Tom Corner is used to being in the limelight, having excelled in many pursuits.  
Tom grew up in Toronto, attending Forest Hill Village schools from kindergarten through grade 13. He went on to the University of Toronto, and eventually took more courses at Queen’s University, the University of Guelph and at the University of Waterloo.
He took up teaching at Linwell H.S. in Thorold, then moved to Peel County, teaching at Brampton H.S., Bramalea S.S. and Brampton Centennial C.I. He was department head at Bramalea and Centennial.
Tom was a member of the Canadian Mathematics Competition problems committees, and eventually chaired the Pascal Contest problems committee.
Beyond mathematics, Tom is an accomplished curler and bird carver. And he is an elite horseshoe player in Canada, having won numerous competitions at the provincial and national levels.