Dinuka Gunaratne

Dinuka Gunaratne (he/him) is the Director of Career Development and Experiential Learning for Northeastern University in Vancouver. Since 2007, Dinuka has worked at seven post-secondary institutions across Canada in student services, fundraising, alumni relations and career development. He was the inaugural Director of the Tri-campus Centre for Graduate Professional Development at the University of Toronto and Manager of Career Education Strategy and Communications at the University of Waterloo. A former international student from Sri Lanka and an immigrant to Canada, he is passionate about supporting immigrants and international students while advocating for system-level change for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and dismantling racism in higher education. He is also a facilitator of Anti-Racism Response Training (ART). Over the past six years, Dinuka has specialized in supporting the career development of graduate students (Master’s, Ph.D. and Postdoc) and is recognized for his expertise in the field. He holds leadership positions with the Canadian Association of Colleges and University Student Services (CACUSS), the Centre for Education Research in Counselling (CERIC), the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE) and the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC). He is a graduate of the University of Guelph and holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

Publications

How Career Influencers Can Promote Sustainable Careers and the Wellbeing of Underrepresented Students
How Career Influencers Can Promote Sustainable Careers and the Wellbeing of Underrepresented Students
Candy Ho, Candace Stewart-Smith, Dinuka Gunaratne. © 2023. 21 pages.
Most students pursuing postsecondary education have a primary goal of attaining gainful employment and enhancing their career prospects. Yet postsecondary career centers, whose...