Board of Directors

Trish Albino

Treasurer (2023-25)

Trish (she/her/hers) joined BCIT in 2016 as an instructor in the financial management diploma program. Soon after, she also began teaching accounting courses in part-time studies. She is a graduate from the BCIT Bachelor of Technology in Accounting program and a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Prior to joining BCIT, she was an Audit Manager at one of Canada’s largest public accounting firms. This background has allowed her to be a member of the FSA’s Audit Committee for the last two years.

She was also the Faculty Coach for the accounting teams participating in the JDC West case competition between 2016 and 2020 and spent several years as the Faculty Advisor for the Accounting Association, one of the Student Association’s clubs.

Trish’s goal is to help the FSA improve the pay and benefits for its members, particularly for part-time studies instructors.

Sandra Amador

Director, Associate Members (2023-25)

Sandra Amador (she/her/hers), BSc Chemical engineering, ASQ CQA has over 25 years’ experience in the quality assurance management field; paired with project management of compliance/improvement teams in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food, chemical, and automotive industries.

Various roles throughout the years have provided opportunities to apply quality tools and lean principles to get organizations ISO certified and to promote continuous improvement. As a coach and leader she assists companies in creating and effective management system that aligns with the business objectives and provides value to the internal teams and customers.

Sandra was the Voice of the Customer chair for the ASQ Vancouver chapter and a long-time member of the ASQ organization.

Sandra has been a part time instructor at BCIT since March 2019 at the School of business and media, teaching Quality and operations management courses. For Sandra, ensuring the teaching environment and culture are positive for faculty and students is the main objective of her role participating as a board member in the FSA.

Michelle Beauchamp

Director (2023-25)

Michelle (she/her/hers) joined BCIT in 2001 as an assistant instructor in the Medical Radiography program. After achieving her M.Ed in curriculum and design she continued her teaching career in the same program, now as a faculty instructor. Michelle graduated from the BCIT Medical Radiography program herself in 1989.

Her educational philosophy revolves around constructionism. We cannot put the information in our students’ brains, we have to provide them resources for them to do so.

Michelle has been an FSA Tech Rep for her program since 2011 and is looking forward to serving on the board and contributing to the wellbeing of all FSA members and ensure the FSA remains a strong voice for them.

Joe Boyd

Director (2023-25)

What motivates you to be involved with the FSA?

I want to ensure the needs of researchers at BCIT are being met, and that specialized faculty are well represented. More broadly, I want to help build community.

How do you build community?

Well, sitting on a lot of committees helps. Institute committees, supporting and providing funding for faculty initiatives: research, teaching & learning, international travel, microcredentials. And volunteering, with the Green Team, Guichon Creek Day, Convocation. Mostly helping others meet their goals.

What’s the most important thing for faculty researchers to know?

That it’s not impossible. There are supports like the Applied Research Liaison Office (ARLO) and School Research Committees to help researchers find funding and time for their projects, and probably others at BCIT interested in collaborating with them. Please reach out to me directly and I’ll see what I can do to help you, and connect you to what you need.

What’s your favourite part of campus?

My favourite outside space is the big planter area below Tim Horton’s and the Breezeway. Inside it’s Mi Chap Tukw, the Indigenous Gathering Place, “a comfortable, welcoming and safe space for students, families and staff”, and for me, very calming.

What outside interests do you have?

I cycle a lot, road bike, and have started kayaking. I’m also part of the Still Moon Arts Society, an organization that brings together art, environment and community in the Still Creek and Renfrew-Collingwood area of Vancouver. I’ve become involved with some of their community art projects, messy projects: cob shed building, living willow sculpture weaving, which exercises very different parts of my brain, and body.

Terry Gordon

Director (2023-25)

Terry (he/him/his) has been an instructor in the Accounting, Finance, and Insurance Department of BCIT’s School of Business since 1998. His involvement with the FSA began in 2006 when he was first elected to the FSA Board of Directors. Since then, Terry has served almost continuously on the FSA Board and was the Treasurer of the FSA until May 2023. He has also served on the FSA Collective Agreement and Bargaining Committees for the past five rounds of collective bargaining. Terry holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Florida and a Diploma of Technology in Financial Management from BCIT. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator.

