About Us (Why is it "Us" when it's only me?)
I'm not inclined to talk about myself so I'll keep this short. Perhaps I'll add a little more over time.
I
grew up in Edmonton's inner city before my parents moved to the lovely
suburb of Fort Saskatchewan. I'm an University of Alberta alumni - three
times over - with a B.Com (Finance), B.Sc (Actuarial Science) and a
M.A. (Economics). No, I didn't get those degrees all at once.
After completing my B.Com, I worked here and there before meeting my
wife. Together we started many businesses - some successful,
others not so much. Later, we sold those businesses and went back to
university. Whilst at university one of my professors suggested
that I teach statistics labs at MacEwan Unversity. To be honest, I
thought she was crazy. At that time, I had never thought about
teaching. After some prodding (thanks again Giseon Ho), I went
over to MacEwan to meet with the Math/Stats Department Chair, David
McLaughlin. David was my kind of crazy, so he gave me my first
teaching opportunity (5 sections of Stats 151 labs). From the very
first minute teaching, I knew I had found my calling and I have loved
teaching ever since. I'm now teaching Math and Statistics at the
School of Business at MacEwan University where I'll likely teach until
security removes me from campus, or they haul my dead carcass out of the
building - probably too morbid, I know. Earning the Distinguished
Teaching Award, MacEwan University's highest teaching accolade, was the
high point of my teaching career. Even more humbling, over 25 MacEwan
students and alumni signed my nomination (during COVID!!). Although, if a
university located in a warm climate is looking for a stats
instructor........
In case you're curious, I took the above picture after hiking to the peaks high above the Colorado River.
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