Student Life

Matt joins George Brown College family with a Double Bilingual Honors in International Studies and History and a Certificate in Law and Social Thought from York University.  Professionally Matt brings 8 years of experience in Student Affairs at York University and Queen's University. During their time at both universities, Matt was heavily involved in creating, supporting, and assessing programs that advanced student success.  At York, Matt worked as a Residence Life Coordinator leading community development with a team of student leaders.  At Queen's, Matt worked as the Student Development Coordinator where they created learning experiences for students that would support their skill and leadership development. 

As Coordinator Co-Curricular Experiential Learning and Leadership Development, Matt will focus on advancing work in three key areas: the Co-Curricular Record, Leadership programming, and Student staff professional development.  Passionate about student success and learning Matt seeks any opportunity to connect with the community to learn about opportunities and where they can help to make an enriching student experience.

Matt, a keen learner themself, relishes the opportunity to learn about others and their experiences.  Whether through books, documentaries or conversations, Matt is always excited to learn and experience life stories.

“Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud” Dr. Maya Angelou

Ruth is a higher education professional with proven experience in project management focused on soft skills training, student engagement, and digital communications. She has contributed to globally recognized institutions such as the University of Arizona Global Campus, the Northern Consortium of Universities (NCUK), the British Council, the Peruvian Ministry of Education, and others. Ruth has earned a Master in Innovation Management from The University of Manchester and a Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Marketing from George Brown College. 

As an Orientation & Transition Programs Assistant, Ruth supports organizing, developing, implementing and facilitating orientation and transition events each semester. She is passionate about helping students achieve their goals during their GBC journey and walking student life orientation ambassadors through workshop facilitation and events management, encouraging them to display their skillset and thrive. 

She enjoys travelling, creating new smoothie bowls, and watercolour painting. 

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw

Marc recently become the General Manager of the George Brown College Residence. In his role Marc oversees all aspects of residence services and operations. The residence team works to create a safe, inclusive and memorable student experience at the George. Marc’s favourite part of his role is working with student leaders and seeing them grow and mature into strong role models within their communities.

Marc has worked for 18 years in residence life, always striving to make the residence experience a safe and memorable transition for students on their journey in life. On his spare time you can find Marc enjoying a good science fiction book or cheering for his favourite Toronto sports team.

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”  John Wooden

Alex has been working within Residence Life since 2018 when she was completing her University degree in Justice Studies and is in the process of completing her Master's in Education at York University. She started as a Residence Assistant at her post-secondary institution and facilitated so many amazing programs such as a Residence wide Halloween Haunted House and sexual violence education programming. During her post-secondary degree, Alex was also a Consent Peer Educator which is a role that involved planning and curating events surrounding topics of sexual violence and consent education for students, staff, and faculty. Alex presented many Keynotes in this position as well as planned an entire event at her institution for the Take Back the Night Campaign.

Alex is now using her experiences in her previous roles and her passion for student life to allow every student at the George Residence to experience an eventful student living life. Her goal is to create a sexual violence and consent education program at The George residence and to eliminate the stigma of consent within student residences. Alex is a very driven and enthusiastic individual who will strive to create a safe living and learning community for students at their home away from home!

"You do not just wake up and become the butterfly.. growth is a process" Rupi Kaur