Career
He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, (Bachelor) and Lakehead University (Master of Arts) and was a teacher of history in Thunder Bay until his retirement in 1996. Presently, he is a sessional lecturer in Italian culture and language at Lakehead University. He is the author of several books, including In Search of a Better Life: Emigration to Thunder Bay from a Small Town in Calabria (2000), The Memoirs of Giovanni Veltri (1987), and The History of Portuguese Arthur, The Italian Mutual Benefit Society of Portuguese Arthur (1985).
He is also co-edited The Italian Immigrant Experience (1988) and Thunder Bay People (1987) with Antonio Pucci.