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NAME NYVLT, Mark (Canadian Citizen); Ph.D. (Boston University) Associate Professor at the Dominican University College, Ottawa

224 McClellan Rd. Nepean, ON K2H 7W8 613.277.1416 (Mobile) 613.233.5696, ext. 331 (Work) [email protected]

DEGREES Ph.D., Philosophy, Boston University (Graduated January, 2005) (Thesis title: Aristotle and Plotinus on the Simplicity of NOUS, supervised by K. Brinkmann) (Thesis recommended for Publication) M.A., Philosophy, University of Ottawa, 1999 (Thesis recommended for The University of Ottawa Humanities Award and the Governor General’s Award. Thesis title: Hegel’s Answer to the Aristotelian  of the  of  in the De Anima III.4-5 and Metaphysics Λ.6-9, supervised by T. F. Geraets, committee members: Y. Lafrance and D. Schlitt) B.A., Philosophy, University of Ottawa, 1997 (Summa cum Laude) B.Th. (Eccles), Theology, St. Paul University (Ottawa), 1996 Music Certificate (Classical Guitar), Canterbury High School (School of Arts), (Ottawa), 1988

SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 Currently organizing the 2nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Aristotle Society at the Dominican University College (May 13-15, 2020) – postponed, due to Covid- 19.  Organizer of the International Neoplatonic Studies Society at the Dominican University College (June 12-16, 2019) o This was a conference of 80 participants and required full-time attention to everything required in hosting a conference: reservation of rooms, payments, accommodations, special requests, and, now, the publishing of the Proceedings.  Became honorary member of the Czech Republic Aristotelian Society (October, 2017-current)  Founder and President of the Canadian Aristotle Society (October, 2016 - current) o This project requires constant attention to administrative details: reserving classrooms, securing keynote speakers two years in advance according to a theme, editing the Proceedings of each conference, promoting the 2

conference, managing the finances, and yearly requests of SSHRC financial support.  Vice-Dean and Director of Graduate Studies at Dominican University College. (May, 2010- May 2017) o Deliberated with the Dean the acceptance of graduate candidates to the programme in Philosophy o Coordinated with the Dean to organize Ph D, MA, and B.Ph examinations o Helped the Dean structure class schedules o Worked closely with the Dean and VP Academic on promotion of the Faculty of Philosophy o During 2013-17, the Dean was very ill. I often times relieved him in responding to concerns by students, functioning as a liaison to the VP Academic and President, and report the Dean’s report to the Faculty. o Supervised Dissertations: . Joel Doucet, “Thaumazein and the Aporetic nature of Philosophy in Aristotle's Metaphysics,” January 2017. MA Dissertation . Marta Giubega, “Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Hermeneutics on the Limitations of the Historical Knowledge of the Presocratics,” December 2015. MA Dissertation o Dissertation committee member as second or third reader at Dominican University, unless otherwise stated: . Hervé Goupayou Goupayou, Université Laval, “La conception platonicienne de la démocratie et sa critique par Aristote : bilan et perspectives. Essai sur les fondements épistémologiques, éthiques et politiques de la démocratie à l’époque classique et dans la modernité,” March 1 2019. External Evaluator. Doctoral Dissertation. . Kesner Junior Dimanche, Université Laval, “Immobilité et automotricité dans le traité du Mouvement des animaux,” August 2018, MA Dissertation. . Jorel François, “Le fanatisme chez Voltaire,” April, 2017. Doctoral Dissertation. . Antoine Dabrowski, “Le social entrelacé : Repérages et reconstitutions d’un cadre interprétatif de l’obligation à partir des principes de l’amour et de la justice,” April, 2017. Doctoral Dissertation. . David Haines, Université Laval, “The Question of Being,” November 2016, External Evaluator. Doctoral Dissertation . Anthony Mary, “The Foundation and Nature of Human Intellection in the Metaphysics of Immanuel Kant and Saint Thomas Aquinas,” April, 2015. Doctoral Dissertation. . Andrew John Cutler, “Aristotelian Leisure: Philosophical Foundations and Contemporary Appropriation,” September 2015. Doctoral Dissertation.

