User:DavidSpencer.ca

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David M.R.D. Spencer
from Ontario, Canada

1 Life before Wikipedia
- 1.1 Education
2 Contributions to Wikipedia
3 Published Works
- 3.1 Books Authored
- 3.2 Web Sites Created for Community Building
4 References
5 Audio Recordings
6 To Do List
7 Involvement with Wikipedia Projects

[edit] Life before Wikipedia

[edit] Education

David M.R.D. Spencer holds a Bachelor of Education from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and a Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He has completed University level courses in Canadian aboriginal studies, geography (Political Geography of the Middle East, Environmental Geography), and instrumental music.

Communication Technology Training and Experience
David M.R.D. Spencer has completed training courses in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, FileMaker Pro, Online Curriculum Design, PHP, MySQL and 35 mm photography. He studied at Humber College in Toronto, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Brampton, The Centre for Education and Training run by the Peel District School Board in Mississauga, The Summer Institute run by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and CoreSolutions Development Inc. in their Toronto office.

David is a self taught web developer with intermediate knowledge of HTML,wiki, PHP and MySQL web hosting, web server management and web site vision development.

[edit] Contributions to Wikipedia

David M.R.D. Spencer has contributed to the following articles:

[edit] Published Works

[edit] Books Authored

David M.R.D. Spencer is co-author of a resource guide called The Green School (1991). The book was written to help Ontario, Canada secondary school teachers add environmental education to their subject areas.
Spencer, David., Ted Palmer and John Chasty. The Green School [a resource guide for environmental education] . Toronto: Educational Services Committee, Professional Development SubCommittee, OSSTF, 1991. 296 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (416) 751-8300

Copies of this resource guide are available for purchase from:
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) Educational Services Committee

Copies of this resource guide are available from the following libraries:

1. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto Library

2. University of Western Ontario Libraries
University of Western Ontario Libraries

[edit] Web Sites Created for Community Building

David M.R.D. Spencer created the following web sites to help connect Canadians and build community.

Belfountain.ca
A local community directory for the village of Belfountain, Ontario, Canada.

CanadianIdentity.com
An educational web site intended to help Canadians and our friends around the world better understand what forms our Canadian identity. The site includes the people, our interactions with the Canadian environment, our faith, our symbols, our experiences, our economy, our languages, our visions and the dreams that keep us together. Visitors can find significant Canadian buildings, documents, events, expressions, groups, inventions, persons, places, programs and symbols.

ChristianMedia.ca
An online database providing the history of Canadian Christians working, volunteering and ministering in media in Canada.

[edit] References

David M.R.D. Spencer's community building web projects show up in a top 10 web search of Google.ca

[edit] Audio Recordings

David M.R.D. Spencer has been interviewed about his promotion of Christian music on radio on numerous Canadian radio stations since 1981. Stations include CBQT, CHFI, CHRI, CJMR, CJSD, CJTW, CKPR and radio programmes such as Catholic Radio.

In 1982, he made a presentation to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recommending that they encourage more radio stations to play positive music written and performed by Christians.

[edit] To Do List

To-do list for DavidSpencer.ca:

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Create article about Christian magazines published in Canada
Create article on significant outdoor educators in Canada

[edit] Involvement with Wikipedia Projects

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