Contact - CTL Staff Directory
Leadership Administration
Bessie Giannikos
(She/Her)
Manager, Finance & Administration
Responsible for the administrative, financial, human resources, research & operational management of CTL.
Email: bessie.giannikos@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0060
Michelle Pon
(She/Her)
Manager, Academic Programs
Responsible for providing operational guidance and managerial oversight of CTL's graduate administrative team.
Email: michelle.pon@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0051
Executive Assistant & Finance Administration
Morgan Selvanathan
(He/Him)
Executive Assistant to the Chair
- Hiring of sessional lecturers and searches for faculty
- Promotion of sessional lecturers and faculty
- Coordinating/organizing departmental meetings
Phone: 416-978-0034
Candice Corda
Finance Assistant
- Human Resources (payroll, contracts, and onboarding of new faculty)​
- Finance (expense claims, invoice processing, and budget)​
Email: ctlfinance@utoronto.ca
Louise Hoshiba Schuch
(She/Her)
Business Officer
- Human Resources (payroll, contracts, and onboarding of new faculty)​
- Finance (expense claims, invoice processing, and budget)​
- Operations (shared spaces, keys, printer codes, etc.) ​
Email: louise.schuch@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0059
Graduate Program Administration
Shuyi Chen
(She/Her)
Programs Assistant
- Provide administrative support to the MT Faculty and students
- MT Practicum support for students
- Provide operational support to the department (e.g. office keys, room bookings)
Email: mtinfo@utoronto.ca
Eliza Ren
(She/They)
Program Administrator, C&P and LLE
- Provide administrative support to the C&P and LLE Program Coordinators and Faculty
- Course scheduling support for the C&P and LLE Programs
- Responds to student and applicant inquiries
Email: cp.lle.ctladmin@utoronto.ca
Maha Mubeen
Program Administrator (MT)
- Course scheduling for the MT Program
- Provide administrative support to the MT Leadership
- Responds to student and applicant inquiries
Email: mtinfo@utoronto.ca
Lynette Lobo
(She/Her)
Practicum Assistant, MT Program
- Liaise with partner school boards for MT Practicum placements
- MT Practicum inquiries
- Coordinate Practicum Partnership events and Faculty Advisor assignments
Email: lynette.lobo@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0152
Mary Lovatsis
(She/Her)
Graduate Liaison Officer, MT Program
- Admission to the MT Program
- MT-Specific Awards for new and continuing MT students
Email: m.lovatsis@utoronto.ca
Andrea Cuellar
(She/Her)
Graduate Liaison Officer, CTL Programs
- Admission to C&P and LLE Programs
- CTL awards administration
- CTL GA and funding support
Email: andrea.cuellar@utoronto.ca
Alanna McKnight
(She/Her)
Academic Programs Officer
- Course scheduling
- Governance
Email: alanna.mcknight@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0054
Alex Merrick
(She/Her)
Partnership, Practicum and Experiential Learning Coordinator
- Co-developing, coordinating, leading, and supporting partnerships with schools and community-partners
- Supporting practicum and experiential learning opportunities for CTL students
Special Offices
Máiri McKenna Edwards
(She/Her)
Coordinator, Diversity, Equity & Student Experience
- Connecting students with equity resources at U of T
- Talking through difficult moments or social justice-related concepts
- Advocating with students
Alex Andrei
(He/Him)
Application Support Specialist
- Providing support for Pepper, SharePoint, and other systems
- Enhancing workflows and processes
- Supporting online communications (website, newsletters, etc.)
Email: alex.andrei@utoronto.ca
Lisa Juan
(She/Her)
Communications & Events Coordinator
- Provides communication strategies for the department
- Coordinates departmental events
- Generates promotional material related to events and programs
- Manages social media platforms
Email: lisa.juan@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0052
Amelia Ainsworth
(She/Her)
Research & Project Coordinator
- Point of contact for CTL research inquires
- Faculty grant support
- Student award administration
- Updating/creating CTL faculty research profiles
Email: amelia.ainsworth@utoronto.ca
AV Verhaeghe
(They/Them)
Editorial Assistant, Curriculum Inquiry
- Address inquiries from authors
- Support student and faculty editors
- Support Curriculum Inquiry peer reviewers​
Email: a.verhaeghe@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0050