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. Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, “Les leviers de la femme : Analyse des parerga de la vertu dans l’œuvre post-critique d’Emmanuel Kant,” August, 2015. MA Dissertation. . Maxime Vachon, Université Laval, “La problématique et la définition aristotéliciennes du temps. Traduction et commentaire d’ARISTOTE, Phys., Δ, 10-11 et d’extraits tirés de PLATON, Tim., 37c6-47a,” August, 2014. MA Dissertation. . Jason Vaz, S.J. “A Contextualized Logic of Internalization: A Hermeneutical Framework for Reading the Second Essay of On the Genealogy of Morals,” December, 2014. MA Dissertation. . Salvator Stanley Ndayizeye, “Economic Equality as a Prerequisite for Political Equality: A Critical Analysis of J.S. Mill’s and K. Marx’s Political Economy,” April, 2013. MA Dissertation. . Stanley Anozie, Hans-Georg Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics: the Intercultural Problem of Language and Hermeneutics (Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: a casebook of African Thought,” September 2013. Doctoral Dissertation. . José Apolinário Kahombo, “Enjeux éthiques de l’altérité : un parallèle entre Lévinas et Ricœur,” February 2013. MA Dissertation. . Christopher McGrath, “Aristotle’s Account of the Good: A Reading of Nicomaechean Ethics I, II, VI, X,” May 2010. MA Dissertation. . Kvita Mongroo, “On the Value and Rare Nature of True Friendship,” September, 2011. MA Dissertation. . Brendan Marshal, “Political Economy and the Problem of Poverty: A Speculative Examination of the Theoretical Adequacy of Henry George’s Remedy to Hegel’s Problem of Poverty,” September 2010. MA Dissertation.  Editor (Philosophy) for the journal Science et Esprit. (2009-currently) o I am charge of maintaining the Philosophy articles of the journal; I receive many submissions to be evaluated and contact referees regularly.  Committee for Foundational Year (Humanities) at the Dominican University College.  Chair of the Canadian Jacques Maritain Society, Conference in Fredericton, NB., May/June, 2011  Coordinator for the International Philosophy Day. (Dominican University College, November 2009)  Coordinator for the International Conference on Human Rights: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. (Dominican University College, December 2008)  Faculty Secretary for the Faculty of Philosophy at Dominican University College (2008-2011)  Currently coordinator for the submissions in the field of ancient and mediaeval philosophy for the Canadian Philosophical Association. This consists of a two-year mandate. (Jan. 2007 – Jan. 2009)

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 1998-99 Editor of philosophy graduate journal De Philosophia, University of Ottawa  1997-98 Organizer of graduate student “Philosophia” colloquiums, University of Ottawa

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Academic Year (September-April, 2019-2020), Dominican University College and University of Ottawa  DPHY 2210Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 cr.), (Fall, DUC)  PH 1201 Introduction to Philosophy, (Fall, DUC)  PHI 1101 O Critical Thinking, (Fall, U of O)  PH 2382 Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Fall, U of O)  DPHI 1104 PENSÉE CRITIQUE, (Winter, DUC)  DPHI 2340 Etudes des textes philosophiques du XVIe au XIXe siècle

Academic Year (September-April, 2018-2019), Dominican University College and University of Ottawa  DPHI 5228 / 6228 Aristotle and Aristoxenus on the Science of Harmonics /Aristote et Aristoxène sur la science des harmoniques (Fall, DUC)  DPHY 2210Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 cr.), (Fall, DUC)  PHI 1101L Critical Thinking, (Fall, U of O)  DPHI 1104 PENSÉE CRITIQUE, (Winter, DUC)  DPHY 2410 The Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages, (Winter, DUC)  PHI 1102 D Moral Reasoning, ( Winter, U of O)  PHI 2794 Pensée scientifique et valeurs sociales (Winter, U of O)

Academic Year (May-May, 2017-2018): Sabbatical (writing new book on Aristoxenus and Aristotle)

