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NSCC Foundation Members
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Tim Brownlow Don Bureaux Jennifer Gillivan Gordon Laing George MacLean |
Joan Penney Jennifer Robichaud Barry Saunders Gordon Shupe |
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Don Bureaux
Don Bureaux, President of Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), is an experienced leader dedicated to the education of adult learners throughout Nova Scotia. His background includes teaching, program development and administration, and collaborating with educational institutions around the globe to create successful learning opportunities for students.
Prior to joining NSCC, Don was the Assistant Director of the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship (ACSBE) at Acadia University as well as a Lecturer in the F.C. Manning School of Business. Don first joined NSCC in July 2004 as the Manager of Administrative Services for the Halifax Campuses. In May, 2005, Don became Principal of the Kingstec Campus; Vice President, People & Planning in August 2008; Vice President, Academic in August 2009, Acting President in June 2010 and, most recently, President in April 2011.
Don has been working with adult learners for over 20 years within colleges and universities as well as with national and international professional designation granting bodies. He has collaborated with educational institutions in North America, Europe and Asia in the researching and implementation of entrepreneurial cultures as a foundation for learning-centered environments and student success. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences and has worked with a number of foreign educational institutions and governmental bodies in the development of success-based models for both students and staff within post-secondary institutions.
Don has worked with the boards and staff of numerous not-for-profit organizations in Nova Scotia in the areas of board governance, policy development and strategic planning.
Don holds a certificate in Adult Education and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University. He earned his Masters in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University. Don is a Certified General Accountant and holds an international designation as a Certified Business Counsellor through the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
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Jennifer Gillivan
Jennifer Gillivan was born and educated in Dublin Ireland and immigrated in 1982 to Canada. Jennifer has held various positions including; Executive Director of the Burlington Downtown Business Commission, consultant for several non-profit organizations, Manager of Corporate Fundraising for the IWK Health Centre, before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1998 as the first partnership executive in Canada. Jennifer has grown the partnership strategy and practice at the CBC across Canada and held the position as National Executive In Charge Of Partnerships for CBC Television, CBC Radio and cbc.ca. Currently Jennifer is the Director of Partnerships & Communications, Brand & Promotion for the CBC Centres across Canada.
Jennifer, an active community volunteer currently is the past Chair for the Atlantic Film Festival Association, member of the only Civilian Navy Committee in Canada. Jennifer was past board member on the IWK Foundation Board, The RNSYS Board of Directors, Kids Help Phone, Neptune Theatre, Festival of Trees for Nova Scotia Hospital Foundation, Success by Six United Way Campaign to name a few.
Jennifer won two CBC English Television Awards for her pioneer work with the partnership practice, The Halifax Ambassador Award and the Halifax Women of Excellence Award.
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Jennifer Robichaud
Jennifer Robichaud is the director of corporate resource development at Innovacorp, an organization enabling innovative early stage Nova Scotia companies to accelerate commercialization of their technologies and increase competitiveness in export markets. In this role, Jennifer focuses on human resources management, and facilitates annual business planning activities and corporate governance. Further, as part of Innovacorp's start-up business mentoring offering, Jennifer extends both tactical and strategic human resources management advice to client companies.
Jennifer joined Innovacorp in August 2009, bringing with her over 13 years of regional and global human resources management experience.
Most recently, Jennifer was the senior human resources business partner, for the Atlantic provinces for BMO Financial Group. In this role, she was responsible for ensuring human resources policies and procedures were implemented consistently across all BMO Financial facilities in the Atlantic Provinces for over 800 employees. Working with the senior management team, she developed several human resources strategies and a succession plan.
Prior to this, Jennifer was the global human resources manager at Flagstone Reinsurance, ensuring the company was in compliance with the employment laws of each country from which employees were hired. Jennifer also spent eight years with ExxonMobil Canada in a variety of increasingly senior positions, and a member of the eastern Canada senior leadership team.
Jennifer holds a bachelor of science degree with a major in psychology from Mount Saint Vincent University and an advanced diploma in human resources from the Nova Scotia Community College. Since 2000, she has been a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP).
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