who am i?

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I was born in the town of Johnstone (near Glasgow) in Scotland, and educated in the UK.  I completed my final degree (PhD) at the University of Cambridge.  My subsequent academic teaching career prior to 1997 took me to King’s College London, the University of Wales, and the University of Edinburgh. I'm married to Lynette and we have four grown-up children, and four grandchildren.

From 1997 until 2022 I was a professor at Regent College in Vancouver.  After 28 years I and my family have deep roots both in the city and in our local Seymour community in North Vancouver.  For example, I have coached soccer here for over two decades, for much of the time as a Provincial B Licence soccer coach, and I was for seven years the president of the Mount Seymour Soccer Association. 

Politically, I've been an active member of the Burnaby North-Seymour EDA for some time.  As its Policy Chair, in 2023 I spearheaded a successful drive nationally to improve the Party’s environmental policy. Since then I've been one of two B.C. reps on the National Policy Committee.  When I'm not doing anything else, I enjoy fly-fishing and working on my model railway.