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CSC's management team is an experienced group of professionals from varied backgrounds working together to make CSC the leading Pan-Canadian standards agency.

• CSC Management Team
• Board of Directors
• Member Organizations
• Honorary Patrons

 

CSC Management Team

Executive Director
Amy Coupal
acoupal@curriculum.org
Amy joined CSC in 2006 as the Director of Professional Learning Services. She became the Executive Director of CSC and its affiliate — The Curriculum Foundation — in 2009. Amy began her teaching career at the Toronto District School Board and also taught with the Osaka school board in Japan. Amy came to CSC from the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO), where she oversaw the development of multiple teacher-training programs (both online and face-to-face) while simultaneously completing her Masters of Education in Workplace and Adult Learning. Amy applies her broad education background to her role as Executive Director and ensures that CSC's high standards are upheld in all its service areas.


Director, Curriculum Resource Services
Pauline Beggs
pbeggs@curriculum.org
Pauline is a former teacher who has worked for more than 35 years in the area of learning resources development and implementation across Canada. Pauline is responsible for the development of learning resources and for recruiting and training various subject experts to be evaluators. Pauline has been with CSC since 1997.


Director, Evaluation Services
Anita Sherwin-Hamer
ashamer@curriculum.org
Anita joined CSC in February 2008 after more than 30 years of service in education including teaching at the elementary and secondary levels in three different school boards and at the Ontario Science Centre, followed by 10 years as a principal in the Durham Catholic District School Board. She has also worked extensively across the province of Ontario with CPCO (Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario) developing and delivering professional learning programs and resources. Anita's responsibilities include the evaluation process for the Ontario Trillium List of approved resources for English-language schools and the administration of the Grants for Teachers Program of CSC's affiliate–The Curriculum Foundation.


Director, Operations
Gina Melvin
gmelvin@curriculum.org
Gina joined CSC in October 1999 as Business Administrator. She is now Director, Operations and is responsible for the management of internal operations for CSC and its affiliate, The Curriculum Foundation. Gina has 25 years of business experience in the corporate and public sectors. She came to CSC from the Ontario Ministry of Education. Her responsibilities include Human Resources, Finances, and Office Management.


Director, Professional Learning Services
Hélène Fournier
hfournier@curriculum.org
Hélène joins CSC from her recent position as Project Director of Alberta’s Distributed Learning Strategy for Alberta Education. Prior to this, she played a leadership role in the design and development of e-learning materials for K-12 students, teachers and parents in Alberta. Hélène previously worked at Red River College in Winnipeg as a Program Officer of the Distance Education Division, as well as at La Cité collégiale in Ottawa where she held various positions in the areas of e-learning and information management. She has also worked for a variety of Canadian and overseas institutions as a trainer and consultant in the areas of distance and distributed learning. In all her previous positions Hélène has demonstrated leadership, competence, and creativity. Hélène has both a Masters of Educational Technology and Post-Graduate Certificate in Technology-Based Distributed Learning from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Commerce Double Major from the University of Ottawa. She is fluent in French and English.


Director, Multimedia Services
Byron Patchett
bpatchett@curriculum.org
Byron joined CSC in April 1999 as manager of operations. He is now the Chief Operating Officer for CSC. Byron has held many key management positions with organizations such as TVOntario, where he was a business manager and producer. Byron's extensive experience in multimedia production helps him contribute to Professional Learning Services.


Manager, Multimedia Services
Danijel Margetic
dmargetic@curriculum.org
Danijel was born and raised in Croatia as part of an ethnically mixed family. Diverse in both background and his choice of projects, he has either produced, shot, edited or directed over 20 films of various lengths and genres. His most recent project 'Heaven or Not' was broadcast on TVO in spring of 2008.

Board of Directors

John Crocco, Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers
John Crocco is the Director of Education for the Niagara Catholic District School Board and represents the Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers. Prior to his appointment as the education director for Niagara Catholic, John was Superintendent of Education providing leadership to a team responsible for Program ? Early Years to Graduation; School Effectiveness; Student Success and the new Specialist High Skills Major programs. He was also responsible for supporting 22 schools as a Family of School Superintendent, both elementary and secondary. Additional system responsibilities included representing the Board on the Business Education Council (BEC), Early Years Niagara Planning Council, Niagara Workforce Planning Council, Ministry of Education Regional Curriculum Superintendent Council, Catholic Curriculum Consortium Board of Representatives and the Niagara Regional Police Community Committee. Most recently John Chaired the Board's Accommodation Review Committee for Niagara Falls, Emergency Response Committee, School Year Calendar Committee, Pandemic Planning Committee and was the Senior Staff liaison with the Student Senate, which he continues to be directly connected with as Director of Education.

