Nielsen, Robert F.
Biography
President and Editor-in-Chief of Potlatch Publications is Robert F. Nielsen, author/editor of several Potlatch titles. Born in Vancouver, he is a graduate of the University of Alberta (B.A) and the University of Guelph (M.A.). He has taught in England and Canada, in high schools, colleges and universities, and was the first winner of The Ontario Education Association/Globe & Mail Award of Merit. Later, as an instructor in their Certificate in Writing program, he was awarded The McMaster University 2001-2002 Centre for Continuing Education Instructor Appreciation Award. His book Athlete's Foot; or, How I Failed at Sports was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. He lives on the shore of Lake Ontario in Stoney Creek Ontario, with his wife Valerie (also a Potlatch author).
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Published Work
2002. Athlete's foot; or, How I failed at sports. Waterdown, Ont. : Potlatch Publications. (Nonfiction)
2000. Total encounters : the life and times of the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene. Hamilton and Penetanguishene : McMaster University Press & Mental Health Centre Volunteer Association. (Nonfiction)
1974 (Serial). [with Brian Cross] Canadian children's annual. Hamilton, Ont. : Potlatch Publications. (Nonfiction)
1972. Garney Henley : a gentleman and a tiger. Hamilton : Potlatch Publications. (Nonfiction)
