The Learning & Teaching Office
Contact the LTOMaureen Reed, Director Dalia Hanna, Manager, Teaching & Learning Michelle Schwartz, Research Associate John Paul Foxe, Educational Developer Amira Rezkalla, Departmental Assistant Tunu Sodhi, English Pronunciation Program Advisor |
LTO AssociatesGosha Zywno Debbie Chant, LTO Awards Coordinator Teaching ChairsTetyana Antimirova, FoS - Physics Marsha Barber, FCAD - School of Journalism Kenneth Grant, TRSM - ITM Elaine Frankel, Community Services - ECE Robert Teigrob, Arts - History Frankie Stewart, FEAS - Mechanical and Industrial Don Kinder, Library |
Meet the Team |
Maureen Reed, Director
She has expertise and interest in higher education and methods to improve student success. In addition, she studies the impact of vision losses on everyday activities. She has recently published a series of articles examining the impact of student resourcefulness on academic success in students with and without disabilities. She was recently funded by the CNIB to study access to and success in higher education for students with visual impairment and blindness in Canada and is currently writing papers of these outcomes. She co-authored a textbook entitled "The post-secondary learning experience" (Thomson-Nelson Publisher). Maureen has been a long time member of the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee and served two years as the Faculty Associate for Arts at the LTO. |
Dalia Hanna, Manager, Teaching & Learning
Dalia is a project management professional (PMP®) and has a B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, with major of software programming. She completed many courses in management and customer service and is certified through TÜV as an internal auditor for the ISO9000 quality standards. |
Michelle Schwartz, Research Associate
Michelle has a BA in Art History from New York University and received her MLIS from Long Island University, where she specialized in Archives and Records Management. In her free time, she volunteers as an archivist and curator for the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, and writes for Shameless Magazine. Her research interests include community-based archives and the digital representation of women's history. |
John Paul Foxe, Educational Developer
Coming from a biology background, John Paul holds a Bachelor's degree in genetics from Trinity College Dublin. He earned both his MSc and PhD from York University in Toronto |
Amira Rezkalla, Departmental Assistant
Amira recently graduated with a BSc & Mgt (Hons) from UOIT and is working towards her certificate in Applied Digital Geography and GIS, here at Ryerson. Before she came to Ryerson, she spent a few summers on expeditions with Operation Wallace, assisting in a field DNA lab in a Honduran cloud forest. Other work experience includes launching the educational campaign for the UOIT Solar Car Team and many years in customer service experience. |
Tunu Sodhi, English Pronunciation Program Advisor
Tunu has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from Humber College and a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) which he received from University of Cambridge via Language Studies International. His undergraduate degree is in Philosophy from Trent University. |
Gosha Zywno, LTO Associate
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Debbie Chant, LTO Awards Coordinator
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Maureen Reed, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University. She received her MA and PhD in Experimental Psychology at York University in 1991. 
Dalia Liaises closely with faculty to identify their training needs with respect to the application of technology in academic instruction. Finds appropriate instructional solution based on faculty requests and identified needs. 
Michelle Schwartz is the Research Associate at the Learning and Teaching Office. She updates and annotates the resources available on the LTO website, produces the Best Practices and Monthly Digest newsletters, and develops new resources, workshops, and handouts for the LTO. 
John Paul Foxe, PhD, is an Educational Developer in the Learning and Teaching Office. He is primarily responsible for supporting TA, GA and graduate student professional development in teaching. John Paul has a number of years experience working with TAs/GAs and has completed graduate courses in University Teaching and Learning and a University Teaching Professional Development Program. He is particularly interested in developing the Graduate Student Professional Development in Teaching program at Ryerson. 
Amira Rezkalla is the administrative assistant; she supports the staff at the Learning and Teaching office. Amira handles the day-to-day activities of the office and assists in the preparation and organization of the office's workshops and conferences. 
Tunu Sodhi is the English Pronunciation Program advisor for the Learning and Teaching Office. He works with faculty in the English Pronunciation Program. Prior to joining Ryerson University, Tunu worked as an English as a Second Language teacher for 12 years. 
Gosha Zywno is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a 3M Teaching Fellow (the highest academic teaching award in Canada and the first-ever for Ryerson), and a winner of the provincial (OCUFA) and Ryerson teaching excellence awards. As an LTO faculty associate, Gosha's focus is on faculty development, instructional design and the use of educational technology. Gosha's professional interests are in control theory and in engineering education, particularly in the use of instructional technology. She has published extensively and conducted seminars and workshops at universities in Canada, Europe and the USA. Her research and educational leadership has been recognized by several international best paper and achievement awards from ASEE, iNEER, UICEE and ACC. Gosha holds an M.Eng. degree from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, U.K. She is a Professional Engineer, Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of SLTHE and ASEE. 
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