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 as millennials and boomers in the post COVID new age  and used to ignite our passions and craft personalized pathways in intergenerational age friendly active communities  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  illustrate why life  in an intergenerational age friendly community such as  Saint John on the Bay of Fundy, one of those very special east coast communities that "By the Bay Boys" go through life  with memories they never want to let go of . The rekindling of these memories  ignites makes them want to return and "come home"  as boomers age to these small town communities that are consistently ranked as populations with the happiest people in Canada with seniors age friendly environments (S.A.F.E).
  4. To make the case for the lifestyle advantages of small town intergenerational age friendly affordable active community living.
  5. To leverage my expertise in multi-disciplinary professional careers  as a law professor, “new age” innovative career  program advisor  and “professional services thought leader” for the “Big 4” global consultancies to write reader friendly informative thought leader perspectives for millennials and boomers wanting to embark on their "new age  stage of life" in in age friendly active community living or "encore careers" that will make sense out of so much  of the nonsense in this age of uncertainty.  
  6. To make the  John G. Kelly Thought Leader articles and case studies the must go to source for informative up to date information on "living life to the fullest" ​ in age friendly small town  intergenerational active communities. 

​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 & U.K. 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
  • Program development coordinator for inaugural integrated diploma/baccalaureate degree program between Ontario colleges and universities
  • Consultancy and liaison between U.K. internationally ranked universities and the accreditation of abroad professional degrees in comparable Canadian professions.

​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).
  • International recruitment consultant to globally ranked UK universities.
  • Creation of “Canada Law from Abroad” 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. Employment and Immigration Canada.
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