Colin Jones

President (2022-24) / Chief Negotiator

Colin has served on the FSA’s bargaining team for the last three rounds, most recently acting as Chief Negotiator. He has previously been an FSA Board Director and was elected back onto the board in November 2019, becoming President in December of the same year. Colin sits on a variety of committees on behalf of FSA, including Institute Placement Committee, senior management selection committees, Employee Engagement Committee, and member professional development committees. Colin is released from his position in Information Technology Services (ITS) at BCIT to serve as our President. With more than two decades of solutions-based work, Colin’s background in process improvement, strategic analysis, and project management is extremely valuable. Colin enjoys finding innovatively simple ways to solve thorny problems and frustrations. We are thrilled that he is taking on this leadership role with our organization at this critical time.

Zaa Joseph

Director (2023-25)

Zaa Derik Gammel Joseph is a member of the Tl’azt’en Nation. He holds a BA from Capilano University and completed his Master of Arts in Professional Communication at Royal Roads University. Zaa has been an Advisor in the BCIT Indigenous Initiatives (formerly Indigenous Services) Department since 2008. He was a committee member of BCIT’s Indigenous Advisory Council responsible for the first Aboriginal Strategic Plan (2010-2013), was previously a Director-at-Large for BCIT’s Faculty and Staff Association (2013-2019) and sits on the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Equity Committee and Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Working Group (2018-present). Zaa was seconded to participate with Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships to build the BCIT Indigenous Vision (2018-2019). Zaa is the co-founder of Diversity Circles at BCIT. He organizes and facilitates workshops, continuing to build internal and external relationships.

Shannon Kelly

Vice President (2022-24)

Shannon (she/her/hers) joined BCIT in 2002 as an instructor in Communication and became a Program Head for PTS in 2004. Shannon has experience working in industry as well as a doctorate from the University of Waterloo, specializing in technical communication.
Shannon's first love is teaching and she specifically chose BCIT due to its polytechnic nature. Her passion for teaching is matched by her interest in research. Shannon's areas of research include teaching excellence, technology in the classroom, Humanities in the professions, and Sustainability.
Shannon is an FSA Co-Tech Rep for her department and has been informally involved with the FSA on many issues over the years. Shannon's focus is for the FSA to keep the priorities and wellbeing of all our members in the forefront at all times and to support our members as effectively and strategically as possible.

William Oching

Vice President (2022-24)

William started his career at BCIT in 2015 as a Faculty member in the Mining and Mineral Exploration Department and involved in the establishment of the accredited Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and Mineral Resources Program. With strong industry experience, William developed and instructs several mining engineering courses and also serves as the Program Quality Assurance Coordinator.

William passionately has been an FSA Tech Rep and Returning Officer for four years and represented his department and FSA in various capacities: new hires selection, health and safety and curriculum committees, and anti- racism working group. He volunteers as a board member for community and non- profit organization boards, locally and nationally such as Burnaby Girls Soccer Club, and World University Service of Canada, among others.

William has a passion for training & developing others and demonstrated remarkably to get tasks done, genuinely enjoys serving the community for the purpose of achieving a common goal. William is humbled and honored to serve FSA as the member of the Board of Directors and strives to advance and protect the interests of FSA members to make work environment at BCIT fair and just for all.

Judy Shandler

Director, Associate Members (2023-25)

Judy Shandler (she/her/hers) has been working in post-secondary as an instructor for over 30 years and has completed a Doctorate in Education focusing on Educational Leadership from SFU.  Working in post-secondary has been a rewarding career, which has allowed her to expand into areas outside of teaching into the business of these institutions.

Judy joined Information Technology Services (ITS) at BCIT after completing a diploma program in the High Performance Technology program in 2000.  Today she splits her time between the role of Senior Business Analyst in Enterprise Planning in ITS and that of Performance Development System (PDS) Coordinator for the FSA Faculty,  Specialty Faculty and Tech Staff.  Judy also holds a position as Governor on the BCIT Board of Governors.

Judy was elected to the FSA board of directors in May 2020.