Isabelle Maréchal`s full bio as well as the bio of the

 Career Day Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Journée des carrières Le 10 avril 2013 PROGRAMME
Woman in Leadership / Femme d’exception : Keynote Speaker
Isabelle Maréchal
Session 1 (from 12:05 to 12:40) Lauren Rudolph ’05 – Room 9 Dr. Jane Pappas – Room 10 Dr. Heather Pim – Room 12 Nathasha Gargiulo – Room 14 Arielle Lavender ’03 & Dahlia Chalati ’06 – Room 6 1:30-­2:05 – Performance Hall Keynote Speaker – Isabelle Maréchal Session 2 (from 2:10 to 2:45) Dr. Anne Marie Canakis – Room 9 Carol Barrs & Stephanie Ellner – Room 10 Lynn Verge – Room 12 Chloe Barnabe ’97 – Room 14 Josephte McNamara – Room 6 Annabel Soutar – Room 13 Session 3 (from 2:50 to 3:30) Dr. Anne Marie Canakis – Room 9 Allen McInnis – Room 10 Katharine Berger ’04 – Room 14 Cynthia Joy – Room 6 « Journaliste, comédienne, éditorialiste,
animatrice à la radio et à la télévision,
Isabelle Maréchal est aussi une femme
d’affaires accomplie. Depuis quinze
ans, elle possède sa propre compagnie
de production médias, Les Productions
Isabelle Maréchal inc. Depuis deux ans,
elle est aussi vice-présidente de
Novidev santé active inc, qui fabrique
le nouveau fruit à boire Anti+, une
entreprise créée avec son conjoint
Thierry Houillon.
On l’écoute tous les jours à la radio, sur les ondes de Cogeco au Québec et du 98,5FM
à Montréal, où elle anime l’émission qui porte son nom « Isabelle maréchal », un
magazine quotidien d’entrevues et de témoignages sur les grands enjeux sociaux du
Québec. Son émission de 10h à midi est numéro 1 à cette heure.
Isabelle est éditorialiste pour le Journal de Montréal et le Journal de Québec. Elle est
lue par plus de deux millions de personnes chaque semaine.
Passionnée de politique et d’économie, elle a aussi animé pendant deux ans l’émission
politique « Le Québec d’abord » au 98,5 FM.
À la télévision, elle a animé, conçu et coproduit la série « Isabelle autour du monde »
diffusée à TV5. Pendant cinq ans, elle a animé « Les copines d’abord » à Canal Vie tout
en étant de la folle équipe de reporters de l’émission « La fin du monde est à sept
heures » à TQS.
L’an dernier, elle a animé « La franchise » sur les ondes de V, une compétition
télévisuelle pour couronner un nouvel entrepreneur québécois. Sa compagnie de
production.
Elle a été animatrice des émissions « Le Québec aujourd’hui » et « Le choc du présent »
à Télé-Québec et reporter national au Téléjournal de Radio-Canada pendant dix ans.
Au cours de sa carrière de reporter, elle a couvert plusieurs conflits internationaux.
Isabelle Maréchal a été récipiendaire du PRIX MIREILLE-LANCTÔT en journalisme
social pour la série « Où mourir » sur les soins palliatifs au Québec, remis par la
Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec et la Fondation Mireille-Lanctôt.
En tant que comédienne, on l’a vu à la télé interpréter le personnage d’Andréanne dans
le téléroman Virginie. On l’a vue entre autre dans 3 X RIEN, Caméra Café, Un gars,
Une fille. Au cinéma, elle a joué dans les films Karmina II d’Yves P. Pelletier et La
beauté des femmes de Robert Ménard.
Isabelle Maréchal est la mère d’Audrey, ancienne élève de The Study et de
Laura qui est actuellement en cinquième année au primaire.
Chloe Barnabe ’97
Anne-Marie Canakis, MDCM, FRCPC
Chloe is an environmental professional currently working in the field of Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR), environmental compliance and sustainable
development. Her career has been focused on helping the retail sector expand and
strengthen their environmental management systems and sustainability programs.
She currently works for the ALDO Group as a Sustainable Development Manager.
Chloe pursued her undergraduate degree at McGill in Political Science and
Environmental Studies and later completed two graduate certificates at Sherbrooke
University in Environmental Auditing and Management. She will obtain her Masters
degree later this year in the same field. Her thesis is on the optimization of
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Product Stewardship Programs in
Canada.
