ABOUT THE FOUNDER, AARON A. WEISS, PHD
Bio
Dr. Aaron Weiss is the CEO and one of the lead instructor's and course designers.
Aaron loves to teach! As an educator, he has taught and created courses and/or workshops for elementary, junior high, high school, college, and university students. In addition, Aaron has run after-school programs, summer schools, and tutored high school and college students.
Aaron has also been a program partner of the Toronto District School Board.
Aaron has designed and taught courses for junior and high school students, such as Academic Writing, Public Speaking, Critical Reading, and Creative Writing, as well as two university courses: Trauma: From Origins to Interventions and The Sociology of Mass Media. He also taught communications to engineering students. He has prepared students for competitive university admissions interviews, helping students gain acceptance to leading medical schools, business schools, and law schools.
During his tenure as a Teacher at York University, he received the highest departmental score in course evaluations submitted by students.
Aaron co-produced and co-wrote an interview/profile on Wanda Robson, the sister of Viola Desmond, for the Toronto District School Board to serve as an educational tool for students.
Prior to working as an educator, Aaron was recognized as one of the youngest television producers in North America at the age of 13. Aaron Alan Weiss has been involved as a producer, director, host, writer, distributor, documentarian, song writer, and journalist in the media industry on radio and TV. He has a BA in Radio and Television from Ryerson (TMU) University, a Masters in Cinema and Media Studies, and a PhD in Humanities from York University (2026).
Comics are central to his thesis, form part of his teaching tools, and is also his hobby.