The School of Health and Wellness at George Brown College brings together industry leaders to shape program and course content. Many of the faculty at the college are still active in their industries today, so they combine day-to-day working realities with academic theories and approaches. We take pride in hiring teachers that are well respected and offer students excellent instruction, industry mentorship and provide valuable additions to their professional networks.
Carolyn Deeth
Professor / Health Promotion Specialist
Waterfront Campus
Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
Room 601
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000, ext. 6345
cdeeth@georgebrown.ca
Jennifer Donnelly (view bio)
Program Co-ordinator
Autism & Behavioural Science (C405)
416-415-5000, ext. 6064
jdonnell@georgebrown.ca
Ken Hamilton(view bio)
Behavioural Science Technology
416-415-5000, ext. 3197
khamilton@georgebrown.ca
Pamela Gauci
Program Co-ordinator
Recreation Management in Gerontology (C152)
Waterfront Campus Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000, ext. 2337
pamela.gauci@georgebrown.ca
Marina Jiujias
Professor
Autism & Behavioural Science (C405)
Behaviour Science Technician (C146, C156)
Marina.Jiujias@georgebrown.ca
Constantine Karolidis
Program Co-ordinator
Hearing Instrument Specialist (S117)
Waterfront Campus
Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
Room 601
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000, ext. 3830
ckarolid@georgebrown.ca
Cathy Longo
Recreation Management in Gerontology (C152)
Waterfront Campus
Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
Room 601
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000, ext. 2325
cathy.longo@georgebrown.ca
Adam Perrie
Professor
Centre for Community Services & Health Sciences : Hearing Instrument Dispenser
Waterfront Campus
Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
Room 601
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000, ext. 5210
Adam.Perrie@georgebrown.ca
Maria Relucio
Professor
Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Analysis (S302)
Maria.Relucio@georgebrown.ca
Amy Richardson (view bio)
Orthotic/Prosthetic Technician (S102)
Clinical Methods in Orthotics/Prosthetics (S407)
Sunnybrook Hospital
2075 Bayview Avenue
416-480-5783
Amy.Richardson@georgebrown.ca
Gordon Ruder (view bio)
Program Co-ordinator
Orthotic/Prosthetic Technician (S102)
Sunnybrook Hospital
2075 Bayview Avenue
416-480-5783
gruder@georgebrown.ca
Sandra Salem-Guirgis
Professor
Waterfront Campus
Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
Room 601
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000 x6347
sandra.salem-guirgis@georgebrown.ca
Anne-Marie Stoneburgh
Professor
Waterfront Campus
Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences
Room 601
51 Dockside Drive
416-415-5000, ext. 2694
astonebu@georgebrown.ca
Robert Stromer(view bio)
Behavioural Science Programs
416-415-5000, ext. 2781
rstromer@georgebrown.ca
Don Greg Togade
Program Co-ordinator
Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Analysis (S302)
416-415-5000 x6346
don.togade@georgebrown.ca
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FACULTY BIOS
Jennifer Donnelly, MADS, BCBA: Jennifer has received her Master of Applied Disability Studies from Brock University and is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst. She has worked with individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities since 1999, utilizing the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis with a special emphasis on Verbal Behaviour. She has experience working with a wide range of learners providing consultation and instruction. Jennifer has been with George Brown College since 2009 where she began part time before moving to a full-time position. In addition, she is an associate of Motivation Matters Inc. and also has clinical private practice where she provides workshops and consultative services to families, private ABA centres and schools in Canada, USA, and abroad.
Ken Hamilton, BST, St. Lawrence College, BA Ryerson University, M.Ed., OISE, University of Toronto. Board Certified Behaviour Analyst
Ken is an experienced practitioner, teacher and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA). He has 20 years of direct application in applied behaviour analysis, behaviour therapy, and behavioural consultation with a variety of special populations. Currently, he is a Professor (Autism and Behavioural Science, and Behavioural Science Technology) in the School for Health Sciences at George Brown College. His clinical and research interests include developmental disability, behavioural systems for residential living and working with people with particularly challenging behaviours as well as training others in the methods of doing so.
Dr. Andrew McNamara, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Dr. Andrew McNamara, a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, is a Professor and Co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Behaviour Analysis Program at George Brown College and an Adjunct Professor with the Applied Disability Studies (Master of Applied Disability Studies) program at Brock University. He taught in the Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology degree program at St. Lawrence College from 2006 to 2016.
Dr. McNamara has been working with individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities and individuals with acquired brain injury in the clinical application of applied behaviour analysis since 1980. In addition, he supervised Behaviour Therapists providing clinical services to individuals with an acquired brain injury in an inpatient setting and an outreach program from 1995 to 2003. He has extensive experience in the following areas: skill training, interventions for maladaptive behaviours (i.e., aggression, self-injury), direct instruction, discrete trial training, and parent and staff training (i.e., individual, group, workshops). He was the Co-ordinator of the Behavioural Science Technology and Autism and Behavioural Science programs at George Brown College from September 2002 to July 2006 and taught a variety of courses there.
