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Staff Contacts

Human Resources Office - Telephone: 250.740.6284

Liz Laidlaw

Liz Laidlaw

Human Resources Assistant
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Employment Verifications
  • CUPE Casual Requests
  • Employee File Requests
  • General HR Questions
  • HR Front Desk
  • HR Finance
Aaryn Owen

Aaryn Owen

Human Resources Associate
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Provides support to:

  • Ancillary Services
  • Campus Store/Print Shop
  • Food Services
  • Faculty of Academic & Career Prep
    • ELL
  • Faculty of Science and Technology
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • tiwšɛmawtxʷ (PR)
Donna Nelson

Donna Nelson

Human Resources Associate
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Provides support to:

  • External Relations
    • Advancement & Alumni/Milner
  • Faculty of Health Sciences & Human Services
  • Human Resources (Payroll)
  • Library
  • President’s Office
    • University Secretariat
    • Marcomm
    • Human Rights
  • Provost
  • SRCA incl MABRRI & Deep Bay
  • Office of Future Students
  • Student Recruitment/ VIU international
Rae Brown

Rae Brown

Human Resources Associate (on leave)
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Provides support to:

  • Faculty of Trades & Applied Tech
  • ERM – Health and Safety
  • Student Affairs (Athletics/ Counselling/ CEL/ Wellness Centre/ Advising/ Invigilation/ Financial Aid/ Accessibility)
  • VP Admin & Finance
  • Strategic Planning (OUPA)
  • VIU Student Housing
  • Info Systems / Tech
  • Financial Services
Talia Elder

Talia Elder

Human Rsources Associate
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Provides support to:

  • Cowichan Campus
  • Facilities Management & Development
  • Faculty of Arts & Humanities
  • Faculty of Education
    • CIEL
  • Office of Indigenous Education & Engagement
  • Registrar
  • Faculty of Management
Cherie McLennan

Cherie McLennan

Manager, HR Systems, Analytics and Compensation
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 273

Areas of Responsibility:

  • HR Systems
  • HR Reporting
  • Unit4 Development
Jana Orton

Jana Orton

HRIS Specialist
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Areas of Responsibility:

  • HR Systems
  • HR Reporting
  • CUPE JJE Scheduling
Sarah Read

Sarah Read

HRIS Specialist (on leave)
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Areas of Responsibility:

  • HR Systems
  • HR Reporting
  • CUPE JJE Scheduling
Esther Duplisea

Esther Duplisea

Coordinator, Employee Recruitment
Phone: 250.740.6649
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Employee Development
  • Employee Orientation
  • Employee Recruitment
  • Employee Training
  • Job Evaluation
Eveline Bjorndahl

Eveline Bjorndahl

Coordinator, Employee Recruitment (on leave)
Phone: 250.740.6649
Building / Room: 305 / 280
Carole Gray

Carole Gray

HR Specialist, Recruitment and EDI
Phone: 250.740.6649
Building / Room: 305 / 280B

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Employee Recruitment
  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives for recruitment
  • Admin Job Evaluation

Kamala Morgan

Kamala Morgan

Employee Relations Associate
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 272

Areas of Responsibility:

  • VIUFA and BCGEU regularization
  • Union Seniority
  • Union Leave Forms
  • BCGEU IES Fund leaves
  • VIUFA Assisted Leaves and Time Awards
  • Manage Here
  • Labour Management Committees
  • Collective Bargaining Support
  • Grievance and Arbitration Support
Mark Webster

Mark Webster

Employee Relations Advisor
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 272C

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Faculty of Education
    • CIEL
  • Faculty of Health Sciences & Human Services
  • Info Systems / Tech
  • Office of Future Students
    • Student Recruitment
    • VIU International
  • Office of Indigenous Education & Engagement
  • President’s Office
    • University Secretariat
    • Marcomm
    • Human Rights
  • SRCA incl MABRRI & Deep Bay
  • Strategic Planning (OUPA)
  • University Secretariat
  • VP Admin & Finance
  • Financial Services
Megan Bailey

Megan Bailey

Employee Relations Advisor
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 272F

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Ancillary Services
    • VIU Student Housing
    • Campus Store/Print Shop
    • Food Services
  • ERM – Health and Safety
  • Fac of Academic & Career Prep
    • ELL
  • Faculty of Arts & Humanities
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Human Resources (Payroll)
  • Registrar
  • Student Affairs (Athletics/ Counselling/ CEL/ Wellness Centre/ Advising/ Invigilation/ Financial Aid/ Accessibility)
Tammy Williams

Tammy Williams

Employee Relations Advisor
Phone: 250.740.6284
Building / Room: 305 / 272G

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Cowichan Campus
  • External Relations
    • Advancement & Alumni
    • Milner Gardens
  • Faculty of Science & Technology
  • Faculty of Trades & Applied Technology
  • Facilities Management and Development
  • Faculty of Management
  • Library
  • Provost
  • tiwšɛmawtxʷ (PR)
Patricia Elliott

Patricia Elliott

Director, Employee Relations
Phone: 250.740.6284
Cell: 250.741.6051
Building / Room: 305 / 272D
Dan VanderSluis

Dan VanderSluis

Associate Vice President, Human Resources
Phone: 250.740.6284
Cell: 250.618.3537
Building / Room: 305 / 272E

Group Benefits - Telephone: 250.740.6432, Fax: 250.740.6605

Jenny Gomes

Jenny Gomes

Manager, Health, Well-Being and Benefits
Phone: 250.740.6432
Building / Room: 305 / 280C

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Wellbeing Initiatives
  • Benefits Communications
  • ADMIN & BCGEU STD/LTD Management, Disability Management, Disability Accommodation, Return to Work
Dana Swarts

Dana Swarts

Employee Benefits Coordinator
Phone: 250.740.6607
Building / Room: 305 / 280

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Employee Benefits
  • Pension Transfer of Service
  • Pension Purchase of Service
  • Employee Sick Leave Administration
  • Joint Rehabilitation Committees
Lizzy Mooney

Lizzy Mooney

Specialist, Disability Management
Phone: 250.740.6609
Building / Room: 305 / 280a

Areas of Responsibility

  • VIUFA & CUPE STD/LTD Management, Disability Management, Disability Accommodations, Return to Work, JEIP
  • WorkSafe BC Claims