John was a Secondary Principal of Lakeshore Catholic High School in Port Colborne and Saint Michael Catholic High School in Niagara Falls. Prior to his Principalships, John was Vice-Principal at four secondary schools, Program Chair of Students Services, Program Chair of Religious Studies, a guidance counselor and classroom teacher. He has both secondary and elementary experience as prior to moving to Niagara he was an intermediate teacher for the Catholic Board in New Liskeard, Ontario.



Howard Goodman, Ontario Public School Board Association
Howard Goodman comes to the CSC Board via the Ontario Public School Board Association, where he has served on the Executive Committee since 2004. He is the co-chair and founding chair of the OPSBA ad hoc IT committee which is focussing on what is needed to prepare for the coming transformation of schools through the introduction of connected technologies. He has been a Trustee on the Toronto District School Board since 2003, representing a central Toronto riding the includes both high-income professional neighbourhoods and communities comprising recent immigrants and public housing. Howard has chaired a number of TDSB committees (including Governance, FSL Advisory, and HR) and was very involved in the development of the ground-breaking TDSB Student Census (which connects details on the attitudes, backgrounds, and needs of 200,000 students with each students academic performance).

As the primary parent of two sons (one a secondary student and one elementary), Howard is a direct observer of the changing needs of students. A Geophysical Engineer by training (Eng Sci, UofT), he has had a varied career including management consultant (computers, production systems, marketing, etc.), software entrepreneur (robotics vision systems, videotext/Telidon, graphics software, software for the ICON), and paint manufacturing. He has served as the Vice-Chair of the Toronto Foundation of Student Success and the Toronto Adult Student Association.



Walter Gowing, Community
Walter Gowing is a columnist for Torstar's Cambridge Reporter. Semi-retired, he is the chairperson of the Rotary Children's Centre School Authority for the Region of Waterloo. Previously he served 12 years as a public school trustee. He has been the chief librarian for the County of Waterloo, executive director of the Midwestern Regional Development Council, chief administrator of the Niagara Escarpment public hearings, and involved in many community projects. Mr. Gowing has won awards for community service and educational endeavours.



Robert Jones, Visualization Design Institute
Bob Jones is the Interactive Learning Consultant for the Visualization Design Institute and a professor at Sheridan College. He started Sheridan's Courseware Design and Production program and later led a team that produced over twenty-five computer-based learning tutorials, games and simulations for the Ministry of Education. Earlier, Bob set up a graduate program in educational computing at Simon Fraser University and helped produce the first interactive videodiscs in Canada. In the 1970's Bob was an Associate Professor of Educational Media and Director of the Educational Media Centre at McGill University. He obtained his Masters degree in Educational Technology from Concordia University.



Nancy Kirby, OCSTA
Nancy Kirby is in her 12th year as a school trustee with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. Currently the Vice-Chair of the Board, Nancy has also served four terms as the Board's Chair. She is serving her second term as a director on the Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association. Nancy has just completed a three-year term on the Minister's Advisory Council on Special Education representing the trustees in Ontario. Nancy and her husband, who have a son and daughter in university, reside in Carleton Place, where they run their own accounting business.



Frank McAuley, RBC Royal Bank (Royal Bank)
Frank McAuley is a vice-president within RBC's Commercial Banking Group, where he is directly involved in the management of mid market client relationships within Ontario. In a previous role, Frank was responsible for succession planning and executive development at RBC, including the creation and delivery of internal education programs. A former member of the board and executive committee of the University College of Cape Breton, he is currently a vice-president of Mary Centre, which provides residential support to developmentally handicapped adults in the Greater Toronto Area. Frank holds a Masters in Management degree from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University, and graduated from Columbia University's Executive Education program. His wife, Ruth-Anne, teaches Theatre Arts at Oakville Trafalgar High School and is the Chair of the Halton Catholic School Board's Special Education Advisory Committee.



William Mugford, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
Bill Mugford is a partner in the law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and brings extensive education and business knowledge and experience to the CSC Board. He practises in the Business Law Group in the Toronto office and is involved in a wide variety of corporate and commercial matters. Before beginning his career in law, Bill was a high school teacher in Thunder Bay. He holds undergraduate and M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto and an LL.B. from the University of Windsor. He was called to the bar in 1985.