Academic Year (September-April, 2016-2017), Dominican University College and University of Ottawa  PH 1201 Introduction to Philosophy, (Fall, DUC)  DPHY 5272/6272 Plotinus and the Neo-Aristotelian Tradition; Plotin et la tradition Néo-aristotélicienne (Fall, DUC)  DPHY 2410 The Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages, (Winter, DUC)  DPHY 2212 Neo-Platonism (Winter, DUC)  PHI 2794 Pensée scientifique et valeurs sociales (Winter, U of O)

Academic Year (September-April, 2015-2016), Dominican University College and University of Ottawa  DPHY 2210Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 cr.), (Fall, DUC)

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 DPHY 2410 The Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages, (Fall, DUC)  DPHY 1012 History of Ideas II: The Middle Ages, (Winter, DUC)  DPHY 1107 Introduction to Text Reading  PHI 1501 D Raisonnement et pensée critique (Fall, U of O)  PHI 1101A Critical Thinking, (Fall, U of O)  PHI 2570A Logique I (Winter, U of O)  PHI2122 A Greek Wisdom, (Winter, U of O)  PHI1501 E Raisonnement et pensée critique (Winter, U of O)

Academic Year (September-April, 2014-2015), Dominican University College  DPHY 3663 Political Philosophy (Fall)  DPHY 1211 Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages (Winter)  DPHY 2212 Neo-Platonism (Winter)  Private Tutorial, Attic Greek (Winter)  PHI 2780 Philosophie grecque (Winter, University of Ottawa)  PHI 1504 B Les grands Philosophes (Winter, University of Ottawa)

Academic Year (September-April, 2013-2014), Dominican University College  DPHY 1210 Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 credits)  DPHY 1211 Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages  DPHY 5272/6272 Plotinus and the Neo-Aristotelian Tradition; Plotin et la tradition Néo-aristotélicienne  DPHY 1107 Introduction to Text Reading  DPHY 1112 History of Ideas II: Medieval

Academic Year (September-April, 2012-2013), Dominican University College  PH 2661 Political Philosophy  PH 1201 Introduction to Philosophy  PH 2111 Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages  DPHY 1107 Introduction to Text Reading (Humanities)  PH 2212 Readings in Neoplatonism

Academic Year (September-April, 2011-2012), Dominican University College (DUC)  PH 2210Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 cr.), (Fall, DUC)  PH 2410 The Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages, (Fall, DUC)  PH 1012 History of Ideas II: The Middle Ages, (Winter, DUC)  PH 1201 Introduction to Philosophy, (Winter, DUC)

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Academic Year (September-April, 2010-2011), Dominican University College (DUC)  PH 2661 Political Philosophy  PH 1201 Introduction to Philosophy  PH 2111 Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages  PH 3263 Philosophy of Culture  PH 2212 Neoplatonism

Academic Year (September-April, 2009-2010), Dominican University College (DUC) and University of Ottawa (U of O) – Tenure Track Position (DUC)  PH 2210Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 cr.), (Fall, DUC)  PH 2410 The Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages, (Fall, DUC)  PHIL 2782 Philosophie Medievale, (Fall, U of O)  PHIL 2780 Philosophie Ancienne, (Fall, U of O)  PH 1012 History of Ideas II: The Middle Ages, (Winter, DUC)  PH 1201 Introduction to Philosophy, (Winter, DUC)  PHIL 2781 Philosophie Arabe, (Winter, U of O)

Academic Year (September-April, 2008-2009), Dominican University College (DUC) and University of Ottawa (U of O)– Tenure Track Position (DUC)  PH 2210 Ancient Greek Philosophy (6 cr.), (Fall, DUC)  PHII 2782 Philosophie Medievale, (Fall, U of O)  PH 2869 Philosophy of Human Rights (Winter, DUC)  PH 2212 Readings in Neoplatonism, (Winter, DUC)

