NATIVE EDUCATION COLLEGE - Key Persons


A John Jardine

Job Titles:
  • Acting Vice Chair

Adriana Bathurst

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Specialist

Amanda Kai - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

Ann Smith

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Bert Azak

Job Titles:
  • IJS Program Coordinator

Boyd Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Librarian / Bookstore Coordinator

Brenda Prince

Job Titles:
  • Literacy Coordinator

Brianna Torres

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Specialist

Caroline Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Executive Assistant to President and Board of Directors

Cayley Burton

Job Titles:
  • IECE Program Manager

Christen Thompson

Job Titles:
  • FCC Program Manager

David Tracey

Job Titles:
  • ILS Program Coordinator

Dennis Contois

Job Titles:
  • IABE Program Manager

Ellen Lin

Job Titles:
  • Finance Officer

Francine Gagnon

Job Titles:
  • Food Service Manager

George Durocher

Job Titles:
  • Counsellor

Howard Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Educational Outreach

Ivan Kiss

Job Titles:
  • IABE Instructor

Jamie Jewell

Job Titles:
  • Building Service Worker

Jeffrey Dan

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Coordinator

Jen Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Director

Jessica LaRochelle

Job Titles:
  • Director

Julissa Azak

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

K. Louise Point

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Kelly Kim

Job Titles:
  • Registrar

Kim Bayer

Job Titles:
  • FVRC Specialist

Luci Rehlau

Job Titles:
  • Student Financial Aid Advisor

Lynette Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Student & Financial Aid Advisor

Mary Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Clerk

Megan Harkey

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Curriculum Development

Melinda Russell

Job Titles:
  • Job Placement Coordinator ESCK

Mike Point

Job Titles:
  • Building Manager

Minnie Mossop

Job Titles:
  • IECE Instructor

Nancy Xue - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance

Rachel Luchuk

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Clerk

Rose Guerin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Roy McKenzie

Job Titles:
  • IT Manager

Rudy Maltipi

Job Titles:
  • Building Service Worker

Shobha Rajagopalan

Job Titles:
  • HCA Program Manager

Sue Arnault


Tamara Starblanket

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Academics
Tamara has been with the NEC since 2011 as the Program Coordinator of Indigenous Justice Studies. She is a Cree woman from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. She completed a Master of Laws degree at the University of Saskatchewan and has recently released a book Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State. Tamara's remarkable educational journey included a certificate in public administration from the NEC in 1996. In addition to being a genocide scholar, Tamara is an expert in developing post-secondary education to take an Indigenous standpoint and to build the national identities of the original nations on Turtle Island.

Tammy Harkey - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Tammy Harkey is a successful educator with 10+ years of expertise supporting First Nations across the country develop and implement culturally relevant programming that supports Aboriginal learners. She is passionate about ensuring that learners have the support they need in order to achieve their maximum potential in society. She serves on the Dogwood 25 Board of Directors, the Indigenous Adult and Higher Learning Association Board of Governors, and the Simon Fraser University Aboriginal Steering Committee.

Teresa Ritchie

Job Titles:
  • OAET Coordinator

Terry Sparrow

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Student Services

Vitor Holanda

Job Titles:
  • IT Technician

Wendy Stewart

Job Titles:
  • IABE Instructor