Faculty and staff directory

Business Manager
Room 316 ARTlab
kanchana.Sankaranayanan@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7240

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 Daniel and Carlos
• Oversees all financial operations SOA Gallery

HR Officer and Executive Assistant to the Director
Room 322 ARTlab
sarah.rout@umanitoba.ca⁣
204-474-9164

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

Director’s Office Assistant⁣
Room 320 ARTlab
⁣shannon.ralkie@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8660

The Director’s Office Assistant⁣ handles matters involving:

• Meeting requests for the Associate Director (Undergraduate Programs)
• TA/Grader/Marker hiring
• Research Assistant hiring
• Model hiring
• Monitor hiring

Jean, Borbridge, Gallery Education Coordinator

Room 255 ARTlab
fineart@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9367

The Front Office handles matters involving:

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

Facilities Coordinator
Sue.StoneScott@umanitoba.ca

Student Advisor
Room 330 Taché
soadvise@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8294

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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
204-474-6036

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

Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator
Louella.yambot@umanitoba.ca

The Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator handles matters involving:

• Applications

Communications Coordinator
Room 318 ARTlab
cailyn.harrison@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8570

The Communications Coordinator handles matters involving:

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

Financial Administrator
Room 491 Taché
easha.meryum@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8062

The Financial Administrator handles matters involving:

• Monthly reconciliations for DFOM and SOA
• Budget transfers
• Monitors budgets
• Grant administration by providing support to faculty members and Business Manager, SOA/DFOM
• Manages faculty members’ Travel and Expense Allocations
• In coordination with the Business Manager, SOA/DFOM assists in the budget administration
• Processes payments to individuals
• Processes non-employment payment to employees

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
204-474-8801

The LAN Coordinator handles matters involving:

• IT support
• Questions regarding computer applications and issues

Digital Technician
Room 335 ARTlab
Trevor.Baziuk@umanitoba.ca
204-474-8801

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
204-474-8977

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
204-474-7457

The Print Media Technician handles matters involving:

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

Woodshop Technician
Room 416 ARTlab
Shelley.Mccafferty@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7262

The Woodshop Technician handles matters involving:

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

Ceramics and Sculpture Technician
Room 110 Ceramics/sculpture
Christopher.Pancoe@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7404

The Ceramics and Sculpture Technician handles matters involving:

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

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 255 ARTlab
jean.borbridge@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9367

The Education Coordinator handles matters involving:

• Develops and presents events, including artist and curator talks, workshops, and community programs
• Facilitates formal and informal tours of exhibitions

Room 210 ARTlab
glen.johnson@umanitoba.ca

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