· Broadcast journalist, author, lecturer and community activist

· Member of the East Cross Creek Task Force, the Ontario Federation of Naturalists, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association

· Member of the Executive Committee of the Great Canadian Town Band Festival

· Broadcast journalism career spans decades at CBC radio and television, TVO, CFRB News, and other stations in Ottawa and Toronto

· Born and educated in Toronto

· Twice a Ryerson graduate and winner of the McLean Hunter Award for academic achievement

· As a freelance writer, has been published on social issues, the environment, and on the music and personalities of the swing era

· His book "You Can Say That Again" is an entertaining guide to good English speech

· Member of the Association of Canadian Radio and Television Artists, has served as an officer in ACTRA and the Canadian Union of Public Employees

· With his wife Diana, and their horses, have lived on the Manvers-Scugog Townline for more than a dozen years.