About Johnny:

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

I have trouble conjuring up a quote that better captures my experience as a secondary and post-secondary student. For my grade 7 school year, I enrolled at Upper Canada College (UCC) while playing GTHL ‘AAA’ hockey. Known for its incredibly challenging curriculum, UCC came very close to breaking me.

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I nearly failed out during my first year, as I could not meet my academic and athletic obligations. I was conditionally allowed to remain for grade 8. From that point on, I very gradually improved my grades, finally realizing my potential halfway through my IB1 (grade 11) year.

 

I needed four and a half years to decipher my methodology for success on the ice and in the classroom. Once fine-tuned, I never looked back. I graduated from Upper Canada with a average that was almost 40% higher than when I had started.

 

After two years of playing Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey in Ontario, I enrolled at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. I applied my lessons from UCC and graduated on the Dean’s Honour List with a major in Economics and a minor in History.

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I started tutoring during my years of junior hockey for the simple reason that I liked explaining things to people. Whether it was helping one of my peers differentiate a trig function in high school or showing my dad how to get the microwave to stop flashing "12:00", I derived a genuine sense of emotional satisfaction from helping people learn. 

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The other element of my being is my love of levity and emphasis on accountability. Though it may seem challenging to have those two co-exist, it's been my goal to create a space that's not only fun but also rooted in an awareness that the task at hand is ours to accomplish.

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I love '80s hair metal (Whitesnake, Dokken, Ratt, Winger, Motley Crue, etc.), I ride a bicycle 12 months out of the year - mixing in the occasional drive, and have always found physical fitness to be an integral part of my life routine.