Gotfryd Group Environmental Scientist -click for PDF

1982 to present

• Environmental impact assessment - over 100 clients, including government agencies, businesses and individuals.
• Evaluated impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, terrain stability, soil factors, hydrology, toxicology, distribution and abundance of organisms, and public health.
• Expert testimony, briefings to Cabinet Ministers, mass media reports.

Writer, Editor, Publisher

1980 to present

Over 100 articles, books, and reports on matters of science and/or faith. Articles about or by me have appeared in the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Toronto Life, Jewish Press, Canadian Jewish News, Exodus Magazine, Beis Moshiach Magazine, and Chabad.org ,  among others.

Educator

1977 to present

• Courses and programs for Public Libraries, Private Schools, Public School Boards, Collegiates, University of Toronto, Jewish outreach organizations.
• Developed one of the first and largest remedial education departments within Toronto’s Jewish Day Schools.
• Founded and directed Toronto’s Jewish Discovery Center, a free community service, teaching hundreds of adults introductory Hebrew and Judaic subjects.
• Founded and directed Maxi Mind Learning Centers Inc. Neuroeducation for peak preformance and remediating learning disablities. For more info see maximind.ca

Public Speaker

1977 to present

Lectures (live, broadcast and internet) to academic, professional and lay audiences in:

Canada

• Montreal
• S. Agathe
• Toronto
• Markham
• Vaughan
• Richmond Hill
  
• Ottawa
• Hamilton
• Waterloo
• London
• Edmonton
  
• Vancouver

• NYC
• Brooklyn
• Buffalo
• Chautauqua
• Millburn NJ
• Miami
• Ft. Lauderdale
• Houston
• Chicago
• Cleveland
• Amherst
• Boston
• Hartford
• Storrs
• Norwalk
• Philadelphia
• Dartmouth College NH
• S. Francisco
• Agoura Hills
• Malibu
• Los Angeles
• Lake Tahoe

Israel

• Jerusalem
• Tzfat 

England

• London
  

Vice Chairman/Editor, SHAMIR International

2002 to 2005

Writing, editing, publishing, planning, coordination, and fundraising for international education and social service organization.

Director, Caring Homes for Orphan Children - vist the website

1993 to present

Facilitated the adoption of 300 Russian orphans by Canadian families throughout Canada.

Lecturer/Researcher, University of Toronto

1977 to 2002

Ecological inventories - 45 floral and faunal inventories of urban natural areas personally conducted in the Greater Toronto Area. – published in avian journals and gov’t studies.

Courses taught:

• Introductory Biology
• Independent Studies
• Graduate seminars
• Faith and Science

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