General Advisory Committee
Goal: To increase the effectiveness and sustainability of the Algonquin College harm reduction strategy. To reduce the harms associated with students’ use of alcohol and other drugs.
Objectives:
- The members are to represent support staff, administrative staff, faculty. and students regarding their experiences with student substance use on campus.
- To provide feedback about the project and to discover new ideas that may be implemented into the project.
- To support the sustainability and effectiveness of the harm reduction project, to increase staff and faculty commitment and awareness of the strategy. To promote the AC Umbrella Project amongst departments and colleagues.
- To encourage and support the participation of Algonquin College in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA).
- To engage key decision makers to support the harm reduction strategy.
| 2015 – 2016 GAC – General Advisory Committee Members | |
| Amanda Neilson | Harm Reduction Consultant |
| Polly Leonard | Harm Reduction Project Manager |
| Ben Bridgstock | Manager, Counselling Services |
| Jeff Agate | Associate Director, Student Support Services |
| Joanne McDonald | Manager, Health Services |
| Patricia Eng | Acting Emergency Management Coordinator |
| Earl Green | Manager: Security Services |
| Melissa Spears | Counsellor |
| Jackie Tenute | Aboriginal Counsellor |
| Shawna Davis | Counsellor, Perth Campus |
| Sandra Fraser Pross | Disabilities Counsellor |
| Carmen Hust | Coordinator Phase One RPN to BScN Program Nursing Professor |
| Sandra McCormick | Chair, Wellness Research & Innovation |
| Rami Farhat | Director, Students’ Association |
| Annie Thomlinson | Manager, Marketing and Communications Students’ Association |
| Martha Marr | Project Manager, First Generation/Youth/ Crown Ward and Applied Research and Innovation |
| Jessica Ruttan | Creative & Technical Designer, the AC Hub |
| Catherine Sugrue | Health Promotion Educator, Health Services |
| Justine Marie Soepboer | Health Promotion Educator, Health Services |
| Brittanie Walker – Reid | Residence Life Manager |
| Cindy Bradley | Professor and Field Placement Coordinator for Fitness and Health Promotion Program |
| Sherry Poirier | Professor, School of Nursing |
| Alicia George | International Student Advisor, International Education Centre |
| Brandon Jodoin | Centre Brandon Jodoin Child and Youth Worker Student Placement – Residence |
| Josh Ryant | CYW Student Placement – Residence |