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Greg’s Introduction An EC&I 831 Production Fall MMIX

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Page 1: Greg’s Introduction

Greg’s Introduction

An EC&I 831 ProductionFall MMIX

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Greg Stark – international man of nonmystery

Born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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My interests include:

5 Pin Bowling

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Fishing

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Cooking

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READING

I have got to get one of these bookshelves!

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Playing computer games...

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And I am an avid Riders fan – even when they lose…

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I received a Hotel & Restaurant Administration Diploma in 1987 and took my first job away from home…

Chateau Lake Louise, Banff National Park

I found I was in Calgary at least twice a month to get away from the mountains…

You can take the boy out of the prairie but…

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However, I soon found out that…

Hotel Business + Introvert = Road to Nowhere

So, in some reasoning that made sense at the time, I went to the University of Saskatchewan and graduated with a B.Ed in 1993

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I started my adult education career in 1995 teaching computer application skills, and moved on to

Adult Basic Education

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In 2002, I married my dream mate (we met on Dreammates.com)

and moved to her hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan.

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I have travelled to a few places around the world…

Paris

Disney World Las Vegas

Mexico

Hawaii

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But my favourite trips were to:

We adopted our two girls in Xi’an and Chongqing

Great Wall

Chongqing Zoo

Terra Cotta WarriorsXi’an

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In 2005, I began the loooong road to achieving my Master’s degree in Adult Education at the U of R.

8 classes completed

2 classes ongoing

1 class to go….

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Which brings us to today….

1 Brain

Feeling very full…

“Professor Couros, may I be excused? My Brain is full”

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