Alisa Sivak

Alisa’s role in the AVPA office is newly established and evolving. In addition to facilitating internal communication about internal teaching and learning-related processes and strategic projects, she is working towards developing new processes for recognizing excellence in teaching via external teaching awards, and exploring opportunities to enhance the visibility of teaching at Waterloo.

She is an enthusiastic collaborator who is comfortable seeking highly specialized input and reframing information to meet the needs of her audience.

Alisa has a M.A. in Educational Studies from the University of British Columbia and a teaching certificate from McGill University. In a previous lifetime she worked as a knowledge translation specialist in the field of vision science research. She has worked at the University of Waterloo since 2001.