Dr. Natalie Currie-Patterson

Associate Director,
Educational Development
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Natalie joined the CPI team in July 2019 but has spent a great deal of time on the Brock Campus throughout her educational career as both student and instructor. As an educational developer Natalie works to support TAs and faculty members explore their teaching style while acquiring valuable instructional skills. Natalie has an interest in the ways research, teaching, and learning can operate to support moves towards truth, reconciliation, equity, and social justice rooted in relationship and community. She is excited “to forge connections between theory and practice to support transformative education.”

Contact me about:

• CPI Programs and Workshops
• Teaching Dossier Consultations
• Course Design
• Assessment Design
• Instructional Strategies for your classroom

Kosar Dakhilalian

Educational Developer
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Kosar joined CPI team in August 2023 after having graduated from Brock University’s master in Comparative Literature and Arts. Kosar has a background in Drama. In addition to being a TA at Dramatic Arts Department at Brock, she has a keen interest in performance and pedagogy. Kosar offers support and consultation for open education and open educational resources (OER). Kosar has a passion for teaching and finds joy in connecting with people and supporting them.

Contact me about:

• Open Pedagogy

• Open Educational Resources

• Pressbooks

Melanie Elliott

Manager,
Educational Technologies
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Melanie has been a casual member of the CPI team in an Educational Technologies support and research capacity since 2016, joining the team full-time in 2020 when she became the Project Coordinator for the LMS Review. Now, as the Manager of Educational Technologies she supports her team with faculty consultations, liaises with third-party integration vendors, and coordinates the transition from Sakai to Brightspace. Melanie’s background is in qualitative research and evaluation which fostered her love for complicated questions and listening to people’s stories, preferably over a hot cup of coffee.

Contact me about:

• Brightspace
• Educational Technologies
• …and how they might work better together

Ann Gagné

Senior Educational Developer,
Accessibility and Inclusion
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Dr. Ann Gagné (she/her) has over 12 years’ experience in instructional design, curriculum, and educational development. As Senior Educational Developer, Accessibility & Inclusion, Ann supports accessible pedagogical considerations in course, assessment, and learning activity design, as well as resource selection. She works to foster educational communities and spaces where disabled learners’, faculty, and staff lived experience is acknowledged and supported.

Contact me about:

• Universal Design for Learning
• Inclusive Classrooms
• Accommodations in Teaching and Assessment
• Accessibility in teaching, learning, and social media

Mario Guerrero

Educational Developer
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Mario joined the CPI team in January 2025 and brings over a decade of experience in higher education, specializing in social justice education, curriculum design, teaching, and project management. His work across institutions in Canada, the U.S., England, Germany, and Colombia demonstrates his dedication to fostering excellence in education. Mario has led major international conferences, developed innovative curricula, and supported diverse learners and teacher candidates. A passionate advocate for equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigeneity (EDII), he has designed and delivered impactful sessions participants, focusing on topics such as inclusion, allyship and reconciliation. Holding a PhD in education, language, and diversity, Mario employs an interdisciplinary approach to transformative learning, emphasizing the pivotal role of language in effecting positive change.

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• Inclusive Pedagogies
• Course Design

Nurbek Imangazin

Educational Technologies Developer
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Nurbek joined the CPI team in early 2020. As an Educational Technologies Developer, Nurbek supports existing educational technology infrastructure, ensures system reliability, expands software functional capabilities, and helps advance the teaching and learning practices through emerging contemporary technologies.

Contact me about:

• Teams Live Events
• Educational Technology Development
• Computational Logic
• Computers talking to other computers about teaching and learning (APIs)

Jennifer Kopczinski

Curriculum & Quality Enhancement Manager
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Jennifer joined the CPI team in 2018 and has been a member of the Brock community since 2012. She supports departments in curriculum projects aimed at designing or re-envisioning program learning outcomes, program pathways, and course alignment to support student learning and incorporate aligned and high impact teaching practices. This includes supporting programs through the IQAP cyclical academic review process and new program proposals. You will often find her supporting faculty and staff on curriculum mapping projects. In her words, “teaching and learning is an adventure … and every journey benefits from a map.”

Contact me about:

• IQAP cyclical academic review
• New program proposals
• Program redesign and renewal
• Curriculum mapping
• Program learning outcomes

Stuart McCulley

Educational Technologies Support Assistant
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Stuart joined the CPI team in November 2022 after having graduated from Brock University’s Interactive Arts and Science program in June. Stuart took a liking to the art of storytelling throughout his studies, so as an Educational Technologies Support Assistant he is very interested in an instructor’s journey to educate their students and how various technologies can fit into their story. Stuart finds daily inspiration among his CPI peers, who reach above and beyond to provide solutions and support to the university community.

Contact me about:

• Brightspace
• Microsoft Teams
• Nostalgic reflections on being a student in Sakai

Oya Pakkal

Research Associate
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As a PhD graduate student in the Department of Psychology, Oya brings her expertise in research and writing about inclusive design to support the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation.

Anne Readhead

Educational Developer
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Dr. Anne Readhead joined the CPI Team in May 2020. Anne supports TAs and Faculty with their development of instructional skills including pedagogical growth and creativity. “Being a part of the Brock community is such a fascinating experience; as we learn and grow together towards a progressive and better academic space for everyone.”

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• Instructional Design
• Curriculum Mapping
• TA and Faculty Workshops

Gareth Seymour

Educational Technologist
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Gareth joined the CPI team in January 2022 and has almost a decade of public experience in helping tear down the barriers of technology use, be they perceived or actual. He sees it as his duty to empower others through understanding and is excited to assist with enhancing any and all aspects of the learning experience at Brock.

Contact me about:

• Brightspace
• EdTech Help Documentation
• Microsoft Teams
• Asynchronous video production

Wanda Gilmore

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Wanda has been CPI’s Resource Coordinator since 2003. In a support staff role, she values being part of a great team, including faculty, staff and students with a common focus on teaching and learning. In her words: “Working collaboratively with groups across campus and connecting people to resources that enhance teaching and learning at Brock University is both gratifying and fulfilling – that is why I’m still here after 16 years.”

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• On Secondment to OSSTF until 2024