Instructional Divisions

Academic Support and Learning Technologies

Dean: David Reed 
Division Assistant: Jacky Ip 
Office: Building 9, Room 345 
Phone: (650) 306-3377
Email: canaslt@smccd.edu 
Web: canadacollege.edu/aslt

Courses and Programs:
  • Distance Education
  • Learning Center
  • Library
  • Open Educational Resources/Zero Textbook Cost Programs (OER/ZTC)
  • Professional Development
  • Textbook Affordability Subcommittee (TAS)

Business, Design and Workforce

Dean: Hyla Lacefield 
Division Assistant: Jonna Pounds
Office: Building 13
Phone: (650) 306-3201
Email: canbusiness@smccd.edu
Web: canadacollege.edu/business

Courses and Programs:
  • Accounting
  • Adult Education College and Career Educational Leadership (ACCEL)
  • Architecture
  • Business Administration
  • Business Management
  • Computer Business Office Technology
  • Cooperative Education
  • Digital Art and Animation (Multimedia)
  • Early Childhood Education/Child Development
  • Economics
  • Education and Human Development
  • Fashion Design and Merchandising
  • Human Services
  • Interior Design
  • Medical Assisting
  • Paralegal
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Humanities and Social Sciences

Dean: James Carranza  
Division Assistant: Joan Murphy
Office Assistant: Gloria Peña
Office: Building 3, Room 205
Phone: (650) 306-3336
Email: canhumanities@smccd.edu
Web: canadacollege.edu/humanities

Courses and Programs:
  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • Studio Arts
  • Communication Studies
  • English
  • English as a Second Language (Community-Based ESL)
  • Ethnic Studies
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Latin American and Latino/a Studies
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Theatre Arts
Instructional Support Programs:
  • College for Working Adults (CWA)
  • Cañada College Umoja Community

Kinesiology, Athletics and Dance

Dean: Kathleen (Kat) Sullivan-Torrez
Division Assistant: Christina Gilbert
Office: Building 1, Room 157
Phone: (650) 306-3212
Email: cankad@smccd.edu 
Web: canadacollege.edu/kad

Courses and Programs:
  • Aquatics
  • Athletic Training
  • Men's Baseball
  • Community of Learning Through Sports (COLTS)
  • Dance
  • Fitness Center
  • Kinesiology
  • Men’s Basketball
  • Men’s Soccer
  • Team Sports
  • Women’s Soccer
  • Women’s Tennis

Science and Technology

Dean: Ameer Thompson, Ph.D. 
Division Assistant: Krystal Martinez 
Office: Building 23, Room 137
Phone: (650) 306-3291
Email: canscitech@smccd.edu
Web: canadacollege.edu/science

Courses and Programs:
  • Astronomy
  • Biological Sciences/Allied Health
  • Chemistry - Physical Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Funeral Service Education
  • Geography
  • Health Science
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Photonics and Laser Technology
  • Physics
  • Radiologic Technology
  • University Transfer