My Mission

  1. "To use my book, Meaningful Memories, as a guide to illustrate the how our first attempts in learning "F.A.I.L"  in our personal lives and careers can be rekindled to ignite our passions and craft personalized pathways  that enable us to "live life to the fullest."
  2. To recount my recollections of those meaningful memories in a reader friendly informative format that will make you recall your F.A.I.L.s with a smile on your face and give you the confidence to move on.
  3. To utilize my professional expertise in counselling and mentoring people as a "Sherpa Guide "to chart personalized  educational and professional career pathways for Gen Z (zoomers) and boomers in looking for "encore" pathways to their new age.
  4. To make the case for the lifestyle advantages of naturally occurring communities (NOCs) with affordable housing and employment opportunities in with their "15-minute walks" to neighbourhood hubs owned and operated by local business owners.  
  5. To leverage my expertise in multi-disciplinary professional careers as a law professor, “new age” innovative career  program advisor and “professional services sherpa guide” for the “big 4” global consultancies to write reader-friendly informative sherpa guide perspectives for zoomers that will make sense out of so much  of the nonsense in this age of uncertainty. 
  6. To make the  John G. Kelly "sherpa guide" perspectives the must go-to source for informative up-to-date information for boomers on"living life to the fullest" ​.

​My Academic Background & Professional Credentials that qualify me to take on this mission and be your trusted "must go to" advisor . 
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  • St. Mary’s University - B. Comm
  • Dalhousie University – Schulich School of Law – LLB
  • University of Toronto – D. PIR. (Diploma in Personnel, Industrial Relations)
  • Syracuse University – M.S.Sc. (International Relations), Maxwell School of Public Affairs
  • Brock University – M.A. in (Judicial Administration)
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators – F.C.I.S. (Fellow of Chartered Institute of Secretaries) Sr. International Designation, Corporate Executive Level

College Professor & UK University Consultancy
  • Law Professor – Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology – Canada’s largest college
  • Thought Leader & program development coordinator for innovative graduate post-diploma “new economy” programs to provide B.A. graduates in need of skills-based professional career training with applied education and certification. 
  • Program developer and co-ordinator for integrated four-year certificate/B.A. programs, two-year skills-based college/two years university education
  • Program developer of architecture and operational framework for inaugural "applied" baccalaureate (B.A.) college degree program in the Ontario post-secondary education system.
  • Consultancy and liaison between UK internationally ranked universities and Federation of  Law Societies of Canada (F.L.S.C) for the accreditation of abroad professional LL.B. and Canadian J.D. law degrees.

​My Successful services consultancy career that’s provided me with the experience and expertise to mentor and counsel you on identifying and igniting your passion to live life to the fullest in an active retirement mode in active community living

  • In-house counsel with a major bank.
  • Launch of a successful professional career as a law professor.
  • Professional programs development team facilitator and advisor to the Office of the President in Canada’ largest college.
  • Adding value to my career as a law professor by obtaining a credential to qualify as an expert on professional careers in the emergent “new economy”.
  • Editing a national industry newsletter on contemporary human resources issues.
  • Publication of a six-volume human resource management series “The John G. Kelly Human Resources Management Series”.
  • Publication of the “New General Counsel” guide.
  • Obtaining a masters degree (M.Sc.) in international relations from a top tier U.S. post graduate program.
  • Consulting as the “Thought Leader” and “Professional Services Strategist” in the North American corporate law department legal division for Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) New York.
  • Chair of the RCMP Forensic Laboratory Services Board.
  • Lead advocate before the Ontario legislative committee for reform of abroad law degree accreditation to conform with the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act (FARPA).
  •  Mentoring and counselling  internationally accredited professionals who immigrated to Canada on how to attain domestic accreditation, "ignite their passion" and chart personalized pathways for Canadian careers. 
  • International recruitment consultant to globally-ranked UK universities.
  • Creation of “Canada Law from Abroad” (www.canadalawfromabroad.com) as an international education bridge for Canadians to attend globally ranked UK top tier UK universities and mentoring and counselling more than 1,000 aspiring professionals on abroad legal and professional education.
  • Co-chair of the historic St. Lawrence Market in Toronto.
  • Participant in active community living advisory project in Toronto.
  • Board member of leading Canadian 55+ active community in Guelph.
 
​Reader Friendly Informative Thought Leaders Professional Guides & Texts

Canadian Limited national monthly newsletter on topical issues for HR professionals.
1998           Text: The New General Counsel - Value Added Services Provider to The Corporation. Emond-Montgomery Publications.
1997            Text: Hire Learning, Recruitment Management Guide. CCH Canadian Limited.
1994            Text: Pay Equity Management (2nd ed.). CCH.
1993            Text: Human Resource Management and Government Sponsored Benefits. CCH.
1992            Manuscript: UI The Canadian Unemployment Insurance Experience: 1940-1990: An Historical Perspective. 
1989            Text: Human Resource Management and the Charter. CCH.
1988            Text: Pay Equity Management. CCH.
1987            Text: Human Resource Management and Government Regulation. CCH.
1986            Text: Canadian Recruitment Management Handbook. CCH.
1985            Text: Equal Opportunity Management. CCH.
1984            Text: Human Resource Management and the Human Rights Process. CCH