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Joe Baker is multi-passionate leader within Canada’s education, tourism and hospitality sectors and a vocal advocate for an inclusive, future-forward workforce.

Prior to joining 91´óÏ㽶ȫ¼¯ School of Business, Joe was an active entrepreneur and consultant. Splitting his time between national and provincial workforce development projects, media and publishing, and leadership speaking engagements; Joe brings a wealth of diverse experience to his role as Dean.

He was previously Dean at Centennial College’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts where he led the most meaningful transformation in the school’s over 50-year history including the creation of a dynamic experiential learning eco-system.

Joe has held senior management roles at George Brown College’s Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts including Director of Operations, Services and Partnerships. Before joining higher education, he worked in hotels and managed restaurants.

He has a Master of Education, a Bachelor of Commerce and extensive executive education and certifications. Joe serves proudly on the board of directors for Tourism HR Canada (THRC) and Co-operative and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL).

Christine comes to OC with a breadth of experience in post-secondary education, most recently serving as Vice-Chair, Academic at Capilano University for the School of Business.

As a strong proponent of student-centered teaching and learning, she is looking forward to working with our faculty and staff to enhance the School’s portfolio of business programs.

Her background includes program redesign and development, academic process improvement and quality assurance, work-integrated learning, and strategic planning in alignment with organizational goals.

She strongly believes that career-oriented post-secondary education has the power to change learners’ lives. She looks to collaborate with our faculty, staff, employer partners, and students to support quality business programs that serve the needs of the community.

Christine’s favourite courses to teach have been Managing Change and Workplace Preparation and her primary research interest is in work-integrated learning.