Stewards

President

Annette Bouzi

Annette was elected President of Local 415 in March 2020. She has been an active steward in our Local since 2015, serving on a variety of committees of our union at both the local and provincial levels.

2nd VP

Enrico DeFrancesco

Enrico teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Secretary

Judy Puritt

Judy is a communications professor and English Coordinator in the School of Business. She has been a steward for over 10 years. In addition, she is the Local Secretary, a member of the workload monitoring group (WMG), the Website manager, and general communications lead of the Local. She remains current on various committees and participates in province-wide meetings and initiatives.

Treasurer

Shawn Pentecost

Shawn is a coordinator (General Arts and Science, General Education) and professor at the Pembroke campus. Shawn is our Local Treasurer and represents the local on the Strategic Exercise to Restore Financial Sustainability. He has sat on several provincial committees including the Divisional Executive, and 2017 and 2021 Bargaining Teams.

DIV EX REP

Tracy Henderson

Tracy teaches in Nursing and has been a union steward since 2015. An active member of the Local, she is currently serving provincially on the CAAT-A Divisional Executive (DivEx). She is also a member of the Psychological Health & Safety Committee. Tracy is experienced in serving members with Accommodation/ Return to Work issues, a past member of the Workload Monitoring Group (WMG) and has assisted partial-load members with issues around salary and the partial-load registry. She served as Acting Chief Steward in 2017-2018.

ACCOMM REP

Carmen Hust

Carmen teaches in Nursing and is a steward in Local 415. She is also on the Accommodations Committee.

ACCOMM REP

Carolyn Cote

Carolyn is a Curriculum Consultant in Learning and Teaching Services (coordinator for Course Development and for the Introduction to Teaching at Algonquin College, ITAC, program). She is also an Accommodations Committee representative.

ACCOMM REP

Sharleen Conrad-Beatty

Sharleen has been a Local 415 steward for about 5 years. In this role, she has supported members via formal meetings, CESC, informal chats, picket captain (chances R 7-11) police liaison, hiring committees, and most recently as part of the Accommodations team.

PROV INS REP

Landyn Blais

Landyn teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

PL LIAISON REP

Martin Lee

Martin is a professor of Biochemistry, a coordinator of Regulatory Affairs, and a steward. He is the Partial-Load Liaison steward, building the data which drives the local, and bringing an equity lens to the voice of the membership. He participated in the Local Mobilizing Team, served as a picket captain in the 2017 strike, and is representing 415 in the Bargaining Advisory Committee for our 2021 Collective Bargaining Process.

LOCAL LINES ED

Jordan Berard

Jordan is a professor of communications and the Coordinator of the Communications courses for the ACCE/SAT areas. He also teaches in the Technical Writer graduate certificate program. He is a steward in Local 415 and the current editor of Local Lines.

Jean-Paul Lamarche

JP served the Local as Chief Steward for 14 years and was a member of many committees including Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee, College Employment Stability Committee, Workload Monitoring Group, and Joint Grievance Scheduling Committee (provincial). He has represented members at investigations, mediations, hearings, grievances, and disciplinary meetings.

Leslie Wyman

Leslie is a professor and coordinator in the General Arts and Science department School of Media and Design. She is a steward and currently the Local 415 Joint Occupational Health and Safety representative.

Chinedu Mba

Chinedu is an English for Academic Purposes professor and program coordinator in Algonquin’s Language Institute. Chinedu has been working with internationally educated professionals and second language learners for nearly two decades.

Colette Garvin

Colette has been teaching at Algonquin College since March 2004 and currently teaches various courses in the School of Business. She is a steward and has provided union representation on Academic Hiring Committees, the College Engagement Committee, the SWF Committee, and acted as a 3rd Alternate for the CAAT-A Pre-Bargaining Conference for 2020-21 Academic Year.

Louise Boudreault

Louise teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

John Cochrane

John teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

John Cloutier

John teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Sean Edwards

Sean teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Scott Fewer

Scott teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

JOHS REP

Kenneth Hill

Ken teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Howard Kravitz

Howard teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Sharon Lightfoot

Sharon teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Rick McParland

Rick teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Jérôme Mizon

Jérôme teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Donald Moen

Don is a professor in the Language Institute, an Educational Technology Specialist, and member of several technology committees.

Elisabeth Von Moos

Elizabeth is a professor of mathematics in the School of Advanced Technology at the Woodroffe campus. She is also a steward in Local 415.

Patrick Murphy

Patrick teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Stephen Murphy

Stephen is a professor with Academic Development and a steward in the local. In his role as a Curriculum Consultant, Stephen works closely with faculty in the creation of new programs as well as the modification of existing programs and to support faculty with general program quality overall.

Michael Nauth

Mike teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Steve Neumann

Steve teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Patsy Pyke

Patsy is a full-time professor in Recreation and Leisure Services in her 13th year at the College and a steward in the Local. The success of our students at Algonquin has always been her number one concern. “We can only be successful if we support each other and we work together, particularly in areas of social justice.”

Ala Qadi

Ala teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

William Roberts

William teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Lisa Roots

Lisa teaches at the Woodroffe campus and is a steward in Local 415.

Saif Terai

Saif teaches at the Woodroffe campus and has been a steward since 2019. His participation includes being part of the hiring committee and providing IT related ideas to the Union.

Maria Taylor

Maria is a Counsellor, became a steward in 2011, and has participated in several aspects of the Local. She was an Alternate for Convention in 2014 in Toronto, attended the CAAT-A Building Local Divisional Capacity Educational in 2016 in Kingston and was part of the Local Mobilizing Team (LMT) in 2017. She has sat on hiring committees, written articles for Local Lines, and supports the Counsellors.

Rebecca Wakelin

Rebecca is an Educational Developer in Learning and Teaching Service (LTS) and a steward in Local 415. In this role she teaches faculty about teaching, provides coaching to new and experienced faculty and leads various teacher training programs and initiatives aimed at promoting teaching excellence. She is passionate about advocating on behalf of all college educators for sustainable, effective faculty training and authors “The Educator Developer’s Corner,” an ongoing column in Local Lines.