Biography
 

John Davies, President at Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, formerly Vice President, Administrative Services, holds degrees and post-graduate diplomas from the University of Wales, Oxford University, the University of Toronto and Brock University.

 

Before joining Humber he had a long and distinguished career in the public-school sector in Toronto.

 

He has been a High School Teacher, Principal, Superintendent and Director of the Toronto Board of Education.

 

He was, in its later phases, C.E.O. of the Education Improvement Commission, which was charged with overseeing the amalgamation of school boards in Ontario, and with the implementation of a province-wide elementary and secondary school governance structure for Francophone Ontarians.

 

Before joining Humber he was Chief of Staff for the Effective Schools Task Force, charged with advising the Provincial government on ways to improve elementary and secondary school education in Ontario.

 

He currently serves on the Boards of the LEARNX Foundation, Skills Canada-Ontario, the William Osler Health System, the League for Innovation in the Community College, the Advisory Board of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, and the Mayor’s Safe City Panel. He is also the Chair of Polytechnics Canada, a national alliance of Canada’s research-intensive, publicly-funded colleges and institutes of technology.

 

John Davies has been on staff at Humber College for seven years.