Faculty Leadership and Support

School of Education
Name Position Contact
Tory (Victoria) Handford Chair vhandford@tru.ca 
250-852-6353
Amanda Russett BEd STEM & BETT Program Coordinator arussett@tru.ca
Gloria Ramirez BEd (Elementary) Program Coordinator Gramirez@tru.ca
250-371-5565
Mahtab Nazemi MEd & GCES Program Coordinator mnazemi@tru.ca
Dian Henderson ECE Program Coordinator dhenderson@tru.ca
250-371-5571
Martha White Program Advisor, Undergraduate edadvising@tru.ca
250-377-6048
Kathy Gilroy Program Advisor, Graduate edgradadvising@tru.ca
250-377-6067
Amanda Russett BEd Practicum Coordinator arussett@tru.ca
250-852-7225
Karolyn Hendra ECE Practicum Coordinator khendra@tru.ca
Nicky Cao Program Assistant, Undergraduate Programs SoE@tru.ca
250-371-5284
Candice Nilsen Program Assistant, Graduate Programs edgrad@tru.ca
2
50-371-5686
Vacant Program Assistant, Practica soe@tru.ca
2
50-371-5524
School of Social Work and Human Service
Name Position Contact
Lorry-Ann Austin Chair (on sabbatical) sswhschair@tru.ca 
250-852-7224
Jay Goddard Acting Chair jgoddard@tru.ca
250-852-7220
Rebecca Sanford BSW Program Coordinator rsanford@tru.ca 
250-828-5248
Tanya Pawliuk HUMS & EACS Program Coordinator tpawliuk@tru.ca 
250-377-6086
Trina Redman HUMS Field Coordinator tredman@tru.ca 
Alana Frymire Program Advisor socialwork@tru.ca
humanservice@tru.ca  
250-852-7181
Nicky Cao Program Assistant SW-HUMS@tru.ca
250-371-5541
Bala Nikku BSW Field Education Coordinator bnikku@tru.ca
250-828-5242
Trena Gauthier BSW Field Education Assistant BSWField@tru.ca
Department of English Language Learning and Teaching (formerly ESL)
Name Position Contact
Alex Church Co-Chair elltchair@tru.ca
250-371-5683 
Jane Steiger Co-Chair elltchair@tru.ca
250-371-5662
Jane Steiger EAP (ESL) Program Coordinator elltcoordinator@tru.ca250-371-5662 
Hilda Freimuth TESOL Program Coordinator tesolcoordinator@tru.ca
250-371-5682
Roxy Heinen Program Advisor elltadvising@tru.ca
250-828-5223
Amelia Hume Program Assistant ellt@tru.ca
250-371-5728
Kevin Zhong Program Assistant, Practica kzhong@tru.ca
Department of University and Employment Preparation
Name Position Contact
Christine Miller Co-Chair cmiller@tru.ca
250-371-5597
Eric Villeneuve Co-Chair evilleneuve@tru.ca
250-371-5795
Izabela Mazur UPrep Program Coordinator Imazur@tru.ca
250-852-7189
Saskia Stinson ESTR Program Coordinator sstinson@tru.ca
250-371-5688
Roxy Heninen Program Advisor ueprepadvising@tru.ca
250-828-5261
Amelia Hume Program Assistant ueprep@tru.ca
250-371-5728
Vacant Program Assistant, Practica kzhong@tru.ca
2
50-371-5524
Dean's Office
Name Position Contact
Yasmin Dean Dean ydean@tru.ca
250-828-5249
Oren Shtayermman Associate Dean oshtayermman@tru.ca 
250-371-5520
Susie Safford Associate Dean ssafford@tru.ca 
250-828-5292
Bonnie Scherrer Manager of Operations bscherrer@tru.ca 
250-828-5241
Sofi Almers Academic & Administrative Coordinator salmers@tru.ca 
250-377-6030
Mullai Chinnasamy Coordinator, EDSW Grad Programs, Student Services mchinnasamy@tru.ca 
778-471-8525  
Sarah Ladd Academic & Administrative Coordinator   sladd@tru.ca 
778-471-8525  
Vicki Bruce Williams Lake - EDSW Coordinator vbruce@tru.ca 
250-371-5926
Libby Juras Assistant to the Dean ejuras@tru.ca or
EDSWAdmin@tru.ca 
250-828-5204
Ada Pearson Duan Assistant, Academic Processes and Quality Assurance aduan@tru.ca 
250-371-5970
Theresa Patterson Receptionist to EDSW Chairs tpatterson@tru.ca 
250-828-5290