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New Seneca Board Chair
Seneca’s Board of governors has elected Bill
Hogarth as Chair for a two-year term effective
September 1.
Bill Hogarth takes over the position from Helen
Hayward, whose term as chair ended in August.
Recently retired, Mr. Hogarth was the Director of
Education for the York Region District School Board
since 1993. Previously, he served as a superintendent
of schools in the former North York Board of
Education for more than 10 years. Mr. Hogarth
has dedicated his working life to teaching and the
principle of lifelong learning. He joined the Board in
2007 and previously served as Vice-Chair.
Members elected as Vice Chairs are:
Bill Hogarth
Denise Cole - is an Assistant Deputy Minister with
the Ontario Ministry of Children & Youth Services,
where she is leading an independent commission to reform the province’s child
welfare system. Prior to that, she was a Partner with StrategyCorp Inc., a
government relations and public affairs firm. Ms. Cole joined the Board in 2005
and has served as Vice-Chair since 2009.
Richard Goyder - is Vice-President, Portfolio Management and Credit Strategy at
Royal Bank of Canada. Before joining Royal Bank, he worked as an executive and
consultant for a number of large financial institutions in the United Kingdom and
Canada. Mr. Goyder joined the Board in 2008.
Ashif Somani - is a Partner with BDO Dunwoody. Mr. Somani has more than 20
years of experience providing audit, management and business advisory services
to a wide variety of clients. As a member of BDO’s Quality Assurance team, he is
responsible for establishing and monitoring quality standards for the firm’s
accounting and auditing practices. Mr. Somani joined the Board in 2008.
New members
Oscar Bobadilla - is in his fifth semester of the Computer Engineering Technology
program. During his studies at Seneca, Mr. Bobadilla has been actively involved in
the College community. Prior to his election as the Student Representative on the
Board of Governors, Mr. Bobadilla served as the President of the Seneca Student
Federation. In this role, he led the student council, co-ordinated campus events
and helped voice student concerns.
Thomas Carrique - is a Superintendent with York Regional Police. Mr. Carrique
has been with York Regional Police since 1990 and currently serves as the officerin-charge
of staff services, which includes recruiting, training, professional
development and human resources. He has also been a Special Investigation Unit
Liaison officer and the officer-in-charge of the Oranized Crime Bureau.
Case Ootes - is the elected Councillor for Ward 29, Toronto-Danforth. Mr. Ootes
entered municipal politics as an East York councillor in 1988. He was elected to
Metro Council in 1994 and to the amalgamated City of Toronto in 1997. Mr. Ootes
was then appointed as the first deputy mayor of Toronto, a position he held for six
years.
Mike Shaver - is Vice-President of Engineering for Mozilla Corporation. Throughout
his career, Mr. Shaver has demonstrated a tremendous commitment to helping
people understand, build, and benefit from an open source community, where
software is shared among individuals and organizations. Beginning his career as a
developer, he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually gained Internet fame
as a founding member of the Mozilla Organization in 1998.
David Tsubouchi - is the Chairman and Founder of Deduce International Markets
Inc. He was previously an Associate Counsel with Miller Thomson LLP. Mr.
Tsubouchi brings a wealth of experience from the public sector as an elected
official municipally and provincially. He served as Ontario’s Solicitor General and
went on to hold a number of ministerial portfolios including Minister of Culture,
Consumer and Commercial Relations and Community and Social Services.
MBA FroM PAgE 1.
enrolled in the Financial Services Management
program — a four-year bachelor’s degree that prepares
students for careers in financial services fields.
Abdul was accepted to other university business and
financial degree programs, but decided on Seneca’s
Financial Services Management program because of its
hands-on focus and the potential to earn professional
designations. His decision proved to be the right one, and
even before he graduated Abdul was hired by CIBC.
He has worked as a personal banker for more than two
years and was responsible for providing financial advice
to customers. It’s a position he excelled at and one that
earned him the award of top personal banker for his
region.
“That’s been the career highlight for me so far,” he
Abdul Ansari
says. “It’s based on a number of different metrics and it is very hard to win because you
are competing against the best bankers in a given area.”
Abdul plans to carry his success from the office to the classroom when he starts his
MBA program.
“I am really glad I made the decision to come here. A lot of my friends who took
business programs at university are still looking for a job. I on the other hand have a
couple of years of work experience and am attending an MBA program in the fall. So I’m
very happy I went to Seneca.”
To learn more about Seneca’s Financial Services Management program, visit
http://www.senecac.on.ca/fulltime/FSM.html. To learn more about Seneca’s pathways to
further education, visit http://www.senecac.on.ca/degreetransfer/guide/
Trading the office
for the fire hall
Tenille Biro is working her way up a new ladder.
After more than 10 years earning a living
in the world of computer technology,
this 30-year-old traded in her office for
the fire hall as one of the newest
firefighters for Markham Fire and
Emergency Services.
“This is a dream come true,” Tenille
says. “It’s hard work, but I love what I’m
doing.”
During high school, Tenille thought
about pursuing a career as a firefighter
but put that idea on the back burner
after convincing herself it was an
occupation only fit for men.
Instead she went to work as an
administrative assistant for a computer
technology company, where she quickly
learned on the job and worked her way
up to the position of IT Forensic Analyst.
Although she enjoyed the challenge of
her job, Tenille desired more.
A conversation with her brother-inlaw,
who is a firefighter, convinced her
to make a career change and led her to
Seneca’s Firefighter, Pre-Service
Education and Training program.
Once in the program, Tenille knew she
had found her true calling.
“At first I had reservations, I admit.
Could I physically do it? Would I get
along with everyone? Could I run into a
burning building? These were the types
of questions that were going through
my head. I realized I could do all these
things and had such a passion for it.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF ADRIEN VECzAN
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The road to becoming a firefighter
wasn’t an easy one for Tenille.
In order to pay for her tuition, she
continued to work full-time while
taking all of the program’s courses in the
evening.
Her weekends were also spent at Seneca
for hands-on live fire training, and
any spare time she did have, Tenille used
it to study, train and volunteer in the
community. So when she was
offered a position with Markham Fire &
Emergency Services before graduation,
it came as no surprise to her professors
or classmates who witnessed her strong
work ethic.
To get the job, Tenille had to pass a
fitness test, two rounds of interviews and
15 weeks of intensive training.
She currently spends her days at
Station 91, located between Bayview
Avenue and John Street in Markham,
where she is always ready to be called
into action.
“Waiting for that call for help is
the hardest part of the job,” she says.
“As a firefighter you are serving the
people of your community and helping
them when they are in their most
dire straights. When they hear those
sirens and see that big red truck coming
around the corner it’s a relief to them
and it is a gratifying experience knowing
you have done your part to help. For me,
there’s no better job in the world.”
giving it
While she was making women’s hockey history,
Angela attended Seneca College’s Recreation
Facilities Management program in the early 1980s.
Currently, she is responsible for the
administration and co-ordination of sports and
recreation leagues at the College. During her studies
at Seneca, Angela established herself as one of the
top Ontario College Athletics Association (OCAA)
players.
She was a three-time OCAA scoring leader and
MVP and reached the 50 goal mark in the 1984-
85 season, while playing defence. For her athletic
accomplishments, Angela was twice named Seneca
Angela James
Female Athlete of the Year. Upon graduation, Seneca retired Angela’s sweater and
she was inducted into the Seneca Varsity Hall of Fame. In 2004, she was honoured
by the College and was presented with the Seneca College Distinguished Alumni
Award.
The official Hockey Hall of Fame inductions are scheduled to take place on
November 8 in Toronto.
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