Author, Columnist. Speaker.

Advocate for stronger democracy in Canada.

WORK HISTORY

Until fairly recently, I had been a socially progressive writer on careers and the workplace (since the late 90’s). Had a bi-weekly column in the Toronto Star early to mid-2000’s called Career Activist. Several books published beginning 1997. Before that a sessional professor of Communications at Ryerson University for a few years. Managed a small government department in Ministry of Education for a couple of years prior. Worked first in the corporate world, marketing, for over a decade.

EDUCATION

I value learning in all its forms. Regarding formal education, I have earned two graduate degrees from highly regarded schools in Canada: a Masters in Education (M.Ed.) from University of Toronto/OISE, and an MBA from what is now the Schulich School of Business at York University.

DEMOCRACYCLE

I see disturbing cracks growing in our society. Polarization. Disinformation. Undisguised racism. I want to help our experts in these matters have more resources to deal with such threats.

So in summer 2022, I will be riding my bike to raise funds for Canadian anti-racism and anti-hate. Together they are bulwarks of democracy. This journey is from Halifax to my hometown of Toronto, about 2,000 km, starting June 27 2022 to about the third week of August (seven weeks or so).

Along the way I’ll be interviewing people respectfully on their thoughts about our country’s democracy. What does it mean to them? How can we strengthen and improve it? Watch for daily clips and updates on my Blog .