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Convocation 2012 grad profile: Gazheek Morrisseau-Sinclair, informatics

- May 29, 2012

Grad Gazheek Morrisseau-Sinclair. (Danny Abriel photo)
Grad Gazheek Morrisseau-Sinclair. (Danny Abriel photo)

Gazheek Morrisseau-Sinclair has many talents. She is a computer analyst who loves to solve problems. She loves working with people, too. Itā€™s no wonder she will be graduating from the Informatics program. ā€œI want to solve business problems,ā€ says Ms. Morrisseau-Sinclair. ā€œI like how we bridge together computer work and business. I like this kind of work.ā€

Ms. Morrisseau-Sinclair came to Halifax to pursue a different career from her family of lawyers. Her father, Judge Murray Sinclair, was the first Aboriginal judge in Manitoba and chairs the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. ā€œI wanted to do my own thing,ā€ says Ms. Morrisseau-Sinclair. ā€œI wanted to go out-of-province and I heard so many good things about Nova Scotia.ā€

The Informatics program combines computer programming skills with project management. The focus is on designing systems to suit the clientā€™s needs. ā€œThe type of work we do is changing. Businesses need strong technical people who can explain things.ā€

Ms. Morrisseau-Sinclair is one of a few women who will graduate from the Informatics program this year. She says the stigma of computer science as an overly technical program is fading. ā€œComputer science is very different now. Weā€™ve grown up with technology. Thereā€™s a whole other facet where we work on saving businesses and growing companies. There are so many different types of people in computer science, which is great.ā€

Informatics students work with local organizations through the Community Outreach Program. Ms. Morrisseau-Sinclair worked with the Nova Scotia Firefighters School, where she led a team of seven developers to create a database system for the organization. She also created a database system for the Halifax Camerata Singers to manage donation and ticket sales information.

She hopes to stay in Halifax working on web technology and database management. ā€œI enjoy analysis and design. A lot of times businesses donā€™t realize their information is an integral part of business. I want to help people.ā€