Staff Biographies

Angela Marseglia
(Director)
York University – Geography and History - University of Western Ontario – Education University of Toronto – Masters in Geography
“I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.” - Margaret Atwood

Robyn King
(Education Director)
University of University of Toronto – History, Political Science and French OISE - Bachelor of Education
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"- Wayne Gretzky

Trina Mendoza
(Education Director)
York University – Law and Women’s Studies
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Gandhi

Angus Burnett
(Math & Science Teacher)
University of Toronto – Engineering Science (Aerospace) - Mount Allison University – Physics and Math
“The six most powerful and positive words in the English language are: ‘I don’t know; let’s find out.’” – David Morgan-Mar

Pierre Julien Tredille
(Professeur de français)
York University at Glendon - French Studies, Linguistics and French Immersion Education
“Nothing is original. It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.”- Jim Jarmusch, 2004

Heather Dilamarter
(Core Teacher)
University of Waterloo - Recreation & Leisure Studies and Geography Nipissing University - Education - Centennial College – Workplace Wellness & Health Promotion
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” - Albert Einstein

Mike Balzer
(Math & Science Teacher)
University of Toronto at Scarborough – Chemistry and Physical Science
“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand” – Chinese Proverb

Erin Williams
(Core Teacher)
Brock University – Integrated Studies Psychology and French Studies Brock University – Education
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Kim Ristic
(Core Teacher)
York University at Glendon - Psychology with Bilingual Certification - York University- Masters in Psychology
"Think left and think right, think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!" - Dr. Seuss

Tiffany Sun
(Core Teacher)
University of Ottawa - Commerce Medaille College (New York) - Master of Science in Elementary Education
"A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations." — Patricia Neal

Marybeth Woodall
(Core Teacher)
York University at Glendon - French and English
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn" - John Lubbock

Samantha Lewis Forbes
(Little Reader Teachers)
George Brown College – Early Childhood Education - Trent University- Anthropology - Trent University – Education
"The Art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery" – Mark Van Doren

Stephanie Di Ianni
(Core Teacher)
York University - French Studies - Bachelor of Education
"As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate lovingly, our own" – Margaret Mead

Julia Ivonoffski
(Core Teacher)
McGill University - Bachelor of Arts
Member of the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario
Fun Fact about Me: I love to travel and I have been to 15 different countries in my life!