Bartosz has over 10 years of auditing and accounting experience in the public and private sectors. He is currently an Audit Director at the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, where he oversees value-for-money audits of various government ministries and agencies. Previously, he served as a Senior Auditor for Ernst & Young.

Bartosz has over 7 years of experience teaching auditing and accounting for CPA Ontario, University of Toronto and York University, where he has received recognition and awards for his excellence in teaching and creating a positive learning environment for his students. He is also a contributing author to Auditing: The Art and Science of Assurance Engagements 13th edition, 2015, a widely used university textbook in accounting and audit courses.

Bartosz is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a BBA (Accounting) from York University.

Mark is a senior HR executive with over 20 years of broad experience in both business and academic ventures. He has held senior HR executive and officer roles in various organizations including large global organizations, domestic market leaders and high-growth start-ups. His experience includes all major facets of the HR discipline including total rewards, talent management, organizational transformation, change management, labour relations in addition to board level and other advisory work. He has taught HR and labour relations courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level and joined York University in 2002. Mark holds a BA (Economics), Master of Industrial Relations (MIR) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) and is a graduate of York University, University of Toronto and the London School of Economics.

Alfonsina is a Professor teaching human resources subjects in post-secondary education since 2002. Alfonsina has held various positions in the field of human resources in large, private and public organizations. Areas of expertise are in organizational learning, performance and change management, talent acquisition, and organizational effectiveness.

Alfonsina graduated from York University with a major in Psychology and later completed her graduate certificate in Human Resources Management at Seneca College. She went on to successfully pursue her M. Ed in Adult Education at Brock University. With her strong passion for learning, Alfonsina’s long range goal is to complete her PhD in Organizational Psychology.

Joanna has more than 20 years of experience in international business operations with industry expertise in manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and international logistics operations. Her progressive experience in human resources and organizational operations culminated in becoming the Chief Executive Officer of 3Ks Unique Co., a successful multinational firm. As a business and human resources consultant with a focus on business development, compliance, and health & safety for international organizations, Joanna brings a passion for teaching that brings business world reality into classroom instruction.

Joanna brings a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, an MBA from William Howard Taft University, and Certificates in Project Management, Human Resources Management and TESOL. She is currently in the process of completing her Doctorate in Business Administration with a specialization in business leadership and management, and receiving validation as a CPHR. Joanna teaches a variety of business and human resources courses at York University, Seneca College, and Centennial College and is a facilitator for HRPA-York Region’s Educational Committee.

Su-Yan Gay is a Human Resources professional who brings almost 20 years of HR experience to York University. Su-Yan worked as the Manager of Learning & Development for a large crown corporation for over 10 years. Her most recent position took her to Alberta, where she was the Supervisor of Employee Education and a Senior HR Advisor within a municipal government organization. Based in Toronto, Su-Yan is currently managing her own HR consulting firm (NAYUS Consulting Group) where she is advising public and private organizations in both Canada and the Caribbean with their HR and talent management needs.

Su-Yan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Education degree (specializing in Adult Education) from Brock University, and a graduate degree in Human Resources Management from York University. In addition, she holds the professional designations of Certified Human Resources Leader and Certified Training & Development Professional.

Desislava is a highly motivated accounting professional with solid background in the areas of financial accounting, managerial and cost accounting, and business statistics. She has work experience in various industries such as energy, utilities, infrastructure, and manufacturing. Some of her roles include programs analyst, corporate accountant, senior project accountant, and others. In addition, Desislava has taught numerous accounting, finance, and statistics courses to international and domestic adult learners.

Desislava is a proud York University alumna. She graduated from the Bachelor of Administrated Studies, honors in accounting program, followed by the Chartered Professional Accountant (CGA, CPA) designation, and a Master of Business Administration, major in accounting, from Wilfrid Laurier University. To further enhance her teaching skills, she successfully completed the Adult Education/Staff Training certificate program at Seneca College.

In her spare time, Desislava enjoys playing the piano, reading books, and giving back to the business community. In particular, she volunteers as provincial judge at DECA Ontario regional competitions.

