Contact Us

There are many ways you can reach the Professional Development Institute:

phone: 613-562-5802 (temporary telephone number during COVID-19: 343-997-1461)
fax: 613-562-5947
e-mail: PDInstitute@uOttawa.ca​
mailing address:

         Professional Development Institute
         University of Ottawa
         55 Laurier Avenue East, 12th Floor
         Ottawa ON K1N 6N5

Social Media: 

  Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/YowPDIcafe

  Find us on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/company/uottawa-cce/

  Find us on Twitter at: twitter.com/YowPDIcafe

  Find us on Instagram at: pdi.idpuottawa
 

Business hours (Monday to Friday) 

September through May: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

June through August Summer Hours:
Office Hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Phone Hours 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Directors

Serge Blais
Director
sblais@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5388

Pouya Safi
Associate Director
psafi@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5760 

Technology and Health Portfolio

Sophia Leong
Executive, Development & International Relations
sleong@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 6530

Customized (In-house and Group) Training

Brian Peever
Manager, Training Projects and Partnerships
bpeever@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 6527

Renée Mercier
Project Manager, Training Projects and Special Programs 
rmercier@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 6529

Christal Parizeau
Logistics Coordinator, Group Training
PDIGroupTraining@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800, ext. 6935

Programs & Courses

Nathalie Martel
Programming Coordinator
nathalie.martel@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800, ext 3361

Jessica Lackie
Operations and Client Services Coordinator
jlackie@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800, ext. 2108

Élissa Blake
Specialty Programming Coordinator
elissa.blake@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800, ext. 6104

Alexandra Brunet
Distance Learning Officer
abrunet3@uottawa.ca

Aurore Lemarinier
Information Officer, Operations Support
alemarin@uOttawa.ca

Marketing and Strategy 

Paul Grenon
Manager, Marketing & External Relations 
pgrenon@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 8986 

Jennifer Cavanagh
Marketing & Communications Strategist 
jcavana3@uOttawa.ca   
613-562-5800 ext. 2503

Marie Dickinson
Events Planner
mdickins@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 5272 

System Support

Vacant
Business Analyst
pierre.bercy@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 3866

Finance and Administration

Edgar Xavier Mendoza
Chief, Financial Operations
Edgar.Mendoza@uOttawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 6842 

Joelle Brodeur
Financial and Human Resources Agent
joelle.brodeur@uottawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 6348