Program Director, Gateway for International Professionals, Ryerson University

Marketplace Presenter, Plenary Panelist

Working within partnerships internal and external to the university, and with funding support from the Governments of Ontario and Canada, the Gateway offers profession-specific programs to provide bridging to licensure and employment for internationally qualified professionals in midwifery, dietitetics, social work, accounting and financial services. The Gateway also offers PLAR and programs in language and professional communications for employment. Phil’s previous programming responsibilities at Ryerson have included the faculties of community services and business, where he has managed the incubation of new certificate and degree programs, and has created learning partnerships in Hong Kong, Brazil and Jamaica. Before joining Ryerson, Phil worked at the Saskatchewan Education Ministry, where his responsibility included K-12 curriculum, and teacher education and certification. He also lectured in the University of Saskatchewan, Ryerson, and the Singapore Teachers Training College