Christopher Murphy ( PhD) moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1959 where he remains connected to an extensive network of family and friends. He has a BA from St. Francis Xavier University (1967), an MA from Dalhousie University (1972) and a PhD ( Sociology) from the University of Toronto (1985). He taught school in Jamaica with CUSO, was a Development Officer in Springhill Penitentiary, a Policy Researcher in Ottawa with the Federal Government and a Professor of Sociology at Dalhousie University and the University of King's College from 1982 until 2018. He's an indiscriminate music lover and reader, traveler, a late life curler and bad-tempered golfer who enjoys the occasional single malt and cigar. He lives in Halifax with his wife JoAnn MacKinnon and they have three adult children, Brendan, Nicola, Conor and a faithful old dog called Buster.