Years: Roman History and Canon

years: He was easygoing, loyal and a good listener qualities I needed at the time, according to Hamilton Spectator. Even years later, when I found many more friends at school, he retained a special status among them. When we were children, perhaps eight or nine, the guy Ill call Rob was a friend to me when no one else would be, when I was bullied and ostracized and alone. After many an evening spent at his place, we would take the long way back through the neighbourhood in the dark, walking and talking about games and cartoons, and later, philosophy and current events. The two of us grew up in stable, Protestant, nuclear families in a quiet suburb of Toronto. He loved to pontificate about the Western canon, Russian and Roman history, the workings of empires and economies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.