North American College: Business - Technology

Some of our Faculty

Accounting Business Applications Programs

Dr. Gagik Bakhshyan
Ph.D. Economics

Gagik Bakhshyan is our Accounting Business Applications Lecturer with more than 20 years of experience not only in accounting and accounting software, but also in economics and financial management.

His credentials include a Ph.D. in Economics and a University Diploma in Accounting. He has worked as an associate professor at Yerevan State University, a senior economist at the Center for Economics Policy Research and Analysis/ USAID and a consultant at World Bank.

Mechanical Engineering Programs

Dr. Hui Zhang
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Hui Zhang is the Project Manager and Chairman of Engineering Department at North American College. Dr. Hui Zhang is a Senior Mechanical Engineer in Toronto, Canada. He is a Professional Engineer of Ontario with more than twenty years of teaching and work experience in complex mechanical systems design and development.

Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in China in 1994. He was an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University. He also was a visiting scholar at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, USA and research associate at Florida International University, USA. He has written five 3D design tutorial books for SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, SolidEdge, ProEngineer and CATIA. Two of them were published in USA in May 2003. He has been teaching 3D design software in Toronto since 2000.

Prof. Nadeem Ahmad Bhatti
Business Administration Faculty

Faculty of Business Administration is headed by Prof. Nadeem Ahmad Bhatti. Nadeem Bhatti did his Master Degree from Pakistan, post graduation from Australia and is about to finish his PhD from Australia. Bhatti has a vast experience of teaching and training in Business, Marketing, Management and Finance areas in Canada, Australia and Pakistan. He is author of many research articles published in various journals throughout the world. Mr. Bhatti is working with our college since 2002 and has been appreciated by the trainees from all over world. Nadeem Bhatti is expert in Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Marketing and other Business related areas.

Mr. Nadeem Bhatti has a vast multicultural exposure. He had been a member of Academic Senate at Flinders University of South Australia. He was elected as President International Students at University of New England, New South Wales, Australia. Before coming to Canada, Mr. Bhatti had been working as Head of the Department at University of the Punjab in Pakistan. He has been a Member Senate at University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

He has been executive development trainer with various organizations including Banks, Manufacturing Companies, Airlines, IT Companies, Telecommunication, Health Care and Educational Institutions.

Christine Duncan (R. N.)
PSW Instructor

Christine Duncan is the Health Unit Co-ordinator at North American College. A registered nurse for almost 30 years, Ms. Duncan received her nursing diploma from the Lambton College School of Nursing in Ontario. She practised her career in Newfoundland and Ontario, working in a variety of challenging areas including emergency, intensive care and medical/surgical nursing. Eventually, she settled into a long career in psychiatric nursing with the Ontario Ministry of Health. Christine is also a Canadian Red Cross certified instructor for the First Aid and CPR modules in the Early Childcare Assistant, Medical Office Assistant and Pharmacy Assistant Diploma programs.

An avid learner, among numerous other health studies, Ms Duncan also earned a Master of Herbology diploma from Emerson College of Herbology where she is a research fellow.

Civil Engineering Programs

Haki Alganabi (P.Eng )
BE Civil Engineering

Mr. Haki Alganabi P.Eng is civil instructor at North American College and is also a Senior Civil Engineer in BSG Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Canada. He is a Professional Engineer in Ontario with more than twenty-five years of teaching and work experience in designing, supervising and managing industrial, residential and transportation projects.

Mr. Alganabi is an experienced instructor who developed new ways to approach and understand the construction industry. He always brings to his students the latest ideas, technology, and procedures that are required and observed in the construction market and in the industry.

Mr. Alganabi received his degree in Civil Engineering from University of Mosul in 1979. In 1983 he accomplished his first research in Concrete rehabilitation which changed the national code followed by many researches in pavement design and material technology. This has thus allowed him to add two Diplomas to his profile. In 1986 he worked as an associate Civil Engineering Professor at Babylon Technical Institute, then as a senior project manager in many international projects funded by the united nations. Following this he also worked with many consulting companies in Toronto such as Earthonics Engineering, Terraprobe Consulting Engineers, Peto-MacCallum Consulting Engineers, and as a Vice President with GET Engineering. Since 2003 he holds the position of Manager with BSG Consulting Engineers, which offers specialized engineering services in Canada. During his long years of site and office experience he was involved in most of the big projects in the city of Toronto and the surrounding areas such as the new terminal building at Pearson International airport, Provincial Highways and bridges, high-rise buildings, new subdivisions and residential units in addition to his work on many historical buildings in Ontario.

Afzal Dhanji
BCOMM, MCP, MCSE, MCSA, A+, OCP, CCNA and CCNP

Mr. Afzal Dhanji is our IT instructor who is certified as a MCP, MCSE, MCSA, A+, OCP, CCNA and CCNP. Afzal Dhanji is not only a qualified IT professional with certifications in Microsoft, Cisco and Oracle; he also has many years of teaching experience in this field. Afzal brings to our classrooms immense real world I.T. experiences and case studies to help students understand the challenges they will face during their transition into the I.T. job world. Some of his major projects include developing industry standards and best practices, developing best methodologies to provide enterprise clients with complex solutions, designing standard operating procedures for all IT environments.

Mr. Dhanji received his BCOMM degree from Ryerson University in Toronto. Microsoft Canada has acknowledged Afzal’s brilliant presentation and technical skills; Afzal has been designated the role of a Sharepoint Architect by Microsoft Canada by working though their partner Getronics Canada. He currently works as Solutions Architect with a Global Company. Afzal has helped a large number of students acquire certifications and successfully land in their field.