Rob is a lifelong learner... of students, but claims that the more he learns the less he knows. Throughout his career, Rob has directed his efforts, with passion, at improving the learning and teaching of mathematics. Rob graduated from the University of Waterloo, and then returned to his hometown, Ottawa, where he has spent his thirty-year teaching career in the Ottawa-Carlton District School Board except for a three-year stint in Lahr, Germany. He has been Head of Mathematics and Computer Science at both A. Y. Jackson and Robert Borden High Schools. Rob is currently Instructional Coach and Secondary Mathematics Consultant at the Board.
Rob is a former President of the Carleton Ottawa Mathematics Association. He has co-authored four text books, one for each of the grades from 9 to 12, and presents regularly at conferences. He received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 1995, and the O.A.M.E. Award for Exceptional and Creative Teaching in Secondary Mathematics in 2007.
In his spare time, Rob loves to kayak, cycle, walk, ski, play guitar, and sing.