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Scheduling an appointment

To schedule an appointment, please send me an E-mail message with the specific times that you are available, it's best to send me alternative days and times as well.

Consult my agenda to see when I might be available.

Recommendation letters and references

I'm willing to provide recommendation letters or serve as a reference for students who have taken a class from me. In order to write a detailed letter, I need the following information from:
  • A copy of your transcript;
  • A resume, if you have one;
  • I generally perform a 15 minutes interview to gather additional information;
  • Understand that for writing an effective letter, I need to know you well. Hence, if we never interacted, the letter will be fairly generic;
  • If this is an application for a scholarship or for graduate school admission, then also send me a copy of your "statement of purpose";
Send me the information, as well as the forms, at least two weeks before the letter is needed.

SPAM detection system

Our school uses a SPAM detection system called CanIT Pro. It seems to be particularly sensitive to E-mail messages from hotmail and yahoo accounts, E-mails with no or not meaningful subject description. As a result, your E-mail message may be traped by this system.

Possible workarounds

  • Using your uOttawa E-mail account;
  • Including a meaningful subject line.

Redirection

I will communicate with you using the E-mail address that I am obtaining via InfoWeb. If you are using a distinct E-mail address than your official uOttawa address then please login into InfoWeb and set up a redirection, otherwise you may be missing important information.