Les Casson

Experience

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  Board of Education for the City of Hamilton

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1990

  Teacher

  Taught grades 9-11 level English, Drama, and Business courses

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  Queen's University

  Oct 1993 - Jan 2012

  Created and taught WRIT 295: Literary Non-Fiction Team leadership and resource development, supporting graduate and undergraduate writers in all disciplines. One-on-one writing support for undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines.

  • Adjunct Instructor

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2012

  • Senior Tutor

    Sept 2001 - Dec 2006

  • Tutor

    Oct 1993 - Dec 2006
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  St. Lawrence College

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2021

  Management and support of diverse program mix: Justice, Access and Pathways, Arts & Design Management and support of literacy and liberal arts access programs Supported students and faculty in a highly-customizable liberal arts pathway program Taught college and discipline-specific writing and communications skills in a wide range of vocational programs. Presidential Search Committee (2012)Academic Committee (2011-2014)Certificate in Good Governance: Colleges Ontario 2013

  • Associate Dean, Justice Studies & Applied Arts

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2021

  • Academic Manager, Career/College Prep and General Arts & Science, Kingston

    May 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Program Coordinator, General Arts & Science

    Jun 2011 - Apr 2015

  • Professor, Communications

    Aug 2007 - Apr 2015

  • Internal Governor--Faculty Representative

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2014
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  St. Lawrence College

  Nov 2021 - now

  Vice-Chair, Management bargaining team for Academic contract negotiations (Ontario College Faculty) Strategic direction of Creative Industries programs and initiatives. Community-focused leadership at Brockville ON campus. Review of factors impacting faculty workload at Ontario CollegesReport mandated by Kaplan award, due Feb 2024. Management bargaining team for Academic contract negotiations (Ontario College Faculty) Management and support of performing and visual arts, design, and gaming programs, tri-campus Short-term management and support of a variety of computing and technology programs

  • Bargaining Team, Academic contract negotiations

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Dean, Faculty of Creative Industries and Brockville Campus

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Workload Task Force, Academic

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2024

  • Bargaining Team, Academic contract negotiations

    Feb 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Associate Dean, Arts, Media & Design

    Jul 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Interim Associate Dean, Applied Science and Computing

    Nov 2021 - Feb 2022