Our Team

Jamie oversees office administration and is the primary administrative contact for UBC Extended Learning (ExL). She ensures the ExL office runs smoothly and is always seeking ways to streamline administration. She provides executive-level support for the ExL Executive Director, and assists the ExL Management Team. Reporting to the ExL Director of Administration, Jamie’s day-to-day duties also include liaising with various UBC units, faculties and departments in the wider UBC community.

Gina develops, implements and evaluates integrated marketing campaigns for Extended Learning (ExL) career and personal education programs, both within ExL and for the University. In her role, she manages the digital marketing team, and provides strategic direction and recommendations to the Director, Marketing.

Gina brings more than 20 years’ marketing experience in private industry and not-for-profit organizations to her role. As an avid believer in continued learning and personal growth, she has participated in the UBC Community Leadership Program and is working toward her International Coach Federation accreditation through the Organizational Coaching program at UBC.

Yuki supports course planning, promotion, scheduling, delivery and assessment for a wide range of programs, including programs for high school students and certificate and micro-certificate programs for adult learners. With more than 20 years of experience in post-secondary education, Yuki is proud to offer her professionalism, dedication, and passion for life-long learning and aims to provide a fun and fruitful learning experience for our students.

Mubarak is a member of the UBC Finance team that supports Extended Learning.  He plays an integral role in providing financial support for various UBC ExL units, the English Language Institute and various UBC Faculties. His responsibilities mainly focus on maintaining the financial integrity of the Student Registration system. This encompasses the areas of reconciliations, reporting, and providing financial help desk support and instructions to staff.  Mubarak collaborates closely with unit program managers on fiscal planning and reporting. In addition to his current responsibilities Mubarak is always looking for opportunities to grow and excel in his career as a top finance professional at UBC.

As the human resources coordinator for UBC Extended Learning (ExL) Flavia provides advice and recommendations to managers and staff regarding university-wide HR policies and procedures, and ensures departmental compliance with policies and collective agreements. Flavia has a broad range of responsibilities, from providing guidance and facilitation on full-cycle recruitment, salary administration, performance and other staffing activities, to reviewing, analyzing and interpreting various HR policies, systems and procedures.

Flavia is very passionate about continuous learning, professional development and communications. She has numerous certificates in human resources and marketing along with her BA in Public Relations and MBA in People Management.

David provides administrative and student support for UBC Extended Learning’s (ExL) university preparation and community programs. He helps process admissions, registration and financial transactions for these programs, and liaises with other ExL teams and groups in the community. With more than 20 years of experience as an administrative professional in Canada and the UK, David is passionate about education and ensuring that Canadian and international students have a positive, rewarding experience at UBC.

Josefina supports new Extended Learning (ExL) and Vice-President Academic Office programming initiatives as part of Academic Services Learning Technology, Learning Design, and Media development team. She provides expertise in online learning, learning design and technologies, and media development for new ExL and non-degree UBC Faculty programming, from ideation and instructional design, to production and delivery.

With more than 10 years’ experience in educational technology and online learning, Josefina’s approach to learning design emphasizes accessibility, responsiveness, universal design for learning, and learner engagement.

Josefina sits on the Canvas Catalog Administrators Group and supports the management of the ExL Learning Design & Learning Technology, and ExL DIY Media communities.

As a member of the UBC Extended Learning (ExL) marketing team and the Program Development Advisory Committee, Tracey develops evidence-based, integrated marketing strategies that drive enrolment for all ExL programs, and for UBC faculties’ career and professional education programs.

With more than 20 years’ experience in branding and marketing, Tracey brings a passion for creating and communicating unique stories that enhance the student experience at every touchpoint along their journey.

Joanne is involved with developing and delivering a wide range of arts, humanities and science courses at UBC Extended Learning (ExL). The programs in her portfolio include UBC Elder Scholar, One Day @ UBC and One Week @ UBC. In addition to liaising with UBC faculty to deliver short-term programs, Joanne recruits and orients instructors, supervises student assistants and assists with preparing promotional materials. Joanne brings more than 30 years’ experience in post-secondary client service and program administration to her role.

Matthew (Matt) is responsible for course and curriculum design and development, and evening weekend and online programming for UBC Extended Learning Languages, Professional Writing and Communications and English Communication Skills courses and programs. He also manages summer institutes in French, Spanish and American Sign Language (ASL), and supervises and mentors more than 50 instructors. Matt is fluent in Spanish and French, and represents ExL at the Centre de la Francophonie de UBC. A published fiction author, Matt’s background includes 12 years’ experience in adult education, a master’s in French literature, a bachelor’s in linguistics and basic skills in ASL.

Aika develops and implements UBCx, open learning and non-degree initiatives, including MOOCs (massive open online courses), professional certificates, micro-bachelors and micro-masters. Working in partnership with UBC faculties, she delivers online programming that promotes UBC excellence to the local and international communities. 

She conducts market research and needs assessments, and consults stakeholders to design, develop, maintain and evaluate programs to attract new learners. As a member of the Academic Services team, Aika improves learning through online learning management systems and virtual technologies. She also helps administer funding call initiatives, including the Continuous Learning Advancement Fund (CLAF).