Jonna Spadafore is currently a Part-Time Professor at Algonquin College in the Recreation and Leisure Services department. When Jonna is not teaching, she is working as a Residence Life Coordinator at the Algonquin College Residence. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Recreation and Sport Business from the University of Waterloo where she was involved in student life from the beginning of her Waterloo journey. Jonna’s passion for recreation was enhanced she was worked in the campus athletics’ department each year during her 5 year degree, from administrative staff to intramural convener. In addition her UWaterloo experience, Jonna had an opportunity to work for a semester at George Brown College as their campus Athletics’ Coordinator. Aside from her education and campus experience, Jonna brings knowledge from the tourism field where she worked in Whistler, BC at a zipline adventure company, as well as a vast range of event management experience.
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Jennifer Sterne has been a professor at Algonquin College since 1999, teaching in a variety of programs, including Recreation and Leisure Services. Therapeutic Recreation, General Arts and Science and Applied Science and Technology.
Jennifer has a BAH/Psychology from Queen’s University then completed the Recreation Therapy Graduate Certificate at Georgian College. As a Registered Recreation Therapist, Jennifer began working in group homes and community services in Kingston. In Ottawa she worked with adults and children with communication disorders and special needs. Jennifer spent much of her career as the Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator with the City of Ottawa managing, designing and implementing recreation programs for adults and children with developmental and physical disabilities.
Jennifer is extremely passionate about creating positive learning environments and student engagement in her courses, which include Therapeutic Recreation, Statistics, Essential Skills for Success, Fitness/Health and Dynamics of Addictions. In 2018 Jennifer developed the Therapeutic Recreation Graduate Certificate for Algonquin College and was thrilled to welcome the first cohort in Sept 2019. Jennifer was nominated for the Diane Bloor Part-time Faculty Achievement Award in 2017.
For the last 25 years Jennifer has been an active member of her professional association Therapeutic Recreation Ontario, as well as volunteering as the Membership Coordinator for her local chapter. As the Membership Coordinator for the 2018 TRO conference in Ottawa, she was a part of a team which hosted over 300 delegates.
From 2006-2009 Jennifer was fortunate to live near Paris, France with her family. A monumental experience she loves to share!
Kevin Lee is a full-time faculty member at Algonquin College teaching in the Recreation and Leisure Services program since 2001. Kevin has over 25 years of experience in the field of public and private recreation with Algonquin College, the City of Nepean, the City of Ottawa and the Thunderbird Golf and Athletic Club.
Kevin is a graduate from the University of Ottawa, with an undergraduate degree in Social Sciences (Honours) in Recreation with a minor in Public Policy and Public Management. He also has a Master of Arts degree in Human Kinetics, Sports Administration from the University of Ottawa. Kevin has taught many of the courses in the recreation programs specializing in community development, recreation leadership, recreation programming, sociology of sport and leisure, risk management in sports and recreation, and trends in recreation and leisure services. Kevin is excited to engage to students in learning about the importance of recreation and wellness in our daily lives. He uses a variety of teaching methods, serves as a role model for students and engages them in community development projects on campus and in the local community. Kevin was a nominee for the 2016 Laurent Isabelle Award which recognizes excellence and innovation in teaching.
Kevin and his students were instrumental in creating, planning, organizing and delivering on the construction of the AC Ice Court on the campus of Algonquin College.
Kevin is also a member of Parks and Recreation Ontario – http://prontario.org/ ,the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, High 5 – http://www.highfive.org/ and the Ontario Recreation Facilities Association – http://www.orfa.com/
Kevin had the privilege of completing a sabbatical working with the Township of Beckwith’s Recreation Department from January 2012-January 2013. Kevin has partnered with Beckwith Township and coordinates the annual Beckwith Hockey Camp each summer.
Kevin is a founding member and Executive Board member of the Rural Recreation Association (RRA) serving Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Counties – http://www.healthyllg.org/physicalactivity.html
Kevin is also heavily involved in his community coaching competitively in hockey http://apmha.org/ , soccer – http://almontesoccer.com/ and basketball.
He is also a board member with the Naismith Basketball Association and is Co-Chair of the annual Naismith 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament held in Almonte http://www.naismithbasketball.ca/. Kevin has been a community builder working with local community organizations in promoting and growing the sport of basketball in Almonte. He also had the privilege to be involved with the NBA Cares Project where a community park and basketball court was re-vitalized – http://millstonenews.com/2016/02/nba-posts-video-about-almontes-basketball-connection.html
He has also served as executive board member with the Dr. James Naismith Foundation http://naismithbasketballfoundation.com/.
Patsy is a graduate of Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. Upon graduation, she started working in the Recreation field in the private sector and then at the municipal level. After teaching Physical Education at Sir John A McDonald High School in Halifax, Patsy spent ten years at Mount Saint Vincent University as the Head Coach for Women’s Basketball and Soccer. She is a Master Coach Developer with the Coaching Association of Canada in their Coach Education Program. Patsy began teaching part-time in the Paramedic and Police Programs, and wrote the General Education Course, Victimology. She took on a new role at Algonquin as the Student Success Specialist for the Faculty of Health, Public Safety and Community Studies in 2008, and began teaching full-time in the Recreation Program in 2009.