Academic Year (September-April, 2007-08), Dominican University College (DUC) and University of Ottawa (U of O)  PH 2124 Kant, La Critique de la raison pure, (Fall, DUC)  PH 1011 History of Ideas: The Rise of Western Civilization, (Fall, DUC)  PHI 2380 Ancient Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle, (Fall, U of O)  PHI 2312 Greek Wisdom: Hellenistic Philosophy, (Fall, U of O)  PH 1202 Critical Reasoning, (Winter, DUC)  PH 2664 Current Issues in Ethics (Winter, DUC)  PH 1202 Méthologie et pensée critique, (Winter, DUC)  PHI 3866 Aristotle, (Winter, U of O)

Academic Year (September-April, 2006-07), Full-time, one year Limited Term Appointment, St. Thomas University:  PHIL 2513, Introduction to Logic (Fall)  PHIL 2213, Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Fall)  PHIL 1013 D, Introduction to Western Philosophy I (Fall)  PHIL 1013 E, Introduction to Western Philosophy I (Fall)  PHIL 2513, Introduction to Logic (Winter)  PHIL 2243, Current Issues in Ethics (Winter)

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 PHIL 1023 D, Introduction to Western Philosophy II (Winter)  PHIL 1023 E, Introduction to Western Philosophy II (Winter)

Summer (July-August, 2006) St. Thomas University:  PHIL 2213, Introduction to Moral Philosophy  PHIL 2243, Current Issues in Ethics

Intersession (May, 2006) St. Thomas University:  PHIL 3313, Philosophy of Human Rights

Academic Year (September-April, 2005-06), Full-time, one year Limited Term Appointment, St. Thomas University:  PHIL1013 D, Introduction to Western Philosophy I (Fall)  PHIL 3313, Philosophy of Human Rights (Fall)  PHIL 3343, Human Nature, Society, Justice, and Law I (Fall)  PHIL 3353, Human Nature, Society, Justice, and Law II (Winter)  PHIL 1013 F, Introduction to Western Philosophy I (Winter)  PHIL 2513, Introduction to Formal Logic (Winter)  HMRT 3053, Human Rights and the Church (Winter)

Summer (July-August, 2005) St. Thomas University:  PHIL 2213,Introduction to Moral Philosophy  PHIL 2243, Current Issues in Ethics

Academic Year (September-April, 2004-05), Part-time, St. Thomas University:  PHIL 1013 F, Introduction to Western Philosophy I (Fall)  PHIL 3313, Philosophy of Human Rights (Fall)  PHIL 1013 G, Introduction to Western Philosophy I (Winter)  PHIL 1023 F, Introduction to Western Philosophy II (Winter)

Academic Year (September-April, 2003-04), Part-time, St. Paul University:  PHIL 2540, Penser avec Aristote : Logique élémentaire (Fall)  PHIL 3585, Métaphysique : Aristotélico-Thomiste (Winter)

Winter Semester (2003), Part-time, St. Paul University:  Penser avec Aristote : Logique élémentaire

Graduate School (2000-2003), Teaching Fellow, Boston University:  Introduction to Ethics (Prof. P. Schwartz)  Introduction to Philosophy (Prof. G. Fried)  Reasoning and Argumentation (Prof. J. Webb)  Introduction to Ethics (Prof. T. Catterson), Brandeis University  Politics and Philosophy (Prof. C. Griswold, Jr.)  Politics and Philosophy (Prof. S. Rosen)

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 Reasoning and Argumentation (Prof. J. Devlin)

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES Books  Aristotle and Plotinus on the Intellect: Monism and Dualism Revisited. Lexington Press, 2012.

Proceedings  Canadian Aristotle Society, Inaugural Conference: Proceedings. Editor Mark J Nyvlt, Science et Esprit, Vol. 72, 2020.  Human Rights and Their Foundations. Soixante ans après : Le sort d’aspirations millénaires. Editor Mark J. Nyvlt, Science et Esprit. Vol. 62, 2010.

