{"id":45539,"date":"2026-06-23T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/?post_type=cu_people&p=45539"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:41:34","slug":"jordyn-tremblay","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/jordyn-tremblay\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordyn Tremblay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jordyn graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Cognitive Science specializing in Cognition & Psychology and has since dedicated her career to supporting diverse learners. She works as an Assistive Technologist and Learning Strategist <\/strong>at the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities<\/strong> at Carleton University, and as a Reading Remediation Tutor<\/strong> with The Open Door Tutoring Services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“So first I would recommend talking to a lot of people (older friends, family members, professors, advisors career services, etc.) about how they got to where they are in their career and what they like\/dislike about their career. Then I would also recommend finding different opportunities to get some experience this might look like trying a different part-time job, working for a lab on campus, or volunteering at an event for a couple of hours. When you go out into the world you are going to learn something about yourself those data points will help guide you to what you are going to do next.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Brief description of what I do!<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In my role at the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC)<\/a>, I meet with students to help them better understand how they learn. From there, we find technologies and strategies that will help them work with their brain and not against their it when they do their various academic activities. I am also a reading remediation tutor and work with some younger students with reading-based disabilities. As someone who is Dyslexic and Dysgraphic, it is very important to me to help my younger students not just improve but also feel confident about their reading and spelling skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What inspired your career path after graduation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When I was in high school I helped my fellow students how to use different assistive technology software and after meeting assistive technologists from Algonquin College I knew that I wanted to become an assistive technologist and plan my undergraduate degree so I would be able to take the assistive technologist graduate certificate. Then after having a placement at the PMC during my last year of my undergrad degree I learned more about learning strategies and learned that becoming a learning strategist was a career option. Finally, after I graduated I attended a talk that was hosted by The Open Door Tutoring Services<\/a> and after learning about the reading curriculum that was used by their organizations and I realized it was very similar to the curriculum that was used to teach me how to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did your experience in the psychology program shape your journey?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My psychology courses provided me with knowledge about human cognition that has shaped how I go about teaching my students. I also frequently find myself passing along tips for writing essays, conducting research, reading journal articles, and navigating group projects that my former psychology professors gave me to my students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What skills or experiences were most valuable after graduation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I have to say the skills I developed through coursework for how to work in both the group setting and independently, time management skills, communication skills, and research skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are there specific Psychology courses, professors, or experiences that stood out during your time at Carleton?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now even though he is no longer at Carleton, in my PSYC 1001\/1002<\/em> Professor Steven Carroll was amazing and I have a lot of fond memories from first year because of his class. Professor Chris Herdman<\/a>‘s third-year status assignments still help me interpret the ‘Results’ section of articles I need to read to this day. I will also never forget Professor Deepthi Kamawar<\/a> fourth-year seminar class on Children’s Representational Development<\/em>. I feel like I learned a lot about analyzing research and having academic discussions from her class. Guy Lacroix<\/a> also deserves a shout out for answering all of my questions during his 3rd and 4th year seminars, he was either able to provide me with a well thought out answer or follow-up with a thought-provoking article via email within the week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally I would like to say thank you to all of my psychology professors for being so understanding and supportive of my in-class and test accommodations. Being allowed to record in class helped me take notes with confidence, and your patients with the weird dictation errors that I missed in my test answers and assignments will forever be appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has been a highlight or proud moment in your career so far?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Every time one of my students has a win, whether that is getting the grade they wanted on an assessment or figuring out strategy, technology, or skill that ends up making a difference for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":45414,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Jordyn ","cu_people_last_name":"Tremblay ","cu_people_initials":"JT","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[55],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-45539","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni-profiles"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"Bachelor of Cognitive Science with a Specialization in Cognition & Psychology (2016),","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/45539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/45539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45541,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/45539\/revisions\/45541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=45539"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=45539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}