As principle of S.A. Maislin Consultants, Sue-Ann is passionate about partnering with leading employers to create healthy, safe, sustainable and high-performing workplaces. She has over 20 years of leadership and health and safety consulting experience in the financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, social services and education industries. Sue-Ann has a master’s degree in counselling psychology and adult education from the University of Toronto. She’s also a qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructor through the Mental Health Commission of Canada. To learn more about Sue-Ann visit her website, www.sueannmaislin.com.

Yuliya Miakisheva is a passionate language educator who has been committed to providing her students with learner-centered educational opportunities in North America and overseas for over 25 years.

For the past 20 years, Yuliya has been teaching English for Academic and Professional purposes at York University. There, she has created and facilitated face-to-face and blended university preparation courses for international undergraduate students. She has also designed and delivered graduate preparation interdisciplinary courses for internationally trained legal, business, and medical professionals.In addition to her teaching experience, Yuliya worked as a program coordinator for graduate preparation and professional programs, where she cultivated language and professional skills in students to be applied in their future careers.

In her work, Yuliya has been exploring innovative solutions in higher education and their application in language teaching through individual and team projects and professional development opportunities. Yuliya regularly presents at professional conferences, locally and internationally, and has a number of professional publications.

Jeff’s background in business and human resources management spans more than twenty-five years. In his capacity as an independent consultant, he has worked with some of Canada’s most influential companies, completing client engagements in both the public and private sectors. His international experience includes working with post-secondary partners in Indonesia to assist with the development of applied entrepreneurship curriculum and the establishment of community business support centres.

Jeff has taught management development, organizational behaviour, human resource planning and development, and business foundation courses at McMaster and York universities, and at Seneca, Conestoga, and Confederation colleges. He has an undergraduate honours degree in Economics from Laurentian University in Sudbury, and a graduate degree in Education from Nipissing University in North Bay.

Timothy has a broad spectrum of experience, having spent 25 years in aviation involved in many aspects of labour relations and occupational health and safety. Timothy Held many leadership roles including crew chief and Vice President of the union local

In 2014, Timothy began teaching aviation technology at Centennial College. He completed the college teaching and higher learning diploma with high honours. A firm believer in life-long learning, he completed a bachelor’s degree in adult education at Brock University in 2017. In 2018, wanting to expand his teaching portfolio, he graduated from the York University postgraduate studies program in Human Resources Management. In 2018, Timothy enrolled in the University of Fredericton Master of Business Administration human resource leadership program. In 2022, he graduated with a master’s degree in educational leadership studies from Memorial University.

Today Timothy endeavours to create a positive classroom experience, as he enjoys his position as a corporate trainer traveling the world teaching aviation to various airline employees.

Adam works as a Senior Risk Analyst and Consultant in the real estate industry, as well as a Corporate Trainer specializing in technical skills development. He has worked in various sectors including finance, energy, real estate, and government. Adam has taught and developed courses in accounting, finance, general business, mathematics, supply chain, and operations for several years across Canada.

Adam has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from McMaster University, a Master in Finance (MFin) from Queen’s University, a Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Organizational Psychology from the University of London, and a Master of Science (MSc) in Supply Chain Management from Wilfrid Laurier University. He also holds professional designations as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Rafiah Qazi has spent over 12 years in the HR field as a practitioner focusing on HR strategy, HR transformation and change implementation in the Fortune 50. She is passionate about solving workplace and business challenges through robust HR strategies embedded with evidence-based, research-founded principles. As an HR practitioner, she has held HR roles varying in degree of volume, scope and geographies across Canada. Currently, she leads HR strategy for global technology team spanning over four countries.

Rafiah attended York University for both her undergraduate (Psychology) and Masters in Human Resources Management. She has been a Certified HR professional from HRPA since 2013.

Andres Ramirez has over a decade of investment and financial advisory experience in Canada and abroad holding senior roles within KPMG including auditing, M&A due diligence, and project finance for both private and public companies. Andres has a passion for teaching as well as ways to get involved in professional educational programs.

Chris is a data expert: determining its value, monitoring its integrity and managing its performance. After spending decades working in full-service and multi-national marketing agencies, he has turned his passion and experience to helping organizations build positive, long-term relationships with their stakeholders.

For more than ten years, Chris has created, revised and taught a range of courses for Canadian colleges and universities. On his own time, he works with sector development organizations to educate non-profit leaders on best practice. Additionally, he creates and delivers workshops to under-served communities to improve employment opportunities. Chris holds his MBA from the University of Ottawa.

