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eVote 2006 results

Meet your newly elected Council members.

System

Heather Nagy* (English-language public board – secondary) is a teacher-librarian at Bendale Business and Technical Institute in Scarborough. She has 28 years of experience teaching English, math and physical education at the secondary level, and prior to that was an elementary teacher. Active in the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, she has worked on various committees and contributed articles to federation publications. Nagy is also a member of the South East Secondary Teacher Librarians' Association, the Ontario Library Association and the Ontario School Library Association. She has a BA and a BPE from McMaster University and a BEd from the University of Western Ontario. Her College registration number is 234637.

Dean Favero (French-language Roman Catholic board – elementary) is a teacher in the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est where he taught Grades 4 through 8 as well as classes for autistic students. Currently, he teaches Special Education students. An active member of the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens, he has served in a wide range of leadership positions at the local and provincial levels. Among his many professional development activities, he was a facilitator during forums on the teaching profession ethical standards review and has marked Grades 3, 6 and 9 for the Education Quality and Accountability Office. Favero has a diploma in administration from Canadore College. He earned a BA from the University of Western Ontario with an Honours qualification from the University of Ottawa, where he also earned his BEd. His College registration number is 174965.

Nick Forte (English-language Roman Catholic board – secondary), a science teacher at John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, joined the London District Catholic School Board in 1985. As a writer on education topics he won the provincial Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) communications award in 2000 for best news story and the 1999 award for best editorial or commentary. He has served with the London District OECTA as a bargaining committee member and first vice-president. He has an Honours BA, a BEd and an MEd from the University of Western Ontario. Forte joined Council in December 2005 when he was appointed to fill a vacancy. His College registration number is 175283.

Annilee Jarvis (English-language public board – elementary) is a Special Education teacher in the York Region DSB, programming for kindergarten to Grade 7. She has held numerous positions in the Elementary Teachers' Federation of the Ontario York Region teacher local, including membership on the negotiating table team, the collective bargaining committee and the human rights committee, and both chair and steward of professional development. Jarvis has an Honours BA from McMaster University and a BEd from the University of Toronto. She participates in board and teacher-driven initiatives for math, literacy, ESL and Special Education. Her College registration number is 169181.

Jacques Pavesi (French-language Roman Catholic board – secondary) has been appointed to the fourth Council. Pavesi fills the vacant seat, which had gone uncontested in the 2006 Council election. On the recommendation of the Nomination Committee from eight applicants, Council appointed Pavesi on November 9th.

Tianna Travaglini-Babic (English-language Roman Catholic board – elementary) has been with the Huron Superior Catholic DSB for the past eight years as a full-time elementary school teacher in the Primary, Junior and Intermediate divisions. Currently, she teaches a Grades 3 to 5 class for students with learning exceptionalities. Treasurer on the local executive, she has been part of the collective bargaining team for the past three contracts. As a beginning teacher she participated in the Ontario Teachers' Federation's beginning teachers' focus group. She has a BA from Algoma University and a BEd from Nipissing University. Her College registration number is 272593.

Jacques Tremblay (French-language public board – elementary and secondary) teaches high school French, computer science and technology with the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario. He is active in course writing, curriculum implementation and leadership training and has served on the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens as school delegate and rep for the Kingston region. A graduate of the Program of Teacher Education at the Université du Québec, Tremblay has a BA from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and an MA from Queen's University. He first became a member of Council in 2004. His College registration number is 218079.


Council member replaced

Heather Nagy will serve as Council's English-language public board – secondary representative following the withdrawal of Karen Bond.

Bond, who won the seat in the recent Council election, wrote to advise the Registrar that she was unable to assume the role. Nagy, runner-up in the category, will serve in Bond's place.

Nagy, a teacher-librarian with the Toronto DSB, has 28 years of secondary school teaching experience.