Vera Fares new Assistant to the Academic Dean of Vanier College

More specifically, the Assistant receives and analyzes all requests sent to the Academic Dean's Office in order to submit a summary and recommendation to the Dean on the matter; oversees all budgets for the Academic Dean's Office and collaborates with the Finance Department; oversees the development and application of procedures and tools for the Academic Dean’s Office; prepares submissions of academic dossiers and ensures that they follow the necessary critical path through the appropriate Vanier committees and executes any required follow up; and acts as the liaison person between the Academic Dean's Office and the Ministry of Education as well as various other external institutions and colleges.

The Assistant to the Academic Dean also participates in the elaboration, revision and implementation of academic policies and of the College's Student Success Plan; analyzes the priorities and critical path for the semester and academic year based on the College's Strategic Plan and Student Success Plan and proposes a list of recommendations to the Academic Dean. The Assistant also assists faculty with the administration of projects approved by the Academic Dean’s Office, prepares reports for the Academic Dean as required, and plans and organizes events and receptions.

Since August 2023, Vera has worked as a Pedagogical Counsellor at Vanier, managing RAC Services and PPD programs for Continuing Education, as well as providing pedagogical support and training to staff and content specialists in the RAC services. Prior to that, she was a Learning Specialist at Vanier and administered the peer tutoring program by recruiting, selecting, training, scheduling and supervising student tutors. Before joining Vanier, Vera was the Assistant Academic Director at the Institut supérieur d’informatique from 2019 to 2022, the Program Manager and Facilitator for LOVE Quebec -Leave Out Violence from 2015- to 2019, as well as a teacher at Lasalle College, and an Educational Coordinator at Tyndale St Georges Community Center, Montreal.

Vera Fares has a Master of Education (Educational Psychology – inclusive Settings) McGill University and a Bachelor of Art d (Psychology), also from McGill University.

Vera began working as Assistant to the Academic Dean on November 4, 2024. Vanier wishes Vera the best in her new position.