Setinder Rupra is a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) and Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) with over 20 years industry experience. In addition to teaching Human Resources and Payroll courses, she managed a niche business that provides watch repair services to various luxury brands. Setinder also brings practical knowledge of pre-hire assessments and tools through her work with McQuaig as the Lead Facilitator and Customer Success Manager. Setinder has a wealth of firsthand experiences to share with her students.

Setinder is passionate about creating an inclusive an interactive learning experience for her students and professional clients. She is committed to creating an environment where students can explore and share their own ideas in the often “grey” areas of HR and become comfortable making decisions where there may not always be a black and white answer.

Setinder’s areas of expertise are human resources, organizational behaviour, payroll, customer experience, employee engagement, corporate training, and business management.

Jason Russell has a PhD in History from York University, and is the author of a book and several academic articles relating to work and labour issues both in historical and contemporary contexts. He regularly presents papers at national and international academic conferences. He has taught courses on labour/industrial relations and other work and employment subjects at five different colleges and universities including York, the University of Western Ontario, and McMaster. His current research interests focus on the development of management as an occupation in Canada from the 1940s to the 1990s.

Belinda has over 10 years of multi discipline Human Resources experience in the Consulting Engineering and Aviation industries, along with teaching undergrads and post grads across the various disciplines of HR.

A curious and passionate people person, who oscillates between learning and teaching, her focus is to contribute to the development of the future HR workforce. Her classes are inclusive, discussion focused and strives to bring the class into the HR world, by drawing upon everyone’s personal experiences to paint ‘It Depends’ scenarios in order to establish a deeper understanding of who they are as individuals, as well as explore possibilities on how they can best serve as top class HR Practitioners and Managers of the future.

She remains committed to providing students with the insights and tools necessary to ensure their employees and companies not only survive, but thrive.

Dezi Singh is currently the Vice President of Labour Relations and Human Resources at Maple Leaf Foods. He received his honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business at York University in 2006, followed by his Masters degree in Industrial Relations from Queen’s University in 2007. Since then, Dezi has held a number of esteemed positions in the field of labour relations, in large federal and provincial organizations. He has focused on developing labour strategies and collective bargaining, as well as alternative dispute resolution. More specifically, Dezi has created and delivered training with regard to maintaining a positive workplace, health and safety in the workplace, and interest based negotiations. In his free time, Dezi developed and taught a course in negotiations and has been an adjunct professor at York University since 2017.

Dr. Indira Somwaru is a human resources professional and educator with over twenty years of experience in both business and academic settings. Her industry experience includes senior human resources management positions in a variety of organizations including health care, real estate and publishing.

Indira currently teaches courses in business and human resources management at York University in the Schulich School of Business, School of Administrative Studies, School of Continuing Studies, and School of Human Resources Management, from which she is a Teaching Excellence Award recipient. She brings specialized expertise in negotiations which she teaches to Schulich undergraduate, graduate and executive level students. Indira also teaches courses in the Master’s Degree program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto and Rotman Commerce.

In addition to teaching, Indira designs and delivers workshops and provides consulting services to private industry, particularly in the area of human resources management. Her areas of expertise include negotiations, change management, leadership and managing diversity.

Indira brings a PhD in Management from Griffith University as well as an MBA, BEd and BA from the University of Toronto. She is also a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP).

Anna Yu is the President of Yu Consulting Group and a Senior Advisor, Finance and Business Operations with Wentworth Strategy Group. Anna provides management consulting and advisory services to business leaders and companies at all stages of growth with insight on strategic planning, financial strategy, operations, risk management, operational excellence, and people optimization strategies.

As a trusted transformational leader, Anna guides companies and business leaders through growth and change by aligning people, processes, and systems to common goals. Her diverse career at Xerox Canada, Dell Financial Services, The CIT Group, and The Bank of Nova Scotia  included a broad spectrum of leadership of teams and projects.

Anna serves as a mentor to start-up companies with Futurpreneur and is an instructor at Seneca College with focus on organizational behaviour and leadership. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree majoring in Economics from the University of Toronto and is Six Sigma Green Belt certified. She is actively engaged in giving back to our communities, including helping professional newcomers to Canada navigate their careers in the Canadian market.

