Stephen Dunsmore:  

Life I was born in Kitchener, Ontario and lived in Waterloo, Ontario until I was nine years old. We moved to Belleville, Ontario when my dad became the School Inspector for the schools surrounding Belleville in 1959. I went to Moira SS from grade 9 to 12 and only attended Chippewa for one year, grade 13, after having moved to North Bay from Belleville in 1969. After high school and one year at Nipissing I headed west and basically lived in Vancouver for over 38 years! The first ten years were in the music business in Vancouver (yes I did play piano at both Moira and Chippewa) but in 1982 I started working for Transport Canada in Air Traffic Services. Starting in 1999 I was on leave from my job with NAV Canada, Canada's privatized air traffic services provider, and served four terms as the Regional Vice-President Pacific with the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees -- a Component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. I retired after the 2011 UCTE convention and my wife and I now live in our lake house on beautiful Manitoulin Island. College After one year at Nipissing I headed west and lived in British Columbia until my retirement in 2011. During the 70s I studied Italian at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and during the 8...Expand for more