Dr. Anne-Marie Canakis got her Diploma of Collegial Studies in Health
Sciences from Marianopolis College. She then went to McGill University
where she got her Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Physiology and her
MDCM (Doctor of Medicine, Master of Surgery).
Chloe pursues her passion for the planet in her spare time by volunteering as a
Board member for VertCité, a non-profit, grassroots environmental organization.
VertCité manages an Eco-Quartier as well as an Eco-boutique, is involved in urban
agriculture projects and will soon oversee the Saint-Laurent House of Sustainable
Development.
Carol Barrs
Carol Barrs was granted her Bachelor and Master degrees in Social Work by McGill
University. For the past twenty years, she has been working exclusively in the field
of Infertility and Adoption in private practice on a contractual basis, through
Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, Centre Jeunesse de la Monterégie and Centre
Jeunesse de Laval.
Katharine Berger ’04
Katharine Berger is a Footwear Buyer for ALDO Group International. Prior to
joining ALDO, Katharine worked in category management for Canada’s leading
apparel brand Joe Fresh and in marketing for the iconic President’s Choice brand.
She is a Co-Chair for the Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum Associates and a
volunteer Kid Coach for Future Possibilities for Kids. Katharine holds an Honours
Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s School of Business, where she
graduated with First Class Honours, and is a Study Old Girl from the class of 2004.
Aside from her passion for retail, Katharine has interests in art, yoga, women’s
professional development, and the Montreal Alouettes.
Dr. Canakis did her Pediatric Residency at the Montreal Children’s Hospital
McGill University Health Center and a Respiratory Medicine Fellowship at
the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto. She spent two
years working in Vermont at Fletcher Allen Health Care and returned to
Montreal in 2005.
She now holds many positions at the Montreal Children’s Hospital:
Division of Respiratory Medicine/Pediatric
Respirology
Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Director of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia/home oxygen
clinic
Director of Synagis Program
Board of Examiners of the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada
Dr. Canakis has received many awards and distinctions, namely:
2000
Canadian Lung Association/MRC Fellowship Award.
1998
Rhone Poulenc Rorer Pediatric Pulmonary Enrichment Travel
Award
1995
Dean’s Honor List for Medical Graduates granted to a
maximum
of the top 10% of the graduating class of 1995.
1994
Dean’s Honor List for Medical Students granted to a maximum
of the top 10% of the students in each medical year.
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.
1992
Dean’s Honor List for Medical Students
1991
Dr. Kathleen Terroux Prize and many many more.
Among her greatest achievements are two Study girls, Michaela in
grade 6, Julia in grade 4 and a son Nicolas in Kindergarten at Selwyn.
Dahlia Chalati ’06
Cynthia Joy
Ms. Chalati completed her Bachelor’s degree in Law at Université de Montréal.
During her studies, it became clear to her that she wanted to become a notary rather
than a lawyer. Therefore, instead of applying to the Barreau du Québec, she pursued a
Diplôme en droit notarial at Université de Montréal’s Faculté des etudes supérieures
en droit. Subsequently, she completed an eight month internship at a large notary firm
in Montreal. Currently, she is completing a Master’s degree combining notarial law
and new technology laws in collaboration with the Cyberjustice Laboratory and the
Quebec Chamber of Notaries. Her thesis is primarily focused on the making of
electronic authentic notarial deeds. She also founded her own firm and is practicing as
a notary and legal consultant.
Cynthia Joy is the Director Marketing and Business Development at Air Canada
Cargo and is responsible for the commercial direction and growth of the cargo
division of the airline. With close to $500 million in revenues and a network that
serves over 150 destinations, the challenge continues to be to grow the business
within the confines of a passenger airline. Ms. Joy has close to 25 years of experience
at Air Canada including six years in the maintenance division, eight years in various
passenger marketing functions, two years leading key change management projects
through Six Sigma as well as seven years as Director of Alliances responsible for the
overall strategy and relationships with each of its international airline partners,
including the 23 members of Star Alliance.
Stephanie Ellner
Ms. Joy has a degree in Civil Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from
Concordia University.
Stephanie began her university career at McGill University, where she majored in
Psychology. When the time came to apply for graduate school and choose a
professional career path, Stephanie decided to pursue her passion for social justice
issues. Ready for an adventure, Stephanie excitedly moved to New York to begin the
Master of Social Work program at NYU. The internship component of the program
provided Stephanie with experience related to substance abuse treatment and
counselling with at-risk youth. Following her graduation in 2009, Stephanie began her
first job as a social worker in an alternative school program for overage, undercredited youth. In August 2012, Stephanie decided to accept a position at Batshaw
Youth and Family Centres in Montreal, where she is currently employed. Stephanie is
gaining invaluable knowledge and experience at Batshaw and is looking forward to
exploring what the future may hold!
