Life is a learning curve.
You must F.A.I.L before you can succeed
Your F.A.I.Ls are personalized learning experiences
Your F.A.I.Ls enable you to map out your critically important personalized pathway to success by finding out who you thought you were but really aren't and then, more importantly, who you really are and how you can "live life to the fullest" on your very own personalized pathway to success.
My Meaningful Memories tell the story of how growing up in a vibrant "pocket community" - a community within a community- on the east coast in Saint John, where the population is consistently ranked as among "the happiest people in Canada", enabled me to experience my "first attempts in learning" (F.A.I.L.) in my youth that I rekindled in my professional life to
"Do Well" and "Do Good".
As was the case with many young professionals in my working career era I relocated to the Greater Toronto Hamilton area (GTHA). It's the multicultural heartland of Canada. I became a college professor at Seneca, Canada's largest college, the mecca for recent immigrants looking for applied education and training to qualify for entry level positions in organizations
* I developed the program for an innovative entrepreneurial college diploma program and as program co-ordinator introduced a model for mentoring an emergent millennial cohort wanting to forego formal academic post-secondary university education and "get down to business" on how to link identify and ignite their passion in a business context.
*I pioneered the development of a series of leading edge post diploma certificate programs to enable immigrants to obtain credentials that complemented their international education with college post-diploma para-professional certificate programs to qualify for entry level positions services in careers that were linked to positions they held in their country of origin.
* I developed diploma programs to overcome the "ageism' barrier encountered by youths who didn't qualify for entry level professional positions because of their "young age" linked to lack of experience and not having a university degree. I introduced two year para-professional diploma programs that enabled them to gain entry to professional positions with articulation to full-fledged baccalaureate degree programs if and when they chose to do so.
*I took the lead in the college system in developing the architecture and applied pedagogy for a series of post-diploma graduate certificate programs for students with "B.A." (beginning of it all) baccalaureate degrees in need of applied skills development linked to their academic education to provide them with the credentials to qualify for entry level career positions.
* The legal profession was notorious in erecting artificial barriers for accrediting foreign law degrees. I petitioned all provincial parties and was granted standing to advocate for the reform of international accreditation to comply with objective criteria pursuant to the "Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act (FARPA)". A multicultural dimension was added to the legal profession.
* I took the lead in advising the fledging para-legal profession on obtaining accreditation for Canada's premiere independent para-legal program.
* I conceptualized the architecture and operational framework for the first accredited four year baccalaureate
(B.A.) college degree in Ontario which became the standard for polytechnics in the province. Having four year baccalaureate degree programs in local communities at an affordable college tuition made them accessible for first generation youths of immigrant families. A multicultural perspective was integrated into baccalaureate degree education.
* I established a leading edge international educational consultancy. I counselled and mentored more than 1,000 Canadians on how to access world ranked law schools in the U.k. and obtain innovative LLB and LLM degrees not available in Canada to launch legal and "new economy" law related professional careers.
It's now time to
"Make a Contribution".
But where and how do I go about it?
I've embarked on an "encore career" to take the lead in:
Coming of Age Mentoring- (CAM)
Best selling book titles
Work without Jobs, Working it Out, A World Without Work,
The Case Against Education, A New U, Dream Factories
&
Your Turn - How to Be an Adult
I can go on but you get the message. A nascent artificial intelligence (AI) post information world replete with increasingly sophisticated social media in a tumultuous "gig" economy and remote work linked to IT oriented projects are rendering the concept of "career" obsolete. You should expect to have several divergent work experiences, many of which are yet to be developed in a nascent "fourth industrial revolution, during the course of your working life.
Yes, post-secondary education is critically important for genz to survive and thrive.But the cherished Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) is now synonymous with the "beginning of it all". The Juris Doctorate "J.D." is now "just a degree" as the practice of law is being subsumed into a burgeoning "law but not necessarily the law" legal services market. Health is wealth in this new age but the "M.D." is just one of at least 28 self-regulated health professions in Canada all competing for a role in in a field crying out for dramatic transformation.
There is a solution to all of this mayhem. But for Generation "z" (genz-ZOOMERS) now in the CAM mode they're going to have to make informed decisions and embrace a F.A.I.L while still in a high school mode or the early stages of post-secondary education in an apprenticeship, college or university program
If you're coming of age you need mentoring and counselling that will "ignite your passion" to pursue a personalized pathway that will have an applied skills focus integrated into a socially sustainable environment.
Why you should engage me as your CAM mentor
I've succeeded professionally by designing a personalized post-secondary education learning pathway
B.Com. -University baccalaureate degree
LL.B/JD-Graduate professional degree
D.PIR. - Graduate diploma in Industrial Relations
M.S.S.C - Masters in International Relations- International graduate education.
M.A. - Judicial Administration - Case-flow Management
Go to the About John Page. Do a quick read on how these five university degrees are all associated with F.A.I.Ls that ignited my passion and enabled me to succeed as a law professor and international professional consultant.
* Scroll up to the top of this page. Re-read how I took a leadership roll in the design and delivery of innovative skills-based diploma and post graduate skills-based post diploma programs in the Canadian college system.
* Take note on how I've actually mentored and counselled more than 1,000 Canadians on how to access leading edge professional graduate degrees in world class U.K. universities and link them to burgeoning careers in Canada.
If you're in guidance counselling in a high school get in touch and we can discuss how to develop a mutually beneficial relationship
If you or a member of your family appreciates the importance and added value of reaching outside the conventional education envelope to access mentoring that is personalized career pathway focused get in touch with me.
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