Dr. McNamara received his Ph.D. in Applied Psychology: Special Education from the department of Human Development and Applied Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He is one of the founding members of the Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA) and served as the Chairperson on the ONTABA Transitional Licensure Task Force from 2010 to 2011. He is also a Full Member of the Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis, the Association for Behaviour Analysis International, and the Association for Professional Behaviour Analysts.
Dr. McNamara received the ONTABA Award for Academic Achievement in Behaviour Analysis in 2008 and the ONTABA Award for Academic Achievement in Behaviour Analysis–Teaching in 2014.
Laura Pastrik
Laura has over 15 years' experience in the field of behaviour analysis and has been a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst since 2011. Most of her career has been spent working with children with autism both in public and private services. During her career, Laura has taken on a variety of roles including front line therapist, supervising therapist and trainer. In addition to learning as much as she can about teaching children with autism, Laura has an interest in learning how to effectively teach adult learners. This lead her to complete a Masters certificate in Adult Learning in 2016. She has been teaching at George Brown College in behavioural science since 2009, starting as a part-time instructor before moving full-time. Laura enjoys interacting with students and providing mentorship as students work to move into the field. She also volunteers with the Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA) Conference Committee.
Jen Porter, MADS, BCBA
Jen has been working in the field of Behaviour Analysis for the past 10 years. Jen began her work in ABA in the Dual Diagnosis field before moving to Toronto to take the Behavioural Science Technology diploma at George Brown College. Upon completion of the program, Jen moved into the field of Autism (early intervention), and parent/staff training. Jen began teaching in the BST program in 2006 and continued private consultation in the areas of parent/staff training and Autism intervention. Jen completed her Master's degree at Brock University in Disability Studies with a specialization in Applied Behaviour Analysis, where she focused on parent/staff training and behavioural education strategies. Jen became a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst in January of 2011, and continues her work as Co-ordinator and full time Professor in the BST program at George Brown College.
Amy Richardson
Amy Richardson, a Certified Prosthetist, is a full time faculty member of the Prosthetic and Orthotic Programs (S407 &S102) at George Brown College. A graduate of the Prosthetic Orthotic Clinical Methods program herself, Amy has taught part-time since 2009 prior to moving into a full-time role in 2014.
When not at George Brown, Amy continues to practice at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, where she is a member of a multidisciplinary team providing clinical prosthetic treatment to both pediatric and adult clients. Prior to her time at Holland Bloorview, she was on staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in a similar role.
Amy holds a Masters of Science in Rehabilitation from McMaster University (2014) and an Honors Bachelors of Science (Kinesiology) from the University of Western Ontario (2007). As a component of her Masters degree, Amy published a Systematic Review focusing on the Prosthetic User's Individual Experience with Prosthetic Liners.
Amy volunteers her time with provincial and national professional organizations and is currently a Director with ISPO Canada (October 2015) and is the chair of the Residency and Internship Committee with Orthotics Prosthetics Canada. Amy continues to participate in research, act as a peer reviewer, and present at conferences and workshops to help further enhance the Prosthetic and Orthotic field.
Gordon Ruder
Gordon is an experienced Orthotist and Co-ordinator of the Prosthetic and Orthotic Program at George Brown College for the past 25 years. A graduate of the Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinical Methods program himself, Gordon has taught full time at George Brown and as a lecturer with the Toronto Rehab Institute. He has focused his career on the relationship between education, research and the technical and clinical aspects of orthotic practice, with a strong focus on evidence-based research.
When not teaching, Gordon has practiced at Boundless Biomechanical Bracing, with a strong focus on the lower limb orthotic management of pediatric cases with developmental disorders. He also practiced at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where he saw adult orthotic clients.
Gordon received both his Bachelors and Masters of Science from the University of Waterloo, graduating with an Honours Biology (1987) and Biomechanics (1989), which resulted in the publication of several significant papers on human gait and balance control.
Gordon has contributed at the national level serving the Canadian Board for Certification of Prosthetists and Orthotists as Chief Orthotic Examiner and was awarded a Fellowship for his contribution to his field. Internationally, he has contributed to publications educationally and professionally and has presented workshops and conferences globally to further show how devices and research are used in the field. With the recent addition of the Gait Lab at the Sunnybrook campus, clinically and technically applied P&O research is being done to enhance curriculum and further improve patient care.
Robert Stromer, Ph.D., BCBA-D
During the first 3.5 decades of his career, Robert was a school psychologist, educational consultant and program co-ordinator, mental health clinician, university teacher, and researcher. Published accounts of his work are mostly about research on stimulus control and derived performances in humans. He served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and The Behavior Analyst, and was both a board member and an associate editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. For the last 12 years, Robert's been teaching in George Brown College's behavioural science programs for undergraduates: he also supervised services for a classroom of children with autism. In areas of personal and professional development, his current interests concern matters of medical and health care, self-management, treatment adherence, behavior therapy, and today's mindfulness-based therapies and self-help practices. He maintains an ambitious program of self-experimentation on matters of health and wellness, coaches others in such practices, and pursues advanced studies and teacher certifications in mindfulness meditation and compassion. Going forward he hopes to share lessons learned from self-help investigations with college students, parents, and colleagues, and with peers who are enjoying old age as best they can.