Cindy Bush is Chief Human Resources Officer at TMX Group, responsible for leading all aspects of TMX’s Human Resources function in support of the Company’s corporate objectives, including strategy development and execution, workplace culture, performance management, and talent development and acquisition. Ms. Bush joined the Company in December 2020, after more than 25 years of international experience in human resources, talent strategies and culture transformation.

Most recently, Cindy served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Cineplex and had previously held leadership roles at companies ranging in size from 30 to 100,000 employees, including Foresters Financial, OMERS, and CIBC. In 2008, she authored “Project Managing Change: Practical Tools and Techniques to Make Change Happen,” a global best-seller published by Financial Times Business Enterprises. Ms. Bush holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University and a Masters of Education from the University of Toronto.

Mark is a senior HR executive with over 20 years of broad experience in both business and academic ventures. He has held senior HR executive and officer roles in various organizations including large global organizations, domestic market leaders and high-growth start-ups. His experience includes all major facets of the HR discipline including total rewards, talent management, organizational transformation, change management, labour relations in addition to board level and other advisory work. He has taught HR and labour relations courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level and joined York University in 2002. Mark holds a BA (Economics), Master of Industrial Relations (MIR) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) and is a graduate of York University, University of Toronto and the London School of Economics.

Dwayne Conrod is a seasoned HR professional with more than 20 years in retail, consulting and energy industries. He has helped organizations manage through vast amounts of change to drive exceptional business results. Dwayne earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick, a Master’s in Human Resources Management from York University, and has completed an accelerated leadership program in a partnership between Loblaw Companies and Schulich School of Business. He is currently involved in one other program advisory committee with another post-secondary institution.

Julie Giraldi is an accomplished senior human resources executive and is recognized as an organization and leadership culture turnaround specialist. She currently works at CAAT Pension Plan. Previously, she was at OMERS, one of the largest pension plans in Canada, as Vice President, Business Transformation, where she led and implemented new ideas across the COO platform aimed at driving engagement, creativity, and improved performance. She is also acting President of the newly-established OMERS Foundation.

Prior to joining OMERS, Julie held the position of Vice President, Health Human Resources Leadership at the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), where she partnered with senior health care leaders on provincial matters ranging from executive compensation, collective bargaining and multi-year health human resources strategies, to data analytics and group benefits. She was also responsible for the OHA’s strategic HR, information technology and eHealth initiatives.

Julie also served as a Trustee of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan – one of Canada’s most successful pension funds – for six years. She has held senior human resources positions at eHealth Ontario and the Toronto Transit Commission. Julie holds a degree from the University of Toronto, a Certified Human Resources Executive designation from the Human Resources Professional Association, and is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors as an ICD.D.

Dezi Singh is currently the Vice President of Labour Relations and Human Resources at Maple Leaf Foods. He received his honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business at York University in 2006, followed by his Masters degree in Industrial Relations from Queen’s University in 2007. Since then, Dezi has held a number of esteemed positions in the field of labour relations, in large federal and provincial organizations. He has focused on developing labour strategies and collective bargaining, as well as alternative dispute resolution. More specifically, Dezi has created and delivered training with regard to maintaining a positive workplace, health and safety in the workplace, and interest based negotiations. In his free time, Dezi developed and taught a course in negotiations and has been an adjunct professor at York University since 2017.

Cindy is a dynamic and innovative Senior Human Resources Leader who believes in building and developing workplaces that work. She is the Founder of squaredots, a boutique HR solution providing project-based virtual HR expertise to businesses that directly influence their culture, engagement, productivity and results.

With over 25 years of experience, Cindy’s expertise includes people, performance, recruitment, strategy, leadership, analytics, operations, change, talent, training and policies.

Cindy believes in building and developing a stronger HR community. She is the Vice-Chair, HRPA Registration Committee, Team Leader, HRPA York Region Career Management & Community Engagement (CMCE) Committee. She is also a committee member for the HRPA Experience Assessment Committee (EAC) and Seneca College Program Advisory Committee (PAC) for Human Resources Management programs. Cindy is also a Mentor with Seneca’s Human Resources Mentorship Program.