Blyth educators embrace an experiential approach to education, but fun does not come at the expense of academic rigour. Our faculty includes many university professors and winners of the Premier’s Award, Governor General’s Award, and Maclean’s magazine’s “Teacher of the Year” award. Members of the Blyth faculty have authored the Ontario curricula in History, Philosophy, Business and Law, as well as many other notable texts. Meet some of our award-winning staff and faculty.
ANTHONY CARY currently holds the position of Executive Director, Queen’s-Blyth initiative. Educated at Oxford (MA) and Stanford University (MBA), he served as Chef de Cabinet to the European Commission for External Relations and to the European Commission for Competition and Financial Services. He also served as British Ambassador to Sweden and as the 22nd British High Commissioner to Canada.
WAYNE SPROULE is a professor at York
University in the faculty of Education.
He has a PhD in philosophy and is the
author of several history and philosophy
textbooks. Dr. Sproule has been teaching
with Blyth for many years and feels
that the International Program goes far
beyond the regular classroom experience.
PAUL FINKELSTEIN is the program manager
for the Food and Literature program. He
was honoured with the Prime Minister’s
Awards for Teaching Excellence in 2010.
Paul was educated at Queen’s University
and then graduated from the acclaimed
Stratford Chef School. He is the host of
the Food Network show Fink, and a regular columnist in
Best Health Magazine.
SOPHIE WILLIAMS comes to Blyth with a
first-class honours degree in television
production from Bournemouth University
in the UK. Her passion for filmmaking and
surfing has taken her around the globe
to Morocco, Nicaragua, Australia and
Hawaii, where she leads programs and
inspires everyone around her.
CLARE GLASSCO is a program manager for
Blyth and has led groups to Australia, the
Amazon, Egypt and Spain. She is currently
pursuing a master’s degree at Trent
University, for which she won a Research
Council Award to further her studies of
migrant workers in Canada.
JOSH LOUGHNAN is a resident of Italy,
and brings local knowledge and keen
logistical skills to the Blyth Summer
Programs. Educated at Cambridge
University, Joshua is a former All Blacks
rugby player from New Zealand. Through
Joshua, Blyth students get a chance to
encounter the "real" Italy.
BRENDAN CALDER is an adjunct professor
of Strategic Management at the Rotman
School of Management. He was formerly
the Chair, President and CEO of CIBC
Mortgages. Professor Calder serves
on the boards of Coventree Inc., First
Service Corporation, and the Toronto
International Film Festival Group.
CHRIS BLAKE is a true Blyth success story.
After studying on Blyth’s Australia /
New Zealand program, Chris went on
to complete both an undergraduate and
master’s degree in medical anthropology
at Oxford University. Chris has travelled
with Blyth International Summers to Italy,
Spain and Greece.
