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Philip Alves

Philip Alves

Web designer, developer and consultant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    technologist · educator

  • Education

    • Centennial College

      2005 - 2007
      Ontario College Advanced Diploma Post-Graduate Journalism

    • University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College

      1998 - 2003
      Honours Bachelor of Arts Specialist in Archaeology, Minor in History

  • Experience

    • Freelance Web Development

      Jan 2000 - now
      Web designer, developer and consultant

      Develop and (re)design websites, and provide consulting services.

    • National Post

      Jan 2007 - Apr 2007
      Editorial Intern

    • Freelance

      May 2007 - Aug 2007
      Writer/researcher/photographer

      Researched, conducted interviews and wrote news and feature stories, as well as shot and edited accompanying photos as needed for the National Post

    • Vaughan Today

      Aug 2007 - Nov 2009
      Online Editor

    • Vaughan Today and Town Crier newspapers

      Oct 2008 - Jul 2009
      News Editor

    • Town Crier

      Jul 2009 - Nov 2009
      Online Editor

    • Metro News

      Nov 2009 - Jul 2010
      Freelance web editor

      Edited local news, sports and entertainment lineups for Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax, and national and world news lineups.

    • Centennial College

      Sept 2010 - now

      Design and maintain websites — including torontoobserver.ca, centennialondemand.com — for Centennial College's School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design. In the Winter 2023 semester, I was the instructor in the Storyworks 2 course in Centennial College's Professional Writing – Communications program. From 2010 to 2015, I taught in Centennial College's Toronto Observer News Lab courses, the Multiplatform Journalism course in the Centennial College/University of Toronto Scarborough joint journalism program, and the Development for Designers course in the Graphic Design program.

      • Information and Journalism Media Technologist

        Jan 2009 - now

      • Professor

        Sept 2010 - Mar 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      1st – Best College/University Newspaper Website Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s (OCNA) Better Newspapers Competition 2014 TorontoObserver.ca won first overall in the Best College/University Newspaper Website category at the OCNA 2014 Better Newspapers Competition.
    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      2nd – Best College/University Newspaper Website Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s (OCNA) Better Newspapers Competition 2013 TorontoObserver.ca won second overall in the Best College/University Newspaper Website category at the OCNA 2013 Better Newspapers Competition.
    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      3rd – Best College/University Newspaper Website Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s (OCNA) Better Newspapers Competition 2011 TorontoObserver.ca won third overall in the Best College/University Newspaper Website category at the OCNA 2011 Better Newspapers Competition.
    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      1st – Surfer's Selection Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) 2009 Won first place in the Surfer's Selection category at the OCNA 2009 Better Newspaper Awards for myTownCrier.ca.
    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      2nd – Best Community Web Portal Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) 2009 Won second place in the Best Community Web Portal category at the OCNA 2009 Better Newspaper Awards for myTownCrier.ca.
    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      1st – Surfer's Selection Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) 2008 Won first place in the Surfer's Selection category at the OCNA 2008 Better Newspaper Awards for VaughanToday.ca.
    • Awarded to Philip Alves
      3rd – Best News Story – circulation over 10,000 Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) 2008 Won third place in the Best News Story – circulation over 10,000 category at the OCNA 2008 Better Newspaper Awards for June 27, 2008 story headlined “Jackson’s future in jeopardy”.