Faculty Directory
Ron Stansfield
BSc (McMaster University), MA (University of Toronto), PhD (York University)
Justice Studies
Dr. Ron Stansfield has been teaching at the University of Guelph Humber since 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. Dr. Stansfield was the original Program Head of the Justice Studies Program and a founding member of the University. Prior to joining the University of Guelph, he was a faculty member at Humber College for 17 years. Before becoming an academic, Dr. Stansfield was a Peel Regional Police Officer, Ontario Human Rights Officer and a Probation and Parole Officer for Ontario. He received the Professor of the Year Award in 2005, Faculty Appreciation Award in 2008 and the Faculty Mentoring Award in 2017. His research interests include policing, capital punishment, and Contact Theory.
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Hugh Stevenson
Justice and Public Safety
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Mark Stoiko
BA (University of Toronto), MA (York University)
Business
Mark Stoiko joined the University of Guelph-Humber in 2013. Stoiko possesses a commitment to lifelong learning, student success, and academic excellence. To that end, he uses a learning-centeric approach to teaching and includes role playing, simulation and case studies in the classroom. Having operated a business, Stoiko has strong leadership experience and the ability to adapt to changing environments. Volunteerism remains Stoiko’s passion. He presently volunteers at Humber College’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, capstone course mentoring as well as Entrepreneurship Community of Practice. In 2016, he received the June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award and The Dorothy Ley Hospice and the Community Recognition Award. As volunteer faculty at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Stoiko was recognized with an Award of Recognition.
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Shara Stone
Justice Studies
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Alireza Talebi
BBA (Allameh Tabatabai University), MF (University of Tehran), MBA (University of Alberta), PhD (University of Guelph), CFA Level I
Business
Dr. Aliraza Talebi has taught at the University of Guelph-Humber since Fall 2018. With a diversified background in business and finance, Dr. Talebi has worked in both supply chain management and investment areas. Dr. Talebi possesses financial and quantitative skills, including the ability to read, analyze and interpret financial statement and to apply them in investment and financial areas. As a researcher, Dr. Talebi is eager to discover new things and wishes to become more intellectually engaged in stakeholder management, financial markets, and investment. Dr. Talebi has always been passionate about teaching and interacting with students and that’s why teaching has been a major part of Dr. Talebi’s professional life. Dr. Talebi is focusing on being a dynamic and effective faculty member along with providing management consultation to firms and industries.
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Michael Tam
BBA, Accounting (Wilfrid Laurier University), CA (Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario), CPA (Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario)
Business
Michael Tam has been teaching in the Business program at the University of Guelph-Humber since 2018. He teaches Audit and accounting-related courses for the University of Guelph Humber and Trent University. He obtained his CPA, CA after joining Grant Thornton LLP and writing the UFE in 2014. After becoming Assurance Manager, he has since transitioned his career into a full-time realtor in Toronto while lecturing on a part-time basis. He has lived, studied, and worked in France, Australia, and Canada. In his spare time, he enjoys staying active, motorcycle rides, reading, photography, and traveling.
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Victoria Taylor
Business
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Valerie Trew
BA (University of Guelph), MA (University of Guelph), ECE Resource Teacher Certificate (Conestoga College)
Early Childhood Studies
Valerie Trew has been teaching at the University of Guelph-Humber since 2017. Valerie is the Director at the University of Guelph Child Care and Learning Centre in Guelph, Ont. As a Registered Early Childhood Educator with a Master of Arts in Leadership, she also teaches in the Bachelor of Applied Science program at the University of Guelph and the University of Guelph-Humber applying a lens of social and environmental justice to studies in policy, administration, and leadership. Valerie views teaching, from early learning to post-secondary, as a political act and does so with a view to provoke radical social transformation towards a post-colonial world. She has spent 20 years working in children’s services through post-secondary education, regional government, early intervention, and early learning and child care. Holding a certificate in Plant Based Nutrition, Valerie is also passionate about transforming our food systems for human and planetary health and to end oppression.
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Leanna Tuba
Early Childhood Studies
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Kathy Ullyott
Chair Media and Communication Studies, Academic Services
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