About Us

The Director of Educan Consultants (Ontario) Ltd. is Gary Diamond. Gary was an Education Officer with the Ontario Ministry of Education, where he held the dual position of Provincial School Attendance Counsellor and Provincial Coordinator of Private Schools. Gary has had many years of experience as a secondary teacher, department head, and principal in Ontario's private and public schools.

As Provincial Coordinator of Private Schools, Gary was responsible for creating and monitoring agreements between international schools that wished to offer a Canadian curriculum and the Ontario Ministry of Education. He has worked with international schools in China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago and various countries in Europe.

As Provincial School Attendance Counsellor, Gary has worked with school districts, school social workers and parents. He has been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops dealing with "at risk" students, compulsory school attendance and home schooling. His most recent article on home schooling can be viewed in Orbit, the Journal of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. 
 

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