 He also was a writer for the University of the West Indies (UWI) Masters in Counselling Programme and served as consultant to the Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) contract with the Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU)and the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia (ACNS).McKnight sits on the Board of organizations such as the Jamaica AIDS Support For Life (JASL), Ashe Performing Arts Ensemble, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), Jamaica Psycho-Social Foundation and the Kingston and St. Andrew Foster Parents Association.McKnight is also the immediate past Chairman of the Civil Society Forum (CSF) of Jamaica on HIV/AIDS, which is a local coalition advocating for the greater inclusion of civil society organisation in decision making in the health sector.