Cool to be Canadian
As
the first Anglophone
president of the MBA Student Association at HEC, Philip was
also the
founder and chairman of réseautage
Global-E networking, an innovative program to create meaningful
connections between MBA student entepreneurs and Canada’s business
leaders. Participating
in 10 international expeditions during more than 20 years of world-wide
adventures he continues as a sustainable eco-adventure tourism analyst,
consultant, and guide trainer for Explorasport.com traveling from
the Amazon to the Pyramids, the Great Wall of China and beyond.
In
his adventures and travels throughout the world, Philip is the embodiment
of the non-profit organization he started in 1992 – Cool to be Canadian®.
Through his website http://www.cool.ca/
, Philip and the Cool Canadian Team have encouraged, recognized and
participated in helping Canadians through national crises like the floods
in Manitoba and the Eastern Ice Storm. SHOW YOUR
“3B” LEADERSHIP – CHECK http://www.cool.ca/ AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
A FEW “MADE IN CANADA” ITEMS ON, OR WITH YOU AT THE OPENING CEREMONY… YOU
WON’T REGRET IT!
Philip McMaster grew up in the Laurentian mountains of Quėbec. He
studied Television Production at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Professional
Photography at Dawson College, received his BA in Applied Human Sciences
at Concordia University and his MBA from the Université de Montréal’s
business school, HEC (École des Hautes Etudes
Commerciales).
In
the aerospace industry, he was Vice-President, Communications, for the
SpacePort Canada rocket launch development in Manitoba, in Montréal, the
editor of commercial shipping trade magazines, and before that, founding
publisher of The UpNorth News, the first English-language community
newspaper to serve the Laurentian community.
At the withinsight Canadian Student Leadership Conference,
Philip will be encouraging us all to lead ourselves to “Be, Buy, Boost
Canadian” at the conference, in our daily behaviours and as effective
world citizens.