Welcome to Canada Education Support!
Our company members are professionals such as professors, lawyers and businesspeople who have much experience in the Canadian educational sector. We support our clients in a variety of ways to ensure that their educational goals are met. Julie Nguyen, B.Comm., M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Julie Nguyen has extensive experience in studying and teaching at the college and university levels in three Canadian major cities (Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto). Arriving in Montreal in 1990, she briefly attended Dawson College and Vanier College, and started her Bachelor’s Program in Commerce/Economics at Concordia University. She moved to Vancouver in 1995 to enroll in a Master’s Program in Economics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and work as a teaching assistant. Receiving her Master’s degree in 1996, she briefly lectured at CapilanoCollege in the Asia-Pacific Management Co-operative Program, and worked at the Centre for Southeast Asia Research at UBC. In 1997, she worked as a consultant for the United Nations in Hanoi to co-author a report for the first Human Development Report in Vietnam. Dr. Nguyen returned to Vancouver in 1998 to start her Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Studies and Asian Research at UBC. She moved to Toronto in 2001 and completed her Ph.D. studies in 2004 while working as Program Administrator for the Master’s Collaborative Program in Asia-Pacific Studies at the University of Toronto (U of T). She conducted her post-doctoral research from 2004 to 2006 at the Munk Centre for International Studies at U of T. From 2005 to 2010, she taught courses in Political Science, Women’s Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies and East Asian Studies at U of T/ UTSC. She is currently teaching in the School of Business at Centennial College. During her studying years, Dr. Nguyen received many awards and scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the International Development Research Centre, the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Northwest Regional Consortium on Southeast Asian Studies, UBC Centre for Human Settlements the Vietnamese community in Montreal, and various university departments. Dr. Nguyen understands the challenges facing students who just arrive in Canada. She is dedicated to helping these students succeed in their studies and participate in the Canadian society so that they are capable of working and contributing to Canada and their home country. Advisory Council Ronald G. Atkey, P.C., Q.C. Mr. Atkey practised law for over thirty years with Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP before his retirement in 2007. He is currently senior counsel on security intelligence and accountability matters. He has been a Member of Parliament, Minister of Immigration (who was responsible for the Vietnamese/Chinese boat people programme in 1979-80), and first Chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee established in 1984 to review activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He taught law full-time at the University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in the period 1967-74, and now teaches a course on National Security Law at the University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall. John Parsons, Ph.D. Cantab Dr. Parsons has a doctorate in History from Cambridge University in England. He has had several affiliations with the University of Toronto, first as an undergraduate at Trinity College, later as a senior administrator including responsibility for residences at Innis College, and finally at the University of Toronto Press where he was Assistant to the Director and responsible for the scholarly journals division. From 1980 to 1991, Dr. Parsons served on the Board of Harbourfront Corporation, developing Toronto’s waterfront as the representative of the Mayor of Toronto. Dr. Parsons was seconded by the University of Toronto Press to the Ontario Ministry of Culture in the 1980s to develop and administer policies to support the cultural industries. Lan Nguyen, MBA Lan Nguyen holds a Global Executive MBA from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor Degree of Commerce from McGill University. She is the founder of Institute of Canadian International Training and Education (ICITE), an established Canadian consultancy firm that is specialized in international development and education. Until 2005, Ms. Nguyen was the Vice President of Innovation and Partnerships at Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto. Prior to Centennial, Ms. Nguyen held various executive positions with the Ontario government over 25 years where she led many province-wide strategic consolidations, service renewal initiatives and capacity building projects. She hosted regular Ontario government showcases to international delegates from around the world and was regular speaker in international symposiums held in Thailand, China, Singapore and Vietnam. During 1995-2000, Ms. Nguyen joined the CIDA consultant team in the Canada-Vietnam IT program (CVIT) for the development of the national IT Master Plan. Ms. Nguyen has served on numerous health and community boards and organizations in both the public and private sectors. One of her recent projects in education was the construction of a charity secondary high school for 730 village children in the rural region of Central Vietnam. She was also the founder and President of the Canadian Vietnamese Business Council in 1995 and is actively engaged in various mentoring partnership programs through TRIEC in Toronto to help internationally trained professionals in accessing employment and further their education in Canada. She takes a keen interest to inspire young people in international education and global career through her frequent works in Asia and Eastern Europe. Born in France, Ms. Nguyen resides in Toronto since 1973 with her family. Paul Hoa Nguyen, M.A.Sc Mr. Nguyen has been a supporter of many community initiatives since the early 1990s. He was one of the founders of the scholarship program organized by the Vietnamese Association in Toronto, aiming to encourage academic excellence among young Vietnamese Canadians. In 1992, he initiated a program supporting students from Vietnam, and he still nurtures the relationship with many of them until today. He is devoted to guiding and mentoring new students. Mr. Nguyen taught at Thu Duc Technical College in the late 1970s and received his M.A.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1985. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D. Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in Aboriginal Studies and Social Work. She has a Ph.D. degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Toronto. Her work in the Aboriginal community involves the restoration and protection of culture, spiritual practice, and promoting personal and community development.
Director
Business Advisor (Law, Business and Education)
General Advisor
Educational Advisor
Dr. Nguyen and students at the University of Toronto (2005)
Dr. Nguyen and Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Mme. Deanna Horton at an
Education Fair in Ha Noi (2008)
Dr. Nguyen and staff at an
Education Fair in Ho Chi Minh city (2008)
Community Advisor
Cultural Advisor