Natasha Gargiulo
Natasha's passion for television started at a young age when she watched her father
anchor the Italian news. Her curiosity eventually led her to complete a specialization
and Bachelor's degree in Communications Studies at Concordia University.
Natasha started her career behind the scenes in radio as promotions coordinator. She
also reported on traffic and lent her voice to radio commercials, eventually making her
way on-air as Miss Daisy. Natasha went on to host documentaries and host a weekly
magazine show. Natasha joined the Global Quebec News team during the summer of
2003 as evening weather reporter and "Summer in the City" entertainment reporter.
She is also a proud member of the Entertainment Tonight Canada team. Natasha is
currently the co-host of Freeway and Natasha on Virgin radio and proud mom of
Leticia, her 2 ½ year old daughter.
Arielle Lavender ’03
Ms. Lavender received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in common law from Dalhousie
University in 2012. In 2011, she received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in civil law from
the University of Montreal. Arielle also holds an undergraduate degree in Business and
International Relations from McGill University. Arielle is currently an articling student
at Spiegel Sohmer Inc. in Montreal.
Allen McInnis
Allen McInnis, well-known Montreal photojournalist, is a two-time winner of the
Canadian Press Picture of the Year award and recipient of the Canadian National
Newspaper award. His first published assignment was when he was in sixth grade
elementary school, which appeared in the local newspaper. He still has that clipping
somewhere. Since Mr. McInnis comes from a long line of photographers, his early
interest and success is not surprising. Both his father and his uncle were passionate
professional photographers and this passion started as far back as his grandfather who
was a part-time photographer.
Mr. Mcinnis currently works for the Montreal Gazette but also works for different
publications such as: Maclean’s magazine, the Globe and Mail, the National Post , and
Time and Men’s Fitness and finds that “the variety of what I do is partly what keeps it
fun.” Mr. McInnis even works for The Study and has been a key contributor to our
Trillium magazine and our website for over ten years now. Mr. McInnis has won 3
Grafika awards for magazine photography.
Mr. McInnis describes some of his inspiring moments as being in Ansel Adams’ house
and his dark room, being on a project in Haiti in the 90’s during the coup d’état and
again after the earthquake.
Josephte McNamara
Dr. Heather Pim
Josephte McNamara began her career as a teacher and taught English, French and
Drama in various private schools, including The Study, where she spent most of her
teaching years. In 2002, she returned to university to study Psychology and ultimately
became a psychologist. She worked at Sacred Heart School for four years as the
school psychologist and presently works in Westmount in private practice. Dr. Pim was born and raised in the West Island of Montreal. She attended
Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School where she graduated as the Salutatorian
of my class. She loved to figure skate and was a cheerleader and coach for the
Northshore Cheerleading Association for many years. After high school, she
pursued her studies in Health Sciences at Marianopolis College from 1992-1994
and then went on to do a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Concordia
University where she graduated with distinction in 1999. Pursuing a career in
research, she completed her Masters in Science at McGill University in the
department of Neurology and Neurosurgery from 1999-2001. During that time
she worked in a hospital with patients, she fell in love with the medical field and so
instead of pursuing her original plan of doing a PhD, she decided to apply to
medical school. In 2001, she started her medical education at the University of
Laval in Quebec City. In 2002, she married her first love whom she met when she
was 14 years old. She returned to Montreal in 2005 to start her residency in
Neurology at the University of Montreal that she completed in 2012. During her
residency, she had 2 beautiful children, Sophia who is 6 and Aleksandar James
(A.J.) who is 2 years old. She is currently completing her fellowship training in
headache and pain medicine at McGill University and has accepted a position at
the University of Montreal Hospital Centre in the department of Neurology at
Notre-Dame Hospital.
Josephte holds two degrees from St.Francis Xavier University (B.A.
English/Mathematics and B.Ed); a Master’s degree from Concordia University in
English Literature; and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from McGill
University.
She is thrilled to be back at The Study, a place that has always been dear to her heart
Dr. Jane Pappas
Dr. Pappas deals with how genes are turned on and off. If you have a deadly form of
a cancer gene that you inherited from your long deceased mom for example, you
might want to know how you can turn it off.
