Executive Council

The Executive Council is the decision making body between General Assemblies. It is composed of 20 elected teachers (with no release time) who represent different teaching sectors in the college, union committees or union wide groups.

Women’s Committee Kelly Phipps
teaches Sociology
(514) 931-8731 local –
kphipps@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Non-permanent Teachers’ Representative Yariv Barsheshat
teaches Mathematics
(514) 931-8731 local 4625
ybarsheshat@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Social Activities Committee Coordinator Frank Runcie
teaches English
(514) 931-8731 local 4332
fruncie@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Continuing Education Representative Isabelle Johnston
teaches Humanities
(514) 931-8731 local  
ijohnston@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Solidarity Committee Mark Beauchamp
teaches History
(514) 931-8731 local 4479
mbeauchamp@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Retirement Committee vacant
Conseil Central de Montréal
Michael Duckett
teaches History
(514) 931-8731 local 4483
mduckett@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

Consitutencies:

Arts Technologies Vacant
Engineering Technologies Sharon Shasha
teaches Electronics Engineering
(514) 931-8731 local 4475
sshasha@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Medical Technologies Lucien Chiasson
teach Nursing
(514) 931-8731 local 4905
lchiasson@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Social and Business Technologies Vacant
English Adam Bright
teaches English
(514) 931-8731 local 4791
abright@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
French Lyane Henrichon
teaches French
(514) 931-8731 local 4354
lhenrichon@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Humanities Mariam Sambe
teaches Humanities
(514) 931-8731 local 4213
msambe@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Physical Education
Doug Smyth
teaches Physical Education
(514) 931-8731 local 4758
dsmyth@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Science – Mathematics Igor Gorelyshev
teaches Mathematics
(514) 931-8731 local 4119
igorelyshev@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Science – Non-mathematics Maria Dikeakos
teaches Physics
(514) 931-8731 local 4009
mdikeakos@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Social science Donal Gill
teaches Political Science
(514) 931-8731 local 4478
dgill@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Social science Vanessa Gordon
teaches Political Science
(514) 931-8731 local 4159
vgordon@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
ALC Reisa Levine
teaches Cinema/Communications
(514) 931-8731 local 4740
rlevine@dawsoncollege.qc.ca


Mandates last one year. Elections take place in the spring, for the following academic year. The four 
DTU executive members and the Coordinator of Grievances are ex officio members of the Executive Council.