Faculty and Staff Profile
Mac Newton
Faculty/Departments:
Arts,
Science and Management
Positions/Titles:
Faculty
Area of Expertise: English
Mac wrote for newspapers in Ontario before moving to BC. He began teaching with NIC
in 1995 in the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Ahousaht, and since then has been an educator
in Aboriginal education, upgrading and first-year English, teaching English 122, 115
and 160. You鈥檒l see his articles in the local CV Collective magazine, and he is finally
finding the time to work on a novel. His favourite fiction writers right now are Eden
Robinson, Thomas King and Andre Alexis. His favourite poets, maybe forever, are and Pablo Neruda. Currently, he鈥檚 reading the poetry of .
And Mac鈥檚 favourite essay, 鈥淛oyas Voladoras鈥�, by the late Brian Doyle.