Instructor Profiles

Jiamin Liu
Highest qualification
MA in Arts
What do you teach at FIC?
Principle Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
What do you like most about the subject?
Interesting, basic yet applicable to the real world
How would you describe your teaching style?
Motivational, encouraging and patient
Where else have you worked?
VCC, SFU
What else can you tell us about yourself?
I forget about each and every movie that I watch, so it's like watching a new movie every time I re-watch something
Your tip for university success:
Chance favors the prepared mind

Charles Pace
Highest qualification
MA (English)
What do you teach at FIC?n
English and World Literature
What do you like most about the subject?
The combination of different cultural perspectives and paradigms offered
How would you describe your teaching style?
A combination of lecturing, writing skills and student activities
What else can you tell us about yourself?
I love the outdoors gardening & fishing! Writing and reading poetry during the winter.
Your tip for success at FIC:
Work at improving writing skills gradually rather than all at once. Learn to schedule to avoid feeling overwhelmed by homework. Take advantage of the awesome staff, instructors & the small class sizes

Nessim Tariq
Highest qualification
Ph.D
What do you teach at FIC?n
Mathematics
What do you like most about the subject?
Power of math to solve diverse problems
How would you describe your teaching style?
Sensitive, open, friendly, considerate to students difficulties
Where else have you worked?
Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia
Your favourite movie?
Forrest Gump
What else can you tell us about yourself?
Walking, reading, travelling
Your tip for university success:
Fully participate in all FIC activities, work hard and play hard, use your time well

Sam Thiara
Highest qualification
MA Leadership Studies
What do you teach at FIC?n
Business
What do you like most about the subject?
It is qualitative and allows people to start thinking about an organization more than just numbers and process. It brings in the human element and they learn more about themselves as well.
How would you describe your teaching style?
Participative. I enjoy interacting with the students. I try to incorporate lecture and group work so you can help many different types of student learners.
Where else have you worked?
I work at SFU's Beedie School of Business but have also worked at the Vancouver 2010 Bid Committee to bring the Winter Olympics to Vancouver and ICBC Road Safety and Claims. Have also been a part of, and volunteered for 20+ volunteer organizations.

Stephen Zillwood
Highest qualification
MA
What do you like most about the subject?
The chance to teach a new generation the joys of reading
How would you describe your teaching style?
Open, seminar style, with lots of student interaction
Where else have you worked?
Simon Fraser University
Your favourite movie?
Anything by Luc Beson
What else can you tell us about yourself?
I am also a writer and hope to publish soon.
Your tip for university success:
No matter why you come to FIC, use your time here to improve yourself.

Steve Gibson
Highest qualification
Master of Business Administration
How would you describe your teaching style?
Firstly, I don't try to make every student an accountant. I try give students an appreciation of accounting and how it will help them in business. They can decide on a career choice later.
I also strongly encourage students to work together in class and help each other succeed. I try to bring some humour to the classâ?¦I am probably less funny than I think but I try.
What do you like most about the subject?
Accounting is the language of business and no matter what area of business students pursue, they will benefit from accounting knowledge. Financial statements allow us to look behind the headlines of companies like Google and General Motors to see if the numbers tell the same story.

Mary Lou Moyer
Highest qualification
BFA, CELTA
How would you describe your teaching style?
My teaching style is a series of short presentation style lectures, each followed by activities that practice and extend the skills in the lecture and include a weekly assessment of skills. Humour is readily exploited.
What do you like most about the subject?
Young international students need help, and I enjoy helping them.
Where else have you worked?
I spent 10 glorious years working in Japan, and after returning to Canada, spent 10 years working in Canadian colleges including Columbia College, Vancouver, and Douglas College, Surrey.