Dr. Pappas’ degrees include:
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
• PhD, McGILL UNIVERSITY
• Master's, UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
• Bachelor, McGILL UNIVERSITY
• DEC, COLLEGE DE BOIS-DE-BOULOGNE
It is the most exciting field in medicine today. It takes another look at biology and
rewrites the books, this time focusing on just how flexible it can be rather than simply
something we inherit and can't do anything about.
Dr. Pappas is the mother of Madelyne Ayoub, grade 1.
Her career path is an example of a long and winding road but she believes that
there is truth in the saying that “ you can do anything if you put your mind to it …
and you will succeed when you put your heart into it.” (Daniella Kessler,
Observations, 2009).
Lauren Rudolph ’05
After graduating from The Study in 2005, Lauren Rudolph went on to
Marianopolis College, where she studied Commerce and ranked within the top
two students in her faculty, and then she obtained a Commerce degree at McGill
University, where she graduated on the Dean’s List. Lauren began her career in the
fashion industry by working as an Assistant Brand Manager at the global luxury
brand Michael Kors for three years. Today, Lauren is an Associate Brand Manager
for the global cookware brand Le Creuset. Lauren is a young businesswoman who
has a strong grasp on what it takes to pursue a career in Brand Management and
Business Development. In her spare time, Lauren is a passionate sports and fitness
devotee, and is training to compete in her first half-marathon and triathlon.
Annabel Soutar ’88
Annabel Soutar is a playwright, director and theatre producer. In 2000, she
founded Porte Parole in Montreal with actor Alex Ivanovici and she has
acted as Artistic Director of the Company since its inception.
Annabel was born and raised in Montreal. She studied English and Theatre
at Princeton University in New Jersey where she completed her degree in
1994. While at Princeton, under the tutelage of renowned American
playwright Emily Mann, Annabel learned about the documentary approach
to theatre and since 1998 she has been applying it to plays she produces in
Montreal. Her original plays, Novembre, 2000 Questions, Santé!, Seeds,
Import/Export and Sexy béton have been mounted in Montreal at the
Monument-National, Place des Arts, Espace Go and at the Segal Centre for
the Performing Arts. In 2003, the Montreal Gazette named Porte Parole
‘Theatre Company of the Year’. Annabel’s 2005 version of Seeds was named
the best English production of the year by Montreal’s Association of French
theatre critics and was nominated for Best New Text and Best English
Production by the Académie
québécoise du théâtre. Last fall Annabel’s play Sexy béton was a finalist for the
prestigious Quebec playwrighting award Le prix Michel-Tremblay.
Annabel’s play Seeds will be presented as part of the Centaur Theatre’s 201314 season next fall, as well as in theatres across Canada.
Annabel lives in Montreal with husband Alex Ivanovici and their two
daughters Ella and Beatrice.
Lynn Verge
Lynn Verge is Executive Director of the Atwater Library and Computer
Centre, an independent charitable organization established in Montreal in
1828 with a mission to foster learning and contribute to community
development. Before moving to Montreal a few years ago, she practiced law
in her native Newfoundland and Labrador where she also had a lengthy
career in provincial politics. She was Minister of Education (1979-1985),
Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1985-1989), and Leader of the
Opposition (1995-1996). Before and after her years holding elected office,
she was an active volunteer with women's and arts organizations. At mid-life
she decided to pursue a career in not-for-profit administration and obtained
a graduate Diploma in Administration (DIA) from Concordia University’s
John Molson School of Business.
Thank you for joining us for The Study's Annual Career Day. Over
the years, Study students in grades 9, 10 and 11 have had the
opportunity to choose amongst hundreds of speakers representing
a great variety of careers. We wish to thank our alumnae, parents
and members of our community who so generously give of their
precious time to share their professional work experiences with
Study students.
Merci de vous joindre à nous pour la Journée des carrières annuelle
de The Study. Au fil des années, nos élèves de la 9e à la 11e année
ont eu l'occasion de choisir parmi des centaines de conférenciers
représentant une grande variété de carrières. Nous tenons à
remercier nos anciennes élèves, les parents et les membres de notre
communauté qui donnent généreusement de leur temps précieux
pour venir partager leurs expériences de travail avec les jeunes filles
de The Study.
Antonia Zannis
Deputy Head of School / Conseillère en information scolaire
[email protected]
Thank you to the Career Day Committee:
Julie Caron
Pattie Edwards
Susan Orr Mongeau
Marie-France Sénécal
Antonia Zannis
Special Thanks To:
Nancy Lewis Sweer, Head of School
Anik Low, Senior School Director
Loussa Joseph Douyon, Executive Assistant
Belinda Hummel, A&AR Coordinator
Franca Monaco, Registrar