Research Committee

What We Do

To serve as an engine of CEWIL Canada in the development and execution of its strategic vision by:

• developing and supporting a community of Canadian CEWIL researchers,
• coordinating the national CEWIL research agenda through connections provincially, nationally and internationally,
• serving as a resource hub for CEWIL research and researchers,
• providing evidence-based research to inform Board and committee decisions for the CEWIL community, and
• increasing the profile of CEWIL research through a variety of communication channels locally, nationally and internationally.

Any questions about CEWIL Research or if you want to find out how you can be more involved, please email [email protected].

Upcoming Opportunities 

Research Grant and Award 

• Next application deadline: April 2022 

Ashley Stirling, Ph.D. (she/her)

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream & Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs, 
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, 
University of Toronto 

Charlene Marion

Executive Director 
CEWIL Canada 
 

Christine Arsenault, MA (she/her)

Managing Director, Management & Management Co-op
Department of Management
University of Toronto Scarborough

Ms. Shabnam (Shay) Surjitsingh Ivković, PEng (ON)

Manager – International Co-op Mobility
Co-operative Education, University of Waterloo

Tanya Behrisch, PhD 

Director, Work Integrated Learning (Acting)
Simon Fraser University

Hayden Woodley, MSc, PhD, CPHR (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
Organizational Behaviour
Ivey Business School at Western University

Board Representative: Tony Slade

Experienced Co-operative Education Coordinator
College of the North Atlantic

Rachel Stewart, MA (she/her)

Evaluation, Reporting and Support Specialist
Office of Experiential Learning
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
University of Calgary

Co-Chair: Dr. Nancy Johnson

Vice Provost Students and International, Pro Tem and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University

Vice Chair, WACE

Chad Munday PhD, MBA

Academic Chair 
Loyalist College of Applied Arts & Technology

Alice O'Carroll, MA (she/her/herself)

Director, Career Development and Cooperative Education

McMaster University

Cora Dupuis, M.Ed (she/her)

Co-operative Education Program Coordinator

Brandon University

Earl Anderson, M.Ed. (he/him)

Co-op Coordinator
BCIT - British Columbia Institute of Technology (Biotechnology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering)

Sean Elliott, CCDP, MEd

Regional Associate Director, Central
CEWIL Canada

Co-Chair: Andrea Sator, MA, PhD. (she/her)

David Drewery (he/him)

Senior Research Associate
Work-Learn Institute 

University of Waterloo