Mark Mirza-Agha
Education
PhD Candidate – Leadership in Higher
Education-Capella University
 Master ‘s Degree in EducationPostsecondary Adult Education and
Administration(Honor)-Central Michigan
University
 Certificate in Adult Education- Red River
College
 Bachelor of Science - Saint Louis
University
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Experiences
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Present
Faculty and coordinator of Health
Transition Certificate Program
.Professor/Instructor /Corporate
Trainer
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Designed/Developed and Taught courses in Access,
Technology (Civil/Chemical/Computer), Business,
Trades, Natural Resources Management, Nursing,
University Transition, BUNTEP, and Continuing
Education departments..
Provided training for corporate enterprises such as
Tolko Ltd, Town of the Pas, Inco Ltd, Health Care
Professionals, and OCN land office.
Designed and taught CAE courses for instructional
staff.
Provided mentorship for employees and acted as
practicum facilitator and mentor.
Free consulting to community at large in areas of
interest.
..Curriculum- Designer & Developer
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Developed and implemented the Foundations of Math and
Science curriculum for Health Transition Program.
Developed six modules of Essential Skills for Trades
Educational Portfolio.
Designed and Implemented the Preparation for
Technology Access curriculum.
Initiated the Community Economic Development Program
Established the first year of Civil/CAD Tech program in
partnership with RRC
Designed and Implemented training courses for
sustainable development initiative— speeding strategic
awareness and initiated institutional change.
…Leadership, Administration,
& Corporate Linkage
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Coordinator of Health Transition Certificate Program
Chair of Management/Trades/ Technology Programs.
Department Head of Math/Science Department.
Coordinator of Civil/CAD Tech program.
Corporate Linkage:
 Created 24 Co-op Job placement for Learners
 Created 20 educational sponsorship programs for
Learners
 Attained $25,000 Corporate Contribution for Civil /CAD
program
 Facilitated the introduction of $115,000+Government
Funding
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 Linked programs, learners, corporate, and
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community
Created the first Trade Forum in Thompson
Promoted programs in The Pas, Thompson, Norway
House, Nelson House, Split Lake, Cross Lake,
Oxford House, OCN , and other First Nation
Communities of Northern Manitoba
Designed radio and newspaper advertisement and
broadcasted them on NCI, CJOB, and CHTM.
Participated and conducted various presentations to
Chamber of Commerce in Thompson and Saskatoon
Symposium.
Attained CTTAM accreditation for EET program
…..Applied Research/
Entrepreneurship/Technology
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Continued Research in Leadership in higher education
Extensive research in the design of Technology Access Model
program for learners. An unpublished 200 page document on
access program as the topic of Capstone research project.
Extensive research knowledge on the Community Based
Education and the formulation of a written paper.
Extensive research paper on the postsecondary governance
and structure.
More than ten articles on various issues on postsecondary
/leadership/technology/entrepreneurship and the learners
Research paper on recruitment practices
Entrepreneur in business ventures
More than ten years of experience in working with technology
tools in teaching and management. Examples are MS- Word, Excel, -Access, -PowerPoint, -Outlook, Publisher, Front page,
AutoCAD, DynoCADD, Photoshop, Water, Sewer, Auto Sketch,
Learn Link, WebCT ,Course Genie, & Illuminate softwares
Please Visit my webpage at
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https://www.ucn.ca/ics/Programs/
Faculty_and_Staff_Pages/MMirzaagha/
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More than ten years of experience in
working with technology tools in
teaching and management. Examples
are MS- Word, -Excel, -Access, PowerPoint, -Outlook, Publisher, Front
page, AutoCAD, DynoCADD,
Photoshop, Water, Sewer, Auto Sketch,
Learn Link, WebCT ,Course Genie, &
Illuminate software
Interest & Exploration
Lover of Family/Friends and Community
 Enjoy: Studies in Religion, Spirituality,
Nature /Science, Unity and Diversity;
History and Human Civilizations and
Cultures; Research and Human
Development; Math and Computers.
 Engagement: UCN strategic committee;
UCN Learning Council; UCN Outcome
Assessment committee
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