Ken Gilles, ISA Certified Arborist

Today, we are thrilled to chat with Ken Gilles. Ken is an ISA Certified Arborist who operates a Tree Service in Whitby, ON, providing tree care solutions for the Toronto, Durham, York, and Peel regions. The other half of Ken's Arboriculture life is training. He taught the Arborist Practices course at Humber College for 11 years. He then helped write the curriculum and taught the Ground Worker Training Program. Ken is a lead instructor with Arboriculture Canada Training and  Education. Ken is also heavily involved with ISA Ontario: he served on its board of directors for 10 years, including as president twice, and is currently the chair of the Ontario Tree Climbing Championship. This year, Ken was bestowed with ISA Ontario's Outstanding Volunteer Award for his countless hours of volunteer service dedicated to developing others' careers.