The START-Ed Advisory Council
Our Advisory Council includes representatives of partner organizations and the research team and will help to guide the project as it moves forward. Key responsibilities include informing the research directions and priorities, setting up the governance structure and determining how all members will work together, communicating with the broader partnership, and reflecting on ways to increase the scholarly and societal impact of the research.
From Left: David Zarifa, David Walters, Robin Liu Hopson, Rob Brown, Jackie Pichette, Gillian Parekh, George Tam, Christine Mishra
Missing: Jeffrey Napierala, Caroline Duvieusart-Déry
Current Advisory Council Members
Dr. David Walters
START-Ed Project Director
University of Guelph
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
George Tam
Toronto District School Board
Research Coordinator
Dr. Jeffrey Napierala
The Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer
Senior Researcher
Jackie Pichette
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
Director of Policy, Research, and Partnerships
People for Education
Dr. Rob Brown
START-Ed Co-Investigator
York University
Adjunct Professor of Education
Dr. Gillian Parekh
START-Ed Co-Investigator
York University
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education
Dr. David Zarifa
START-Ed Co-Investigator
Nipissing University
Professor of Sociology
Past Members of Advisory Council
Christine Mishra
START-Ed Project Manager
Caroline Duvieusart-Déry
Community Engaged Scholarship Institute
Dr. Robin Liu Hopson
People for Education
Rod Missaghian
The Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer
Amie Presley
Toronto District School Board
Henrique Hon
The Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer
