I am delighted to announce the permanent appointment of Melanie Chai as the Associate Director, Advising & Career Services. Melanie has significantly advanced a number of the advising objectives since she took on the role on an acting basis more than a year ago, not the least of which was the roll out of the Hub & Spoke model that saw the Career & Student Success Advisors from the Academic & Career Success Centre imbedded into the Academic Schools three days per week.

Under her leadership, the Advising & Career Services team has been working diligently with their Academic partners to support early intervention activities. Melanie brings to this role more than 10 years of experience in the post-secondary sector. During her time at Humber Melanie has played a critical role as Manager, Peer Assisted Learning Supports and has led key process and service improvements in that unit including a renewal of our Learning Skills Workshops which now includes live-streaming, new online tools to better facilitate tutoring, the elimination of the tutoring fee, and the implementation of a new approach to notetaking, always with the aim of reducing barriers to students accessing support when they need it. Melanie completed her studies at York University receiving a Bachelor of Science with a specialization in Psychology as well as a Bachelor of Education. Melanie is currently a candidate for Masters of Education in Language, Culture and Teaching and due to convocate this upcoming June.  As a teaching assistant in the Urban Diversity Program, she handled placements for teacher candidates, a role that deepened her understanding of how to design learning programs for equity and inclusion. Melanie brings to this new role a depth of knowledge about student development, student learning and educational design. She has a proven record of accomplishment in advancing new and creative programs and services aimed at helping students thrive.

Please join me in congratulating her on her appointment to this role.

Chantal Joy
Director, Advising & Student Academic Support