Proud father and blessed husband, happily retired educator, avid golfer, active gardener, crytoquote and crossword connoisseur, iPad addict, Photoshop aficionado, frequent swimmer, volunteer and computer enthusiast.

Colin was born and currently lives in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada.   He has served as webmaster for the Retired Teachers Organization of Nova Scotia  since 2013 and serves on its communications committee.

Colin started teaching in 1964 at McDonald High in Dominion, Nova Scotia, later moving in 1969 to Sydney Academy in Sydney, Nova Scotia where he taught chemistry and physics for the next twenty-five years.  For a decade starting in 1980 Colin also taught introductory adult education computer science courses classes.   Colin holds a BA and MEd from St. Francis Xavier University and a project management certification from Henson College.

Colin also serves on the executive board of New Waterford’s Maple Hill Manor. As a charter member of the Manor’s board,  he joined in the late 1970s and has been served in almost of the board’s governance roles.  He is a former member and past president of the Children’s Aid Society of Cape Breton-Victoria  and has served as a member of the Board of Examiners of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers.  He was awarded the Nova Scotia Council for the Family Award of Merit in 2001 and received a  Certificate of Appreciation from the Children’s Aid Society of Cape Breton-Victoria  in 2005.

Colin contributed to the professional development of teachers for more than 25 years as an executive member of the Nova Scotia Association of Science Teachers (AST), a special association of the Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union.  He joined the AST executive in 1979 with service in various posts such as treasurer,  treasurer, secretary, annual conference co-chair, newsletter editor, and a term as president from 1990 to 1992. He created the association’s current logo and established its first internet presence.  Through his association work Colin also published several Journals, typically more than 60 pages per issue (ISSN 08472955).

Colin began a lifelong hobby in computing science and programming in the era just predating the personal computer, at a time when data entry was performed with punch cards and reams of printed paper functioned as a computer monitor.  Since then, he’s worked with programming languages such as Fortran 77, Pascal and BASIC on systems ranging from the Commodore PET to the modern PC.  Since the advent of the world-wide web he’s assisted with the design and creation of websites.  Over the long road from punch cards and daisy wheel printers to tablets and Twitter, Colin has always kept apprised of new developments.