Francine Roach

First Name: Francine
Last Name: Roach
Email: roachf@algonquincollege.com
Phone: 613-727-4723
Extension: 6194
Title: Professor
School/Department: Law Clerk
Campus: Ottawa

Francine brings both legal and educational experience to her position at the College. She received her LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, and her Masters in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University. She practiced law with the Ottawa firm of Soloway Wright, and worked primarily in the fields of civil litigation, labour law and administrative law. She also worked as an instructor, full-time faculty member, and appeal committee member with the Law Society of Ontario – Ottawa Bar Admission Program.

Francine’s experience includes teaching in French and English at the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College, and La Cité collégiale, as well as business law courses in China in support of Algonquin College School of Business international initiatives.

She is passionate about the changing nature of the education system. Working as a consultant with the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, Francine developed outcome-based provincial program standards. She has completed Program Quality Reviews at the provincial level, and Program Quality Assessments at the international level. Recently she worked as a facilitator in the Faculty Learning and Development program at the Algonquin Centre for Organizational Learning.