The People Behind Your IT Education Journey

(Former Admissions Officer, Seneca Polytechnic; B.Ed., University of Toronto)

Natasha spent seven years in the admissions office at Seneca, where she reviewed over 4,000 international IT applications. She noticed that roughly one in five applicants chose programs misaligned with their career goals — often because they relied on outdated forum posts rather than current program data. That pattern became the catalyst for IT Education in Canada. She leads our consultation team and personally reviews every program recommendation before it reaches a student. Outside work, she runs a Saturday coding workshop for high-school students in Scarborough.

(Former Program Coordinator, BCIT; M.Sc. Computer Science, UBC)

Daniel coordinated the Applied Computer Science and Cloud Computing programs at BCIT for five years before co-founding the platform. His graduate research at UBC focused on educational technology — specifically, how interactive tools improve decision-making in program selection. He oversees all program data, writes the labour-market analysis sections, and maintains our recommendation engine's matching logic. He is known for catching tuition discrepancies that institutions themselves take months to correct on their websites.

(RCIC-Registered, Member of CICC; LL.B., University of Ottawa)

Fatima brings nine years of immigration advisory experience, including four years at a Toronto-based firm specialising in study permits and post-graduation work permits for STEM students. She handles the immigration-related portions of our guidance — study permit timelines, biometrics scheduling, proof-of-funds thresholds, and PGWP eligibility assessments. Her legal background means she catches procedural details that general advisors often gloss over, such as the distinction between DLI status and PGWP-eligible program status at the same institution.

(Former Engineering Manager, Shopify; B.Eng., University of Waterloo)

James spent eight years at Shopify, the last three managing a team of 14 developers. He reviewed hundreds of junior developer applications and conducted over 300 technical interviews. He now writes our career roadmaps, salary guides, and interview preparation content — grounding each in what hiring managers actually evaluate, not what career blogs assume they do. His unglamorous but practical advice on GitHub profile structure and take-home assignment etiquette has become one of our most-read blog categories.

(M.A. Public Policy, Carleton University; Statistics Canada Fellow)

Sophie spent two years as a research fellow at Statistics Canada before joining the team, where she analysed labour force survey microdata on STEM employment outcomes. She now maintains the data backbone of the platform — pulling NOC code employment figures, provincial wage medians, and IRCC processing time distributions that feed our tools. Her work ensures that when we cite a salary figure or employment rate, it traces back to a verifiable government data source rather than a recruiting firm's press release.

(Former International Student Advisor, Humber College; B.A., York University)

Raj was himself an international student — he arrived from Mumbai in 2012 to study at York and navigated the PGWP-to-PR pipeline firsthand. After graduation, he spent four years in Humber College's international student services office, helping students with everything from academic appeals to housing emergencies. At IT Education in Canada, he manages student follow-ups post-consultation, tracks enrolment outcomes, and writes the "Student Life" section of our blog. He is methodical about documenting edge cases — the kind of situational knowledge that only comes from years of direct student interaction.