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Seneca Sources

Seneca has many staff members who are acknowledged leaders in their fields, and are ready to provide their expertise, commentary and insight for media inquiries. Below, is a list of some of the books that have been written by Senecans to show the breadth of their knowledge and interest.

To contact a Seneca author for their comment, or to see if there are other areas of expertise available at Seneca, call the Marketing and Communications department at 416-491-5050 ext. 7017.

In order of topic:

(C)= Co-author (E)= Editor

Business

Ola Cholkan - Professor, School of Business Management
Microsoft Excel Exercises, Orden Management, 2004

Anne Chun - Professor
Planning Your Financial Future - A Guide for Canadians (C)

Terry Fegarty - Professor, School of Business Management
Practical Financial Management, First Canadian Edition (C), Thomson Nelson Canada, 2006

Michael E. Rock – Professor
Reflections: The Human Journey, 1985
Grippings: Reflections on the Human Journey, 1987
The 7 Pillars of Visionary Leadership: Aligning Your Organization for Enduring Success, 1997
The Dynamics of Supervision Management, First Canadian Edition, (C)
Managing Human Resources in Canada (C)
Ethics to Live By, To Work By
Leadership of Organizational Change. Coursebook. Diploma in Leadership, MA (Leadership) Program, Faculty of Management, University of Guelph, 2003
Widowhood: The Death of a Spouse, 2004
EQ Goes to Work, 2004
Study Guide: CHRP Professional Practice Assessment (Contributor), 2004
Ethics in Leadership. Coursebook. MA (Leadership) Program, Faculty of Management, University of Guelph, 2005 (C)
Leadership of Organizational Change. Coursebook. MA (Leadership) Program, Faculty of Management, University of Guelph, 2005
Reference Guide: CHRP Knowledge Exam (Contributor), 2005

Early Childhood Education

Karen Nolan – Professor
Exceptional Children: Inclusion in Early Childhood Programs, Third Canadian Edition (C)

English/Grammar

Rob Colter - Professor, English and Liberal Studies
Writing To Go: Top Ten Writing Tips, 2009
Grammar to Go, Third Edition, 2005

Marina Engelking - Professor
Breakthroughs - An Integrated Advanced English Program, 1998 (C)
Breakthroughs - Teachers Book, 1998 (C)
Breakthroughs - Teachers Book, 1998 (C)
Education for All: Strategies for Teaching Business in the Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classroom (C), 2006

Mary Finlay - Professor
Communication at Work, Fourth Edition

Enid Gossin - Professor
Writing Paragraphs and Essays - Integrating Reading, Writing and Grammar Skills (1995) (C)
The Prentice Hall Guide for Student Writers, 2002 (C)

Ricki Heller - Professor
Respond in Writing

Gloria McPherson-Ramirez - Professor
Breakthroughs - An Integrated Advanced English Program (C)
Breakthroughs - Teachers Book (C)
Education for All: Strategies for Teaching Business in the Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classroom (C), 2006

Patricia Singh - Professor
Canadian Currents, Oxford University Press, 1995

Sharon Winstanley - Professor
College Writing Skills with Readings, (Fourth Edition)
English Skills with Readings (2003, Third Edition)
Sentence Skills, 1997
Readers' Choice (Second Edition) (C)

Fiction

Bruce Hunter - Professor
Country Music Country, 1996 (broadcast 1999, 2000 on CBC Radio's Between the Covers, along with Margaret Atwood and the late Carol Shields) now in its third printing

Terry Watada - Professor
Collected Voices: An Anthology of Asian North American Periodical Writing (E)
Asian Voices, 1992 (E)
Seeing the Invisible
Daruma Days: A Short Story Collection

History

Terry Watada - Professor
Bukkyo Tozen: A History of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in Canada, 1905 - 1995

Human Resources

John G. Kelly - Professor
Human Resource Management and the Human Rights Process
Equal Opportunity Management
Canadian Recruitment Management Handbook
Human Resource Management and Government Regulation
Human Resource Management and the Charter
Pay Equity Management, 2nd Edition (1994)
Human Resource Management and Government Sponsored Benefits (1995)
Hire Learning: Your Canadian Recruitment Guide (1997)

Michael E. Rock – Professor
Managing Human Resources in Canada (1995)

Diane White - Professor
Cases in Human Resources Management (C)

Law - Legal & Public Administration

Joan Emmans - Professor
Residential Real Estate Transactions, Second Edition (C)

John G. Kelly - Professor
The New General Counsel: A Value-Added Service Provider (1998)
Legal E-Business Guide (2001)

JoAnn Kurtz - Curriculum Co-ordinator, School of Legal and Public Administration
Buying, Owning and Selling a Home in Canada (Second Edition), 1991 (C)
Make It Legal: What Every Canadian Entrepreneur Needs to Know About the Law, 1998 (C)
Facing a Death in the Family, 1999 (C)
Canadian Tort Law in a Nutshell (Second Edition), 2005 (C)
Residential Real Estate Transactions (Second Edition), 2005 (C)
Wills and Estates for Canadians for Dummies, 2000 (C)
Canadian Small Business Kit for Dummies (Second Edition forthcoming) (C)
Family Law Practice and Procedure (Second Edition), 2005
Legal Research: Step by Step (Second Edition forthcoming), 2005

Leisure Studies

William Humber – Chair, Centre for the Built Environment
The Baseball Book and Trophy, 1993
The Kid's Soccer Book, 1994
All I Thought About was Baseball (with John St. James), 1996
Bowmanville: A Small Town at the Edge,1997
A Sporting Chance: Achievements of African-Canadian Athletes, 2004
Diamonds of the North: A Concise History of Baseball in Canada
Let's Play Ball
Central School (Bowmanville) History
Freewheeling: The Story of Bicycling in Canada
Cheering for the Home Team

Poetry

Bruce Hunter - Professor
Benchmark
The Beekeeper's Daughter
Coming Home From Home, 2000 (*Chosen as one of the top ten People's Choice poetry books of 2000)
Writing the Terrain (contributor), (a centenary anthology of Alberta poetry)

Frank Jacob Marchese - Professor
Passion and Promised Vision - A Collection of Poems

Terry Watada - Professor
Ten Thousand Views of Rain
A Thousand Homes

Travel & Tourism

David Wright - Professor
Professional Travel Counselling (Fifth Edition)
Passport: Introduction to the Tourism Industry, Fourth Canadian Edition (C)

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