Welcome to my website.
I am a retired elementary teacher and principal, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I am a sessional instructor at Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. I continue to research the school experiences of boys as students and men as teachers.
Teacher
elementary teacher and principal,
consultant for English Language Arts,
staff developer – workshops for teachers.
Writer (see Published by Garry)
articles about teaching
author of 2 books of short stories about teaching, Crocus Hill Notebook (1991) and Crocus Hill Reunion (1997) (The Althouse Press: London, ON),
co-author of Wanda the Littlest Wizard (1979) a children’s musical recording .
Researcher (see Research about boys, and Research about male teachers)
Research interests: how our stories of gender, and the stories of others about our gender, shape our identities as teachers. Male teachers and their lived experiences in the workplace, as men. Boys at school, how they experience school. Supporting boys at school.
Ph.D. in Elementary Education from University of Alberta – “A Narrative Inquiry of a Male Elementary Teacher and the Shaping of his Identities” (Jones, 2001). Advisor, Dr. Jean Clandinin. Methodology, narrative inquiry.
updated May 2025