NOARC’s in-house staff works from a suite of offices located at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario. Currently, our staffing is as follows:
Our Team
Alana Holmes Ph.D., C. Psych.
Psychologist and ManagerDr. Holmes provides psychological assessments and consultations, liaises with consortium managers concerning NOARC/CÉRNO’s mandate, determines research initiatives and collaborates in their completion and publication. She is also responsible for day-to-day supervision and management of NOARC/CÉRNO including: quality assurance reviews, professional development activities for registered psychological practitioners, and supervision and training of staff and interns.
Robert Silvestri, Ph.D.
Lead ResearcherRobert is involved in the development, implementation, and analyses phases of applied research conducted at NOARC/CÉRNO and supervision of staff assisting with such projects. In addition to his research duties, Robert is responsible for the review of all referrals received by NOARC/CÉRNO and consulting with disability staff on referral protocol. Robert also provides psychometric assistance.
Nathan French, M.A.
Office ManagerNathan acts as a support in the management of the daily operations of NOARC/CÉRNO. He is directly responsible for developing and managing the referral, research and financial databases. As well, he designs and maintains NOARC/CÉRNO’s website and provides psychometric support to psychological practitioners as required.
Rafiq Rahemtulla, M.Sc.
Research AssistantRafiq assists with many of the applied research projects being undertaken at NOARC/CÉRNO by providing support with data collection, management, and analysis. Rafiq also provides support and assistance with research ethics applications and research grant applications.
Kevin Farnan, M. A.
Senior Psychometric TechnicianKevin is a bilingual Psychometric Technician whose responsibilities include: administering and scoring psychometric tests on behalf of registered psychological practitioners, database entry, helping to examine the latest psychometric tests to determine their usefulness in assessments of LD at the post-secondary level, translating documents into or from French, and assisting with various research initiatives.
Amber Sinclair, M.A.
PsychometristAmber is a recent graduate and is working towards becoming a psychological associate under the supervision of Dr. Holmes. Her primary responsibility involves completing Psycho-Educational assessments on students. She also supports NOARC/CERNO by taking part in database entry, and assisting with various research projects.
Matthew Scott M.A.
Psychometric TechnicianMatthew is a recent graduate and is working towards becoming a psychological associate under the supervision of Dr. Holmes and Dr. Shilhan. His primary responsibility involves completing Psycho-Educational assessments on students across Northern Ontario. He also helps facilitate transitionary programing for students with exceptionalities entering post-secondary and assists with various NOARC/CERNO research projects.
Kathleen Bimm, B.Sc.
Office AssistantKathleen, as NOARC/CÉRNO’s Office Assistant, is the first point of contact for inquiries pertaining to our services. She provides secretarial and scheduling support to in-house staff, external practitioners and the numerous consortium offices. Kathleen is also responsible for processing all incoming referrals and maintaining completed and secure files.
Contributing Psychologists and Psychological Associates
The psycho-educational assessments completed through NOARC/CÉRNO are conducted by Psychologists (C. Psych.) or Psychological Associates (Psych. Assoc.) registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. NOARC/CÉRNO has a roster of Psychologists and Psychological Associates located across northern Ontario whose members perform this work individually or with the assistance of psychometric staff:
- Sudbury
- Dr. Trevor Deck, C. Psych.
- Dr. Elizabeth Levin, C. Psych.
- Kari Squarzolo, C. Psych.
- Dr. Julie Shilhan, C. Psych.
- North Bay
- Dr. Jeffrey Phillips, C. Psych.
- Dr. Sandra Stewart, C. Psych.
- Sault Ste Marie
- Dr. Anne Marie Caruso, C. Psych.
- Thunder Bay
- Dr. Jennifer Sullivan, C. Psych.
- Blind River
- Penny Poisson-Lawrence, C. Psych. Assoc
