Trick's career in the Ontario Public Service included Assistant Deputy Minister-level positions in postsecondary education and finance.
He also worked in the fields of intergovernmental affairs, economic development, labour market policy and demographic analysis.
[3] He has been a part-time instructor in Toronto Metropolitan University's Politics and Public Administration program.
[5] Trick is co-author of Academic Reform: Policy Options for Improving the Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Undergraduate Education in Ontario (with Ian D. Clark and Richard Van Loon, 2011) [6] and Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education in Ontario (with Ian D. Clark, Greg Moran and Michael Skolnik, 2009),[7] both published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
[9] Trick was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and attended schools in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.