Faculty and Leadership

Dr. Angela Antohi-Kominek is Vice President Academic and Campus Principal at Yorkville University, Ontario campus. In addition to numerous years of academic experience as an educator and administrator, she worked in the private sector for Apotex Inc. and for Wrigley Canada. Dr. Antohi-Kominek holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership with a focus in higher education form Western University. She is an alumna of Yorkville University’s Master of Education program and her first degree is in Toxicology and Human Biology from University of Toronto. Dr. Antohi-Kominek works closely with program leaders and academic staff to ensure student needs are met and are consistent with the university’s mission in meeting students where they are. Her passion includes creating inclusive faculty communities among all faculty groups, on-line and on-campus, as well as immersing faculty who have never taught before into the world of academia. Dr. Antohi-Kominek is a firm advocate for life-long learning, and her areas of scholarly interest include faculty development, academic integrity, workplace stress in the academy, and the future of the academy.

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Born in Regina, Dr. Thomas Chase pursued postsecondary studies in both English language and music. After completing an undergraduate degree with high honours in English, he took up a doctoral fellowship at Glasgow University in Scotland, where he gained his PhD in English language and linguistics in 1984. Concurrently, he studied with George McPhee at Paisley Abbey, and gained the performer’s licentiate diploma in organ from Trinity College. He has performed and lectured widely in Canada and the US, with a particular focus on the life and music of Marcel Dupré, and continues his research on this seminal figure of the French organ school. Dr. Chase’s university teaching and administrative career spanned nearly four decades as Professor, Dean, Vice President, Provost, and Interim President at the University of Regina and Royal Roads University. In 2021 he retired from the University of Regina, and in 2022 became Vice President, Academic and Principal of the BC campus of Yorkville University. He has taught CHERD’s Senior University Administrators’ Course, and currently facilitates onboarding workshops for university Vice Presidents through the Canadian Association of University Business Officers.

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In her role as Vice President, Teaching and Learning, Dr. Hannon champions the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services that support teaching innovation and excellence at Yorkville University. She brings over 15 years of experience in higher education, spanning both the college and university sectors. A physical chemist by training, Dr. Hannon earned her PhD. from Western University, and her bachelor’s degree from York University. She has worked in the areas of faculty and curriculum development, graduate student professional development, STEM education, digital learning, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Dr. Hannon is a committed member of the educational development community in Canada. Prior to joining YU, she served as Director, Teaching and Learning Innovation at Niagara College. She has also served as Co-Chair for the Council of Ontario Educational Developers (2016) and Vice-Chair, Awards and Recognition for the Educational Developers Caucus (2017 – 2021). Dr. Hannon has received a number of awards for her work, including most recently a Minister’s Award of Excellence (2023) for her contributions to supporting equality of opportunity through the Accessibility Hub, an open resource that advances accessible teaching, learning, and communication practices.

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Cindy has served for more than five years as Director of Student Success and Leadership Centre at the University of Windsor, where she was also the lead of Turtle Island (Indigenous student success). She also spent more than 15 years at St. Clair College, with responsibilities ranging from athletics and recreation to their full suite of student services.

Cindy utilizes an empathetic, student-centred approach to curricular and co-curricular programming that enables students to thrive academically, emotionally, socially, spiritually and physically, beginning with orientation, through to graduation. Her experiences have included oversight of diverse offices from accessibility to student leadership and undergraduate research, athletic facilities and bookstores to residence halls.

Before joining the higher education community, Cindy was the general manager for the very active Rotary Club of Windsor (1918). She holds a Master of Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University, as well as Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Music Arts degrees.

Cindy’s weekly golf game and cheering at her daughter’s sports are times that she treasures, as well as giving back to the community through volunteering with Ontario Trillium Foundation and providing direct support to those with housing insecurity.

Professor Goddard is the Interim Dean of the Faculty of Education at Yorkville University. He has extensive expertise in university administration and governance, including Vice Provost (International) at the University of Calgary and Dean of Education at UPEI. He served on the Board of Directors of both the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, and was president of the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration.

Dr. Goddard brings a 45-year career as a teacher, school administrator, university professor, and educational consultant. He has a strong publication record and international recognition in the field of school and system leadership at the confluence of post-conflict, post-colonial, and post-catastrophe educational contexts. Dr. Goddard spent almost two decades as a teacher and school administrator in Papua New Guinea and with Dene, Cree and Inuit communities in northern Canada. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Alberta and taught educational administration and leadership in three Canadian public universities.

As a consultant he designed and delivered principal training programs in Lebanon and Sweden and worked closely and collaboratively with Ministry of Education staff to develop national educational policy frameworks in Afghanistan and Kosovo. Dr. Goddard has familiarity with Yorkville University’s education programs as he previously served as a member of assessment panels that evaluated the M.Ed. programs.