Papers in refereed journal  « Aristotle and Speusippus : The Primacy of the One? » in Journal of Classical Studies Matica Srpska 13 (2011), 79-93.  “Plotinus on the Generation of the Intellect: The Transformation of the Inherited Platonic and Aristotelian Two Principles Doctrine,” Journal of Classical Studies Matica Srpska 12 (2010), 101-119.  Human Rights and Their Foundations. Soixante ans après : Le sort d’aspirations millénaires. Editor Mark J. Nyvlt. Science et Esprit. Vol. 62, 2010.  “The Autonomous Activity of NOUS in Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics II.19,” Journal of Classical Studies Matica Srpska 11 (2009), 73-90.  “Plotinus on Phantasia: Phantasia as the Home of Self-Consciousness within the Soul,” in Ancient Philosophy 29 (2009), 139-156.  “Aristotle to Plotinus on the Status of Nous: The Passage from Dualism to Monism,” in Perspectives sur le néoplatonisme, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Proceedings. Eds. M. Achard, W. Hankey, and J.-M. Narbonne. (Québec, Québec: Les Presses de l’Université de Laval), 2009, pp. 15- 29.  “Systematicity and Philosophical Truth: Hegel’s Attempt at Overcoming the Threats of Ancient Scepticism,” Science et Esprit, Vol. 55.3, 2003, 297-321.  “Hegel’s Concept of Denken,” Eleutheria, 11 (2000), 6-15. (Double column)  “St. Thomas on the Intellect and the Will (ST 1.82.4 and 1-2.9.1),” De Philosophia, Vol. XIV, No.1 (1998), 75-94.  “Aristotle and Plotinus on the Ontological Status of Noûs,” Eleutheria, 10 (1998), 8-12. (Double column)

Co-translator of refereed article  Charles, Sébastien. “Between Dogmatism and Sophistry: André Comte- Sponville’s Cynicism,” Journal of the Society in the Contemporary World. Vol. 5, No.1 (1999)

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Invited Guest Speaker

 Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, Oct. 11-13. “Aristotle and Aristoxenus on the Science of Music.”

 Saint Thomas More College, March (2014). “A possible influence of Alcinous on the Plotinian Epistrophe.”

 Université de Sherbrooke, April (2006). Title of Presentation: “Aristote et Speusippe: pour une défense de Speusippe.”  Université de Sherbrooke, October (2005). Title of Presentation: “Le Plotin néoaristotelicien.”

 University of Sudbury, ON, July (2006). Title of Presentation: “Plotinus’ Reception of Aristotle's Doctrine of the "Unmoved Movers" (Metaphysics L 8).”

 Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, April (2006). Title of Presentation: “Plotinus’ Reception and Transformation of Plato’s Esoteric Doctrines.”

 Campion College, Regina, SK, March (2006). Title of Presentation: “Plato and the Pythagorean Tradition.”

 Newman College, Edmonton, AB, March (2005). Title of Presentation: “St. Thomas Aquinas and the Notion of Being.”

Papers (Conferences)  “Plotinus’ Philosophical Curriculum: Akin to the Intellect’s Way of Life,” ISNS Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, June 16-21, 2014.

 “Heavenly Movement: Aristotle, Plotinus, and a few words on Hegel,” ISNS Congress, Caligari, Italy, June 23, 2012.

 “Plotinus on the Generation of Intellect: The Transformation of the Inherited Platonic and Aristotelian Two-Principles Doctrine,” 4th International Symposium on Antiquity, Serbia, Sept. 2009.

 “Questions concerning the role of NOUS in Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics II.19,” 3rd International Symposium on Antiquity, Serbia, Sept. 2008.

 Organized a Panel at the International Neoplatonic Congress, “Neoplatonism and Aristotelianism” Université Laval, June 2006.

