MEET OUR FACULTY

Below, you can explore profiles of our Teachers and Field Coach who manage Live Chic, guiding students as they navigate the combined challenges of brick-and-mortar and online retail operations!

Meet: Linda

Linda is the Coordinator and Professor of the Fashion Marketing and Management program.In her retail operations and management course, the students apply their knowledge and skills from the classroom onto the store floor, they are buyers, managers, merchandisers and sales ambassadors.
You shop, we learn!

Meet: Cathy

Cathy is the Live Chic Field Coach, overseeing all shop operations and mentoring students during their practicum shifts. Cathy ensures students apply their learned skills in a real-world setting at Live Chic. When not fulfilling her role as the Live Chic Field Coach, Cathy can be found at the Western Fair Market operating her own business, selling Premium Pet Products through her business Canines & Cashmere.

Meet: Jennifer

Jennifer instructs Digital Entrepreneurship & Buying to second-year students at Fanshawe, within the Fashion Marketing & Management curriculum. Infusing her lessons with practicality, she incorporates real-world projects via the LiveChic.ca online shop/lab. Here, students actively contribute to the store's online presence, crafting impactful blogs, social media content, and emails. Beyond academia, Jennifer spearheads her "Beige but never Boring" business, Lofthouse Living, a Lifestyle Bricks & Clicks store.