Dedicated to learning and teaching, Paul St-Onge has devoted his life and career to teaching crisis intervention, scenario based training and experiential learning practices.
Mr. St-Onge has 30 years of experience in emergency situations training. His philosophy has always been to keep teaching simple but efficient. His involvement in many organizations allows him to keep updating his knowledge of emergency training matters.
Mr. St-Onge has been teaching since 1988 at the college level. In 1990, Paul was hired by La Cité collégiale, in Ottawa, as a full-time professor in physical training and crisis intervention. He now teaches Police Foundations and Pre-Service Firefighter and Training programs.
La Cité collégiale has inaugurated its leading edge 911 Institute – Emergency Services
Training Centre, on its main Ottawa campus. Mr. St-Onge spent two years collaborating on the planning and design of the building, while consulting with 911 emergency services, to create a cutting-edge training facility. The Institute was built to meet the specific training needs of emergency services students. The 911 Institute at La Cité has been recognized as a leading edge training facility on a national and international level.
To continually upgrade his skills, Paul does tireless research to keep the courses he teaches current and works on his own professional development. He continues to widen his qualifications by exploring different aspects of emergency response work, for example by participating in field placements and by closely collaborating with law enforcement and emergency service partners.