CJ_WeißSchäfer 02:12, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

This user comes from Canada.

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Hi fellow Wikipedian, I'm a new to Wiki parental unit. I'm a Canadian communications and database professional with a Masters degree from University of Western Ontario and Army command and control background. I have a few young adult children who understand the Wiki world better than I do, but I do have a lifelong interest in Canadian history. I have a couple of pre-Confederation Canadiana bibliographies published through the [then--National Library of Canada] Library and Archives Canada. In a former life I worked for the National Library of Canada in technology. I spend summers running with our German Shepherds and generally enjoying time travelling around Canada. My favorite Canadian places are:

• Toefield, Alberta (not too far from Viking, Alberta)
• Fairmont, British Columbia (an hours drive from the Columbia Ice Fields)
• Wainwright, Alberta (pretty amazing on the base when the bison are mating)
• Georgian Bay area of Ontario--particularly Owen Sound home of our German Shepherds.

Winters I spend enjoying the spectacular winter wonderland of Eastern Ontario and a bit of consulting in the command and control world.

My areas of interest are as you might expect -- pre-Confederation Canadiana. I've written an article on

• John Davis Barnett
• Bytown Mechanics' Institute
• Huron Tract
• Nathaniel Currie (Ontario politician)
• Absalom Greeley

stub article on:

• Ellice Swamp
• Frederick Widder

and contributed significantly to

• William "Tiger" Dunlop,MP
• Robert Graham Dunlop,MP
• Canada Company
• Family Compact

CJ_WeißSchäfer 14:27, 13 July 2010 (UTC)