Born in France and raised in New York,
I emigrated to Canada in 1969. Teaching has always
been the point of my efforts. I began as a teacher at Walden School in
New York City, responsible for a core curriculum
designed by Gus Pigman that led students from
the origins of the solar system to human history. My
section ended with the fall of the Roman Empire.
To
say that this was an exciting programme to be
involved with, is a gross understate -ment. It was fun, it was exciting,
it was important, and it succeeded. My goal
in university teaching has quintessentially been
about process, about finding out, about developing the ability to assess,
evaluate, contemplate and synthesize. |
Although originally I did research in anatomy
at Tigoni in Kenya. My dissertation was a multidisciplinary effort on the
use of the hand in 7 species of Cercopithecoidea. I looked at the use of
the hand and its anatomy in the environmental context in which the monkeys
lived. Once I got my degree I focussed on the social adaptations of synanthropic
monkeys. The term is Alison Richard's. It means 'living with humans', and
neatly incorporates in one term the notions of 'ethnoprimatology' as well
as deme specific adaptations. I have studied monkeys in a variety of relationships
with humans in Gibraltar, N.T.,Hong Kong, Penang, Costa Rica, Honduras
and Barbados. I retire in July, 2005. |
