Joanna was elected as an HDSB Trustee after 20 years of work experience in public health. Having received an Hons. B.Sc. from University of Waterloo and an M.Sc. in Epidemiology from Queen’s University, Joanna’s career as a public health Epidemiologist and Health Planner spanned positions at the provincial, regional and local levels. She was also an executive member of her professional association and served two terms as its president.
Joanna has lived in Oakville’s Ward 4 for over 20 years and is a mom of a secondary school student and a step-mom of two young adults, both graduates of HDSB. She is passionate about her community and its neighbourhood schools. Joanna also served as a Campaign Cabinet member of the United Way of Hamilton and Halton, is an active volunteer with Halton Food for Thought breakfast program and remains an active volunteer in her neighbourhood school.
Superintendent
Colette Ruddock
Committee Membership – 2021
- Member, Board Standing Committees
- Student Trustee Mentor
- Pandemic Committee
- Reimagining Forward Together Subcommittee
- Special Education Advisory Committee (alternate member)
- Central West Representative, OPSBA Education Program Work Team
- Alternate Director, Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA)
Committee Participation in previous years
- Vice-Chair, Special Education Advisory Committee (2019, 2020)
- Trustee Representative, Accessibility Committee (2019, 2020)
- School Naming and Renaming Subcommittee (2020)
- Chair, Program and Accommodation Committee (2015-2017)
- Vice-Chair, Policy, By-law and Governance Committee (2017)
- Vice Chair, Transportation (2017)
- Discipline Committee (2018)
- Member, Board Standing Committees
- Member, Fix the Finances Sub-Committee (2018)
- Trustee Representative, Equity and Inclusive Education Steering Committee (2016, 2018)
- Trustee Representative, Mental Health Steering Committee (2016-2018)
- Trustee Representative, Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) (2015, 2016, 2018)
- Trustee Representative, Program and Viability Committee (2015-2017)
- Trustee Representative, French Advisory Committee (2018)
- Trustee Representative, Special Education Review Committee (2017, 2018)
- HDSB Director and Associate Director hiring committees
- Several HDSB Superintendent of Education hiring committees