Nick Coady:  

Life After high school, I went to York University--mainly because I wasn't sure what I wanted to study and York allowed for a general first year. I eventually decided on a BA in psychology, but took many humanities courses as well. The four year degree took me seven years to complete, however. Apart from being a slow learner, this was because every other year I took a year off to work and travel (mostly doing the hippie backpacking thing in developing countries--Central America, North Africa, Asia, Middle East). I lived at home in Mississauga for first year, but after that lived in Toronto (I lived one year in residence at York, and then lived downtown Toronto with various groups of friends I'd met in residence). Following undergrad, I worked in social services in Toronto for a few years (group home and community work with adolescents and their families). After another backpacking trip (this time to Central and South America with my eventual wife), I did a Master's in Social Work degree at Wilfrid Laurier University (1980-1982). After this I returned to work in social services with youth in downtown Toronto again. I got married in 1984 (yes, I held out until I was 33) to Laurie, whom I had met working in social services in Toronto (although she is from Northern Ontario). I returned to school in 1985 to do a PhD in social work at U. of Toronto (I got tired...Expand for more