Meet Lynn Easson-Irvine, Program Support Specialist
Lynn has a BA from Brock University with a concentration in Classical Art and Archaeology, and a Post Graduate Certificate from Sir Sandford Fleming College in Museum Management and Curatorship. Her unique background and varied career has included working as an Assistant in a ceramic art restoration studio, on archaeology digs in Ontario, Wales and Cyprus, and as a Historical Interpreter and Educator in many Ontario museums.
Photo: Lynn Easson-Irvine
She began her administrative career working in post-secondary education doing contracts at McMaster University, first in the Office of Research Services as a Projects Adviser and then in the Faculty of Science as an External Relations Coordinator. Lynn started part-time at Sheridan in the fall of 2008, where she worked in Corporate Records for 2 ½ years. She then began full time in the Pilon School of Business as a Program Support Specialist, where she worked for 4 ½ years. Most recently she has worked in the Information Technology Department where she held the position of Asset Coordinator. Lynn joined the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science this past summer, as a Program Support Specialist, and will eventually be located at the HMC campus.
Lynn Easson-Irvine answers Alchemy’s Proust Questionnaire:
Favourite virtues: In equal measure: compassion, loyalty, courage, determination.
Most important lesson I’ve learned this year: Life is fleeting, so make it count.
My idea of perfect happiness: Many things provide me with perfect happiness: Girls’ nights out with my daughters, road trips with my husband and good friends, curling up on the couch with a good book, movie, or a favourite TV show with my family around me and a glass of wine.
In my opinion the secret to success is: Failure allows for the perfect learning opportunity, and as long as one goes forth with the insight, and wisdom gained from this failure, it will make room for eventual success.
My favourite quotation, motto, or phrase: “Don’t give up.”
The talent or skill I wish I had: I wish I could play the piano.
A country/place I’d like to visit: Just one…impossible? Italy, Greece, Scotland, Iceland, the Galapagos.
On my bucket list: Walk the Camino in Spain…or at least part of it.
My favourite historical, literary, or cinematic character(s): Real: Plato, Alexander the Great, Hatsheput, Joan of Arc, Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King…just to name a few! Fictional – Hermione Granger (Harry Potter), Morgan le Fay (Mists of Avalon), Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)…to name a few more!
My favourite painter/artist: Pretty much any art form from the Paleolithic to the Contemporary but I suppose if I had to choose one person, it would have to be Leonardo da Vinci, because his creativity was intrinsically linked to his genius.
My favourite singer/musician and song: Probably Peter Gabriel (“In Your Eyes”) gets first place but there are truly way too may amazing musicians to choose from: Annie Lennox, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Michael Stipe, Van Morrison, Adele, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Holiday, Louis Armstrong…just to name a few.
The most embarrassing song/album in my iTunes or music collection: “Somewhere over the Rainbow.”
My guilty TV/film/gaming pleasure: All things Science Fiction or Fantasy – TV, film or book.
