Our Staff
Bio to come
Benoit Miousse is a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Montreal. Prior to joining Chesterton Academy in 2018, he was the Principal of an independent Catholic school where he also taught French and History for nine years. He attends St. Clement Parish (Ottawa).
Dr. François Allaire earned his Bachelors of Electrical and Computer Engineering and his Master of Applied Sciences in Electrical Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada, where during four years he taught fourth year courses in: Robotics, Digital Signal Processing, Computer Network and Engineering Design. Through his studies, as Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dr. François Allaire developed an expertise in real-time path planning for unmanned aircraft vehicles. Through his military experience, Dr. François Allaire has also acquired an expertise on Technical Airworthiness for transport aircrafts and for unmanned aircraft vehicles. Recently Dr. François Allaire managed a team of about 70 engineers that developed hybrid electrical solutions for fishing boats, ferries and drilling ships.
Joseph Reany holds a Bachelors of Philosophy and Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut and a Bachelors of Education from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Prior to teaching, Joseph was employed as a mechanical engineering technologist for 18 years within the automotive parts and large custom electric motor industries. Joseph joined Chesterton Academy in 2023 as teacher of English Literature. His philosophy of literature: “Literature study confronts the individual with the human potential for virtue against the mire of personal and cultural debasement. A Christocentric orientation is purposed to inculcate awareness of man’s
innate desire for truth and beauty within the great works of Western Literature.”
innate desire for truth and beauty within the great works of Western Literature.”
Fr. Julio was ordained a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei in 2010 and has served in various Canadian dioceses – Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa. Previously he studied law at UOttawa and practiced law in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. He holds a doctorate in canon law from Santa Croce University in Rome.
Amanda Burns graduated from Algonquin College as a Registered Nurse. She worked at the Perley Hospital, Rideau Veterans Home and retired early from the Ottawa General hospital to take care of her father who had Alzheimer’s and recently passed away. She is happy to join the Chesterton Academy School as the biology teacher.
Luc Gagnon is a native of Quebec City. He is a graduate from the Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Québec) and the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf (Montréal).
He studied medicine, philosophy, theology, languages and literature at various universities and institutes in Canada, Germany, Italy and France, particularly at Laval University, McGill University (B.A. honours in French studies and M.A. in French literature), the Centre Sèvres (Paris) and Université Paris IV-Sorbonne (M.A. II in French and comparative literature).
He devoted many years to the journal Égards (Montréal) as editor and collaborator.
He has been widely published, including in Égards, L’Homme nouveau (France), The Interim (Canada) and Chronicles (USA).
He has been teaching, mainly Latin and French, for many years in different Catholic schools and language schools in Ottawa.
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- Michael J. Collins
- Barbara Gay
- Maria Medina
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