 “Subtle Reformations of the French Monarchy: The Role of the Christian Religion in Montesquieu's Political Philosophy,” Canadian Political Association Conference

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in the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Halifax, May 2003. Commentator: Neil Robertson (University of King’s College)

 “The Autonomous Activity of Noûs in Posterior Analytics II.19 and De Anima III.4-5,” Canadian Philosophical Association, Halifax, June 2, 2003. Commentator: Kyle Fraser (University of King’s College)

 “Hegel and Philosophical Truth: An Evaluation, Critique, and Solution to the Threats of Ancient Scepticism,” Graduate Conference at the Free University of Amsterdam, May 7-9, 2003. (Paper accepted)

 “Plotinus on Phantasia: Phantasia as the Home of Self-Consciousness within the Soul,” The Canadian Philosophical Association in the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Université Laval, Québec, May 24-27, 2001. Commentator: Jean-Marc Narbonne (Laval)

 “Hegel’s Reading of Aristotle’s Metaphysics Λ.6-9: A Neoplatonic Influence,” The Canadian Philosophical Association in the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Alberta, Edmonton, May 24-27, 2000. Commentator: John Russon (Penn State)

 “The Aristotelian Aporia of Thought (Noûs) in the De Anima and Metaphysics,” Second Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at Pittsburgh University, March 17-19, 2000.

 Invited to speak at l’Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences (l’ACFAS), “De La Tempérance Comme Juste Mésure Dans Le Système Éducatif : L’actualité De Platon,” University of Ottawa, May, 1999.

 “La primauté de l’Intellect sur l’Un: Aristote et Plotin sur le statut ontologique du Noûs à travers l’influence d’Alexandre d’Aphrodise,” Association des Sociétés de Philosophie de Langue Française (ASPLF), Université Laval, August 18-22, 1998.

 “Identity and Separation in the Malebranche-Arnauld Pyrrhonian Debate Over the Ontological Status of Ideas,” Canadian Graduate Conference in Philosophy on Identity, University of Guelph, May 8-9, 1998.

 “Thomas Aquinas on Intellect and Will (ST 1.82.4 and 1-2.9.1),” Philosophia Graduate Conference, University of Ottawa, March 20, 1998.

Commentaries of Conference Papers  Todd Calder, “Evil, Privation and Value: The Privation of Augustine’s Account of Evil,” Ontario Philosophical Society, Ottawa, Nov. 2003. Commentator: Mark Nyvlt

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WORKSHOPS  Attended Mentoring workshop, St. Thomas University, September, 2006.

 Invited to give a workshop in Logic at Rothesay Netherwood School, NB, August 31, 2006.

 Attended Teaching Effectiveness Workshop at St. Paul University, March, 2003.

 Invited as a guest lecturer by the Catholic Board of Education to teach a day session on the nature of philosophy to mature high school students on two difference occasions at Collège catholique Samuel-Genest. (December, 1998 and February, 1999)

BOOK REVIEWS  Hadot, Pierre. Plotin ou la simplicité du regard in De Philosophia, Vol. XII, No. 2, 1997, pp. 279-80.

AWARDS

 Teacher of Year Award (Undergraduate) at the Dominican University College (2008-2009)

 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2000- 2003)

 A four-year Fellowship from Boston University, which covers tuition and provides part-time teaching responsibilities 20 hrs./week (1999-2003)

 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (1998-99). (Declined in favour of Boston University Fellowship)

 University of Ottawa Scholarship, 1st year tuition waived (1997); and summer 1998, tuition waived

 Ontario-Québec Scholarship (1997-98). (Declined in favour of University of Ottawa Scholarship for family reasons)

ACADEMIC SERVICE

 Research Fair, St. Thomas University, (2006-07)  SSHRC Graduate Scholarship Committee, St. Thomas University, (2006-07)  Faculty Fund, St. Thomas University, (2005-06)

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COMMUNITY SERVICE  Executive Member at large of the Trend Arlington Community, Ottawa (2017- current)  Vice President of the Trend Arlington Community, Ottawa (2015-2017)

MUSIC AWARDS  First Prize, Kiwanis Music Festival. Intermediate Classical Guitar. Ottawa, Canada, 1987

 Second Prize, Kiwanis Music Festival. Intermediate Classical Guitar. Ottawa, Canada, 1986

LANGUAGES Bilingual (French and English) Reading knowledge of Classical Greek, Latin, German, and Spanish