NEW ARRIVALS
NEW DEAN OF FACULTY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
Lisa Barnoff was appointed dean of the Faculty of Community Services last spring. The five-year appointment began Sept. 1, 2016. Barnoff joined the School of Social Work as an assistant professor in 2003, was granted early tenure in 2006 and became director in 2011. She served as an executive member of the Canadian Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work from 2012-2014. Barnoff’s areas of scholarly interest include antioppressive practices; equity, diversity and inclusion in relation to health and social service delivery models; organizational change; and social work education.
NEW DEAN OF FACULTY OF ARTS
Pam Sugiman was appointed dean of the Faculty of Arts last spring. Sugiman has taught at Ryerson for 10 years, and most recently was chair of the Department of Sociology. In her professional life, Sugiman has served as president of the Canadian Sociological Association and director of the national executive board for the National Association of Japanese Canadians. Sugiman leads the Oral History Research Cluster for the Landscapes of Injustice Project, a multi-institutional, $5.5-million initiative that will capture the experiences of 22,000 Canadians of Japanese ancestry who were systematically uprooted from their homes and had their property seized and sold without consent.
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WINTER 2017 • Ryerson University Magazine 9
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