MacKimmie Tower

Faculty of Graduate Studies

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Main faculty contact information

Mailing and office address

Faculty of Graduate Studies
MacKimmie Tower, Second Floor
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada 
T2N 1N4

General Inquiries

Phone: (403) 220-4938
Fax: (403) 289-7635 
Email: graduate@ucalgary.ca 

  1. Dr. Tara Beattie, PhD

    Interim Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Studies

    (403) 220-5116

    deangrad@ucalgary.ca

     

     

  2. Dr. Michelle Drefs, PhD

    Associate Dean, Student Experience

    (403) 220-8299

    madrefs@ucalgary.ca

  3. Dr. Clifton Cunningham, PhD

    Associate Dean, Students
    Head, Graduate College 

    (403) 220-8299

    ccunning@ucalgary.ca

  4. Dr. David Anderson, PhD

    Associate Dean, Transdisciplinary Scholarship

    david.anderson1@ucalgary.ca

  5. Dr. Daniel McGrath, PhD

    Associate Dean, Scholarships (Incoming)     

    daniel.mcgrath@ucalgary.ca

  6. Dr. Donna-Marie McCafferty, PhD

    Associate Dean, Scholarships (Outgoing)     

    (403) 210-5478

    dmmccaff@ucalgary.ca

  7. Ingrid Hernandez

    Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost and Dean

    (403) 220-5116

    irmiddle@ucalgary.ca

  1. Catherine McLeod

    Senior Director, Strategic Operations    

    (403) 220-6359    

    catherine.mcleod@ucalgary.ca

  2. Dr. Tara Christie, PhD

    Senior Manager, Graduate Student Journey

    (403) 220-2530

    chrsttl@ucalgary.ca  

  3. Milena Marshall

    Manager, Communications   

    (403) 220-7223  

    milena.marshall@ucalgary.ca

  4. Louise Wells

    Graduate Calendar, Policy and Program Development    

    (403) 220-4997

    louise.wells@ucalgary.ca

  5. Jamie Pryde

    Manager, Graduate Process & System Improvement

    (403) 220-8483

    jpryde@ucalgary.ca

  1. Bronwyn Farr

    Manager, Graduate Recruitment

    (403) 210-6814

    bronwyn.farr@ucalgary.ca

  2. Calvin Lac

    Graduate Recruitment Coordinator

    (403) 220-4931

    future.grad@ucalgary.ca

  3. Tyler Knee

    Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Graduate Recruitment

    tyler.knee@ucalgary.ca

  1. Cathie Stiven

    Interim Manager, Graduate Awards   

    (403) 220-3857

    cstiven@ucalgary.ca    

  2. Safia Nathoo (on leave)

    Manager, Graduate Awards   

    (403) 220-3857

    snathoo@ucalgary.ca    

  3. Erin Coburn

    Team Lead

    (403) 220-5690

    ecoburn@ucalgary.ca  

  4. Elsa-Lee Alho

    Graduate Scholarship Officer   

    (403) 220-2805

    elsalee.alho@ucalgary.ca 

  5. Sophia George

    Graduate Scholarship Officer

    (403) 220-8581

    georges@ucalgary.ca

  6. Ravinder Pal Singh

    Graduate Scholarship Officer

    (403) 220-3813

    ravinderpal.singh@ucalgary.ca

     

  7. Mawuli Kofi Tay

    Graduate Award Account Administrator

    mawuli.tay@ucalgary.ca 

  8. Joan Tetrault

    Graduate Award Account Administrator

    tetraulj@ucalgary.ca

  1. Graduate program information

    Graduate program admissions are handled by individual graduate programs. Find contact information for your program of interest on the Faculty of Graduate Studies Future Students page.

  2. How to apply

    Find information on how to apply here.

Please contact your Graduate Program Administrator or Coordinator for inquiries regarding admissions, as well as any program-specific questions (e.g., supervision, degree requirements, funding, assistantships). 

  1. Swapnil Saxena

    Manager, Graduate Student & Program Support

    swapnil.saxena@ucalgary.ca

  2. Corey Wilkes 

    Team Lead

    (403) 220-5419

    wilkes@ucalgary.ca    

  3. Christine Abadingo

    Graduate Program Officer 

    christine.abadingo@ucalgary.ca

  4. Kifah Alramahi

    Graduate Program Officer

    (403) 210-9248

    kifah.alramahi@ucalgary.ca

  5. Nick Beck 

    Graduate Program Officer  

    (403) 220-8087    

    nicholas.beck@ucalgary.ca    

  6. Robin Hawes

    Graduate Program Officer

    (403) 220-2804

    rjhawes@ucalgary.ca    

  7. Catalina Kovacs 

    Graduate Program Officer

    (403) 210-9754

    ckovacs@ucalgary.ca  

  8. Xin Tong

    Graduate Program Officer

    xin.tong@ucalgary.ca

  9. Christine Verwoerd

    Graduate Program Officer

    (403) 220-6356

    cverwoer@ucalgary.ca

Professional development for grad students

  1. Natalie Wilkinson-Houghton 

    Business Development Specialist (Internships)

    (403) 220-8252     

    natalie.wilkinsonhou@ucalgary.ca  

  2. Felicia Glatz

    Instructional Design Specialist, Student Success

    (403) 220-5548

    felicia.glatz@ucalgary.ca

  3. Kim Suvan

    Coordinator, Student Success

    (403) 210-6205

    kim.suvan@ucalgary.ca

  1. Dr. Yan Zhang, PhD

    Graduate Academic and Intl. Specialist

    (403) 220-4932

    grad.advisor@ucalgary.ca

  2. Marisa Norona

    Graduate Academic and Intl. Specialist

    (403) 220-4932

    grad.advisor@ucalgary.ca

  3. Chantelle Gill

    Team Lead, Graduate Student Services

    chantelle.gill@ucalgary.ca

GRADpost is published every Thursday. Submissions must be received by noon each Wednesday for the following day. Visit the GRADpost archives here.


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