Rob Theriault

Rob Theriault M.E.T., BHSc., CCP(f)

Immersive Technology Manager @ Georgian College (retired) in Ontario Canada. Role: Assist faculty and programs to explore and integrate virtual, augmented or mixed reality into curricula where appropriate and desirable. Former professor of paramedicine.

History:

Expert in XR and AI integration into curricula

Paramedic 35 years.

Former Critical Care Flight Paramedic 1987-1997

Paramedic educator 34 years

Cardiology Technologist (formally registered)

Started teaching ECG interpretation in the 1980s

Master of Educational Technology at the University of British Columbia

Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) Degree in Paramedicine from Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia

Past President of the Ontario Paramedic Association.

Assigned as personal paramedic to two visiting U.S. Presidents

Featured in the award winning Discovery Channel series "FlightPath: Bandage One".

Published and self-published author, researcher, blogger, Podcaster, International speaker

Recipient of:

Virtual World Society Nextant Educator Prize - the Society’s highest honor for people whose work in immersive technologies has made an outstanding difference to the global immersive landscape.

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his influence on the Canadian EMS system as an educator, author and public speaker.

30 year Governor General of Canada EMS Exemplary Service medal