Faculty and staff directory

Business Manager
Room 316 ARTlab
rachelle.girard@umanitoba.ca

The Business Manager handles matters involving:

• Provides overall guidance and strategic direction on all Finance, Administrative and Facilities matters for both the DFOM and the SOA
• Projects financial commitments for the Faculty/School budgets
• Manages the financial forecasts for the DFOM and SOA
• Provides direction and supervision to Financial Assistants
• Oversees all financial operations SOA Gallery

HR Officer and Executive Assistant to the Director
Room 322 ARTlab
sarah.rout@umanitoba.ca⁣
1-431-335-4852

The HR Officer and Executive Assistant to the Director handles matters involving:

• Meeting requests for the Director
• Faculty member hiring
• Promotion and Tenure application
• Research Study Leave

Room 313 ARTlab
fineart@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9367

The Front Office handles matters involving:

• General inquiries
• Mail distribution
• Keys
• Student Evaluations
• Lockers

Events Coordinator 
Room 311 Taché Hall
⁣shannon.ralkie@umanitoba.ca
431-293-5436

The Events Coordinator⁣ handles matters involving:

• Internal & external event coordination, including exhibitions, student  & faculty events

Facilities Coordinator
Sue.StoneScott@umanitoba.ca

Student Advisor
Room 330 Taché
soadvise@umanitoba.ca
431-278-1464

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The Student Advisor handles matters involving:

• Academic standings
• Degree requirements for B.F.A. and Diploma
• Important deadlines: voluntary withdrawal, add/drop deadline, etc.
• Student registration
• Final exam conflicts
• Student registration
• Graduation verification and UM Achieve (Degree Audit)
• First-year Orientation

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Graduate Program assistant
Room 328 Taché
mfainfo@umanitoba.ca
431-278-1473

The Graduate Program Assistant handles matters involving:

• Meeting requests for Associate Director (Graduate Programs and Research)
• Degree requirements for M.F.A.
• Forms for Faculty of Graduate Studies
• M.F.A Registration
• Graduate Student Orientation

Communications Assistant
Room 318 ARTlab
cailyn.harrison@umanitoba.ca
1-431-338-3954

The Communications Coordinator handles matters involving:

• Changes/additions/corrections to the website
• News stories
• SoA Today
• Social media
• Events and exhibition promotion

Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator
Room 331 Taché
Louella.Yambot@umanitoba.ca
431-293-5431

The Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator handles matters involving:

• Admissions and applications to the B.F.A - Studio, B.F.A - Art History, and Diploma in Art programs
• Portfolio workshops
• Facilities tour
• Recruitment activities and events
• Scholarships, awards, and bursaries

Financial Assistant
Room 493 Taché
soa.financial@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7801

The Financial Assistant handles matters involving:

• Payroll for SOA and DFOM
• Reconciles start up research fund accounts for new faculty members
• Coordinates processing of airfare bookings, expense reports and accountable advances for all faculty and staff
• Processes purchase requisitions and VISA orders for supplies, equipment and endowment fund purchases
• Processing journal entries reconciliation
• Processing P-Card and Travel card reconciliations for faculty and staff

LAN Coordinator
Room 335 ARTlab
franc.fernandez@umanitoba.ca
1-431-277-6497

The LAN Coordinator handles matters involving:

• IT support
• Questions regarding computer applications and issues

Digital Technician
Room 335 ARTlab
Trevor.Baziuk@umanitoba.ca
1-431-374-1942

The Digital Technician handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to large format and digital printing

Photography Technician
Room T149 Taché Hall
Kristiane.Church@umanitoba.ca
1-431-374-4623

The Photography Technician handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to photography

Print Media Technician
Room 416 ARTlab
Dan.Dellagnese@umanitoba.ca
1-431-374-4280

The Print Media Technician handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to print-making

jonathan.feschuk@umanitoba.ca

The Woodshop Technician handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to the woodshop.

Sculpture Technician
Room 110 Sculpture
Shelley.Mccafferty@umanitoba.ca
1-431-374-7336

The Sculpture Techniciann handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to sculpture

Video Technician
ashkan.nejadebrahimi@umanitoba.ca

The Video Technician handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to video

Ceramics Technician
candice.ring@umanitoba.ca
431.293.5459

The Ceramics Technician handles matters involving:

• Fields faculty, staff and student questions about technical processes relating to ceramics

Room 212 ARTlab
gallery@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9405

The Director/Curator handles matters involving:

• Oversees the day to day operations of the School of Art Gallery
• Develops and implements the curatorial vision for the School of Art Gallery, by producing exhibitions, publications, and other programming
• Manages the Gallery budget and applies for funding to support Gallery initiatives and programming
• Oversees the development and care of the School of Art Gallery Permanent Collection

Room 213 ARTlab
c.w.brooks@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8980

The Registrar/Preparator handles matters involving:

• Ensures that artworks, both temporary and permanently under the care of the School of Art Gallery and/or University of Manitoba receive proper care and maintenance while being transported, in storage or on display
• Maintains a comprehensive database of artworks in School of Art and University of Manitoba Collections
• Receives new artworks and assists with the acquisition process
• With the Gallery Technician, coordinates, prepares, installs and dismantles exhibitions and display of artworks in the School of Art Gallery and across the University of Manitoba campuses

Room 214 ARTlab
gallery@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9322

The Administrative Assistant handles matters involving:

• Answers public inquiries and research requests about the Gallery, its programs, and its Collections
• Assists with the general administration of the gallery, including drafting contracts, letters of agreement, loan agreements, deeds of gift, and insurance valuations.
• Coordinates travel, accommodations, and remuneration for artists and guest curators
• Assists the Director/Curator with research projects, and funding applications

Room 210 ARTlab
glen.johnson@umanitoba.ca
1-431-374-0318

The Gallery Technician handles matters involving:

• With the Registrar/Preparator coordinates, prepares, installs and dismantles exhibitions and display of artworks in the School of Art Gallery and across the University of Manitoba campuses
• Coordinates shipping and receiving of artworks
• Constructs or contracts the construction of crates, plinths, and temporary walls for exhibition and transport of artworks
• Monitors and maintains Gallery facilities and equipment

liv.valmestad@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8447

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