and professional don’t have to be mutually exclusive things. It’s a principle that paid off. Within three years, she was promoted to Director, Strategy and Operations […]
How Glendon Fuelled One Public Servant’s Appreciation For Canada’s Bilingualism If you were looking for the human embodiment of the Glendon brand, you need look no further than David Chaikoff. Communication, public service, and bilingualism are features infused into Glendon’s DNA, and they strongly influenced David’s experience on campus. He graduated with a BA in […]
How One Journalist’s Plan C Became Her Life’s Passion For Dalia Ashry, becoming a journalist wasn’t plan A. It wasn’t even plan B. When she arrived at Glendon College as a Linguistics and Language Studies major, she aimed to become a speech therapist. Over the course of her studies, she pivoted and chose teaching before […]
How Karen Devonish-Mazzotta built a career in transformative teaching Karen Devonish-Mazzotta holds multiple degrees and two decades of experience in education. With all this under her belt, she insists her students are her greatest source of learning. “I enter into a symbiotic relationship with learners, and I learn as much from them as they do […]
How Clinton Jang-Naruse helps students meet their full potential in challenging times The pandemic has introduced unprecedented challenges to Canada’s teachers. But Clinton Jang-Naruse is exceptionally clear about his goal as an Assistant Curriculum Leader in the TDSB: Continue to help students achieve their full potential. “I always dreamed of becoming a teacher when I […]
How Award-Winning Teacher Neil Orford Preserves Canadian History Many people take years to find their life’s passion. Neil Orford was fortunate to find his rather young: history. “I was lucky to be raised in a home where History abounded. Both my parents were older and were veterans of World War II, and they were inveterate […]
Alum’s gift in brother’s (and fellow alum’s) memory creates global experiences for students Travel can dramatically change a person’s life trajectory. It certainly did for alumnus Mark R. Allio, and he wants to ensure Glendon students have the same opportunity. When Mark arrived at Glendon in the mid-seventies, he was the only American on campus. […]
How Glendon taught Juan Luis Garrido to create positive change through storytelling Decades from now, Juan Luis Garrido wants to say he did three things: Served as a positive representative for his communities, created opportunities for under-represented communities to share their stories, and assisted in shifting the cultural conversation around community care. They’re big goals, […]
How This Glendon Alumna Helped Make Black History Month Official in Canada If there’s one mantra that’s made a meaningful difference in Rosemary Sadlier’s life, it’s to “grow where you’re planted”. After graduating from Glendon with a BA in Sociology, she faced a familiar new graduate roadblock: she couldn’t find a job. “I volunteered to […]
