Greg Macdougall is a math and sports guy who branched out into writing, activism, and community education.
The branching out began in 2000 when, as a member of the University of Waterloo track team, he began writing stories on the team’s progress for the student newspaper. Soon after he began to cover other issues, and began to work with local social justice groups.
He has given community workshops and organized educational events in various cities in Southern and Eastern Ontario, but mainly in Kitchener-Waterloo and now in Ottawa.
He still offers students help with math and other school subjects, drawing from his educational training and experience. He enjoys helping students to create meaning and understanding of the subject matter, building confidence, ability, and learning skills to build on in the future.
He received a degree in Mathematics (minor in Computer Science) from Waterloo, and a teaching degree from Queen’s, and continues to seek out professional development opportunities. His experience includes over ten years of math tutoring, as well as experience teaching in high schools, marking the EQAO provincial grade 9 math tests, working as a TA at Waterloo, and coaching youth in track and field.
He currently is a part of three different local community initiatives: Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO), Organizing For Justice, and Common Cause. In the past he has organized in media activism, including with the Independent Media Centre (Indymedia) network and the K-W Blind Spot newspaper.
He values people being able to empower themselves through education and connection with their communities in symbiotic ways, with a focus on a more just world that promotes freedom/liberation, equality/equity and solidarity/mutual aid.
