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Madelyn is the Manager of Academic Support at TRSM. She holds a Master of Education degree and is a proud Katimavik alumna. She is delighted to continue serving the Ryerson student population for over ten years. Madelyn leads and supports the programming in the Academic Success Centre. She is eager to develop and grow the Academic Success Centre to support the needs and challenges our students face alongside exceptional staff and faculty in TRSM.

Joana Londoño is a Learning Strategist with TRSM’s Academic Success Centre. She has worked at Ryerson University for 14 years and has a rich blend of experience from various roles across campus that have supported student achievement. Joana believes that academic achievement doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and brings her broad Ryerson experience and network into the Learning Strategist role, to keep TRSM students engaged and motivated. She firmly believes that with the right balance of challenge and support all students are capable of thriving beyond their expectations. Joana holds a Master’s degree in Communication & Culture and is completing a Certificate in Learning Strategies for Students with Disabilities at Cambrian College. She is fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Nina Sulkin is one of the Student Success Facilitators with the TRSM’s Academic Success Centre team. Nina focuses on academic success and transition support programming, to support the needs and challenges faced by students in TRSM. She is a Ryerson alumna, holding a BComm in Human Resource Management, and a Recognition of Achievement from Seneca College’s Excellence in Education Adults program. Previous to her role with the ASC, Nina worked for Seneca College’s Bridge Training Programs for Internationally-Trained Professionals, and prior to that for TRSM’s Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy. Nina’s previous experience includes transition program coordination, andragogy, employment coaching and curriculum development. She is a strong believer in learner-centred education and leadership, as well as equity, diversity and inclusion in post-secondary education.

Sandy is one of the Student Success Facilitators with the TRSM’s Academic Success Team. Sandy’s main responsibility is to manage the day-to-day activities of the Tutoring Centre. To this role, Sandy brings 15 years of experience teaching and facilitating for undergraduate students in History, and six years of experience teaching and facilitating for graduate and undergraduate students about teaching in higher education. In all these learning endeavors, Sandy aims to build community by using a social constructivist model in which learning is central and is a collaborative process. Her current research and learning areas include access, inclusion, equity, accessibility, active and collaborative learning, student support, self-advocacy, women’s history, medieval history, and activating prior knowledge. While new to Ryerson, Sandy has spent the last decade working and teaching at the University of Toronto and completing her PhD in medieval History (2018). Sandy loves to talk about teaching and learning, but is equally happy chatting about cats and other furry mammals, plants and gardening, as well as camping and being outside.

Max Antony-Newman is an English Language Specialist with the TRSM’s Academic Success Centre. He is responsible for English and Writing support in the School and believes that as far as Academic English is no one’s first language, all students should get opportunities to practice oral and written communication in the academic context.

Max taught English as an Additional Language (EAL) to multilingual students in Canada and Europe for more than a decade and holds a PhD in Education and MA in Languages and Literacy Education from the University of Toronto (OISE). Max’s previous experience also includes language assessment and teaching in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Andrea Martin is a clinical psychologist and counsellor in the Ryerson Centre for Student Development and Counselling (CSDC). She is the TRSM faculty-based personal counsellor and provides both individual and group counselling to students. Andrea is also available to consult with TRSM faculty and staff expressing concern about the well-being of their students and/or helping students connect with counselling supports.