It is with mixed emotions that I share that Heather Lowry has accepted an exciting new role as Associate Dean, Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Mohawk College.

Heather became full-time faculty in 2004, when she began as Program Coordinator for the 2-year Advertising and Graphic Design diploma. Over the years Heather has contributed significantly to numerous initiatives at Humber, as she continued to take on ever more complex projects and roles, from chairing Showcase through spearheading the development of a 3-year advanced diploma and simultaneously serving as PC to two programs until 2011.

Through her innovative thinking and administrative strength, she became Associate Dean of the New Media and IT cluster of programming in 2012. She supported groups of faculty through a variety of structural changes and by serving as the AD of different program clusters including Interaction Design (IDC), and Music and Fine Arts (MFA).

In 2022 she joined the Innovative Learning team as the Associate Dean of Digital Learning. Heather was integral to our success in supporting faculty in migrating their courses to Blackboard Ultra, to deepening our connection and relationship with our colleagues in ITS, and in supporting a new approach to building online courses.

Although Heather will be much missed by Innovative Learning and the broader Humber community, we wish her much success in this next stage of her professional journey. You can share your good wishes with her and by joining myself and the Innovative Learning team for a light pizza lunch on August 14 at 11:30 a.m. in D201 at North Campus.

Dawn Macaulay
Dean, Innovative Learning