Ardeth Staz, OPSOA (President and Chair of the Board)
Ardeth Staz is currently a Superintendent with the District School Board of Niagara and has been a member of OPSOA for 10 years. Portfolios during her years as superintendent have included Curriculum and ICT Services, Managing Information for Student Achievement (MISA), School Councils, School Growth Planning, and Student Success as well as Superintendent of Schools. Ardeth held the position of Chief Assessment Officer at EQAO in 2000 – 2002, working with teams of Education Officers and teachers to support administration of all of EQAO's assessments and co-authoring EQAO's Guide to School and Board Improvement Planning, 2002. Over the past two years, Ardeth has worked with a team of Consultants and Literacy Support Teachers to support Literacy Coaches in 46 elementary schools and two secondary schools. Ardeth has engaged teachers, parents, principals and superintendents in staff development in many areas of focus, most recently in relation to the LNS Effective Schools Framework and School Self Assessment. Ensuring that excellent staff development and resources are available to teachers and principals so they can effectively improve student achievement has been a career long focus for Ardeth.



Dan Tighe, CPCO
Dan Tighe assumed his role as Interim Executive Director of the Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario (CPCO) on October 1, 2008. He served as the association's president in 2007-08 and was first elected to the provincial executive as Secondary Councilor in 2004. Prior to that, he served as the chairperson of the Member Security Committee. In that capacity, Dan played a key role in the organization of CPCO's annual Employment Services Seminar and was a valuable resource to local principal groups seeking to improve their terms and conditions of employment. Dan has also represented Catholic principals on the provincial Benefits Review Committee playing an active role in advocating for improved disability and insurance benefits.

Dan was recognized for his dedication to CPCO by the St. Clair Catholic DSB's Principal and Vice-principal Association in 2006. In February 2007, he was honoured by The Learning Partnership as one of Canada's Outstanding Principals for his efforts to improve student learning at Ursuline College Chatham Catholic Secondary School. Dan enjoys golfing, hockey, travel and fine dining.



Helmut Tinnes, OPC (Vice-President)
Helmut Tinnes has been an educator for 25 years. He is currently the Principal at Hespeler Public School in the Waterloo Region District School Board. The school has 492 students and offers three area programs: French Immersion in Grades 1 to 8, a Life Skills class and an Autistic Spectrum Disorder Class. Helmut is also the Vice-President of the Ontario Principals' Council (OPC), the professional association representing 5,000 principals and vice-principals in Ontario's public schools. With a keen interest in curriculum, Helmut has taken on a leadership role in curriculum initiatives at both the school and system levels. Currently, Helmut resides in Kitchener.



Heli G. Vail, CODE
Heli Vail is Director of the Near North District School Board and represents the Council of Ontario Directors of Education on the Curriculum Services Canada Board. For six years, Heli was Chair and Assistant Professor (Junior/Intermediate Division) of the Faculty of Education at Nipissing University. Before that, she held various positions, from teacher to principal, for 25 years in the Near North DSB, with a break of two years during which she served as Education Officer for the Ontario Ministry of Education. Heli continues to serve as Faculty Advisor: Principals' Qualification Program in Nipissing University's Faculty of Education. Most recently, Heli was Superintendent of Program and Schools. She has developed numerous publications and research projects in education and is an active participant in the arts in the North Bay area.
 

Member Organizations

Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario (CPCO)
Council of Ontario Directors of Education (CODE)
Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association (OCSTA)
Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officials' Association (OCSOA)
Ontario Principals' Council (OPC)
Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA)
Ontario Public Supervisory Officers' Association (OPSOA)

 

Honorary Patrons

Dr. Michael Fullan
Dr. Michael G. Fullan is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He has participated as researcher, consultant, trainer, and policy advisor on a wide range of educational projects with school systems, teachers' federations, research and development institutes, universities, and government agencies in Canada and internationally.

Dr. Fullan has published widely on the topic of educational change. His most recent books are Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform and Change Forces: The Sequel.

Dr. Fullan was awarded the Canadian Education Association's Whitworth Award for Educational Research, was named a Laureate Chapter Member of Kappa Delta Pi (the international honour society in education), and received an honorary degree of Doctor of Education from the University of Edinburgh. Read more about Michael Fullan on his website



Rick Hansen, C.C., O.B.C.
Rick Hansen has been an inspiration to youth around the world through his outstanding achievements as a wheelchair athlete.. He was the first physically disabled graduate in Physical Education from the University of British Columbia. He has won 19 international wheelchair marathons, including three world championships, and competed for Canada in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

From 1984 to 1986, he successfully completed the "Man In Motion World Tour" in his wheelchair. This tour raised awareness of the potential of people with disabilities and inspired many to have the courage to pursue their own dreams. He established the Rick Hansen Foundation, which since its creation in 1988 has raised millionsof dollars for spinal cord injury research, awareness and rehabilitation.

Rick visits many schools, some of them bearing his name. He has co-authored two books: Rick Hansen - Man In Motion and Going the Distance: Seven Steps to Personal Change.
Visit Rick Hansen's website



Roberta Jamieson, LL.B, LL.D, C.M.
Roberta L. Jamieson, a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River, is a leader and communicator. With more than 20 years' experience in conflict resolution involving governments of all levels, she is a skilled mediator who possesses a unique ability to succeed in complex political environments.

Roberta has developed and led change initiatives that exemplify the highest standards of accountability and transparency in public institutions. Furthermore, she has collaborated with legal and political experts in Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America to advance democracy through institutional change.

Roberta was appointed in January 2002 to serve as a member of the Advisory Board of CH Television in Hamilton, Ontario. She is also the Co-Chair of the President's Committee on Indigenous Studies at McMaster University.
In December of 2001, Roberta was elected to serve as the Chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, the first woman to ever have held the position. Also in 2001, Roberta was awarded the Indigenous Peoples' Council Award (IPC) by the Indigenous Bar Association, its highest award given.

In 2000, Roberta became the founding chair of "ImagineNATIVE", an international Media Arts Festival that showcases the work of indigenous artists from around the world working in film, television, video, radio and multimedia formats.
From 1989 to 1999, Roberta served the Legislative Assembly as Ombudsman for the Province of Ontario. During this period she became the founding president of the Canadian Ombudsman Association; a member of the board of directors and vice-president of the International Ombudsman Institute; and a founding board member of the Centre for Research in Women's Health, a University of Toronto and Women's College Hospital partnership.

From 1986 to 1989, Roberta served as the Commissioner of the Indian Commission of Ontario. She was appointed by complementary federal and provincial Order-in-Council and by agreement of the First Nations in Ontario to facilitate the resolution of issues regarding mutual concern.

Roberta attained her LL.B. in 1976 and was the first woman from a First Nation in Canada to achieve this degree. She has also received numerous honorary LL.D. degrees and awards in recognition of her service to the community. Roberta is a Member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, and currently holds a number of board seats both within Canada and internationally. She is Executive Director of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.



Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, Senator
Rose-Marie Losier was born in Tracadie, New Brunswick.  She was educated at the Académie Ste-Famille in Tracadie, the École normale in Fredericton (Teaching Certificate) and the University of Moncton (Bachelor of Education).  She taught in New Brunswick schools for 33 years, the last 20 of which at the École secondaire Népisiguit in Bathurst.  She has been married to Wilbrod Cool since 1959.  They have two sons, Jacques and Denis, and three grandchildren, Vincent, Céline and Clara-Rose.

In 1983, Rose-Marie Losier-Cool became the first woman president of the Association des enseignantes et enseignants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick.  She has sat on the board of directors of the Canadian Teachers Federation and has been a member of the Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française and the Commission de la langue française.  She has sat on a number of committees working to promote the role of women in education.  In May 1992, the government of New Brunswick gave her its Teacher of the Year Award for non-sexist teaching.  In 1994-95, she was vice-chair of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women.  She was a member of the New Brunswick Museum from 1990 to 1998.  Active in the local community, she has been on a number of hospital foundations and boards, and is currently honorary chairperson of the Bathurst College Foundation.

Rose-Marie Losier-Cool was appointed to the Senate on March 21, 1995.  She was its Deputy Speaker from November 17, 1999, to October 7, 2002, and the very first woman to be its Chief Government Whip from January 15, 2004 to January 23, 2006.  On April 6, 2006, she was re-elected Deputy Speaker.  In the Senate, she has also chaired the Standing Committee on Official Languages and the Standing Committee of Selection, and has been a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Standing Committee on Human Rights.  As well, she was the founding co-chair of the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development.  A very active member of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (“APF”, the international association of French-speaking parliamentarians), she became a Knight of the Ordre de la Pléiade on March 20, 2002.  She was promoted to the rank of Officer of the Ordre on June 7, 2007, and was elected Chair of the Réseau des femmes (women's network) of the APF on July 6, 2007.  She also is a member of three parliamentary associations : Canada-Africa, Canada-France and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.



Dr. J. Fraser Mustard, C.C., O.Ont.
Fraser Mustard is Founding President and Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR), and has had a diverse career in the health sciences, research, and the private sector. In 1982, he created and established the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, which focuses on science, technology, innovation, and economic growth and the effect of economic change on the social environment and health and well-being of individuals and populations.

Dr. Mustard co-chaired a report for the Ontario Government called The Early Years Study. As a result, he is involved with governments in Canada, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, and the Aga Khan University in Pakistan.

Dr. Mustard's awards include Companion of the Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize in Medicine, the Gairdner Foundation International Award for Medical Research, honorary degrees from a number of Canadian and international institutions, and most recently the prestigious F.N.G.Starr Award from the Canadian Medical Association.

He currently leads The Founders' Network, linking more than 1000 individuals in the private and public sector in Canada and in other countries who helped him build CIAR.
Read more about Fraser Mustard on the Founders' Network website

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