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David M.R.D. Spencer
from Ontario, Canada

Wikipedia:Contribution Month in Ontario, Canada edit

David M.R.D. Spencer hosted a Wikipedia Contribution Event on Monday April 8 and Monday May 6, 2013 at the Four Corners Library 2nd Floor, 65 Queen Street East Brampton, Ontario, ON. See the map.

Life before Wikipedia edit

Education edit

David M.R.D. Spencer holds a Bachelor of Education from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and a Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He has completed University level courses in Canadian aboriginal studies, geography (Political Geography of the Middle East, Environmental Geography), and instrumental music.

Communication Technology Training and Experience
David M.R.D. Spencer has completed training courses in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, FileMaker Pro, Online Curriculum Design, PHP, MySQL and 35 mm photography. He studied at Humber College in Toronto, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Brampton, The Centre for Education and Training run by the Peel District School Board in Mississauga, The Summer Institute run by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and CoreSolutions Development Inc. in their Toronto office.

David is a self taught web developer with intermediate knowledge of HTML,wiki, PHP and MySQL web hosting, web server management and web site vision development.

Contributions to Wikipedia edit

David M.R.D. Spencer has contributed to the following articles:

Blessed Are...
Hollywood Walk of Fame
50 Tracks: The Canadian Version
Gene MacLellan
List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Media in Canada On March 8, 2009, I added Christian radio stations to "Major commercial radio broadcast groups in Canada include Rogers Communications, Corus Entertainment, Astral Media, CTVglobemedia and Newcap Broadcasting. However, many smaller broadcasters operate radio stations as well. Most genres of music are represented on the Canadian commercial radio spectrum, including pop, rock, hip hop, country, jazz and classical. News, sports, talk radio and religious stations are also available in many cities. In addition, many Canadian universities and colleges have licensed campus radio stations, and some communities also have community radio stations or Christian radio stations licensed to non-profit groups or co-operatives."
Ocean (band)
Open source
Put Your Hand in the Hand
Snowbird
Snowbird (song)
ChristianMedia.ca (a discussion took place regarding this article.)
Ken Campbell (evangelist)
Music of Portugal
William D. Morrow
List of Canadians
CHES-FM
Erin, Ontario
Created the Media directories category under Wikipedia:Requested_articles and suggested three Canadian directories be included.
Rich Terfry alias "Buck 65" and his work on CBC Radio 2
Bobcaygeon,_Ontario on August 1, 2009 I revised and added links about Bobcaygeon
Ocean (band) Canadian band

Published Works edit

Books Authored edit

David M.R.D. Spencer is co-author of a resource guide called The Green School (1991). The book was written to help Ontario, Canada secondary school teachers add environmental education to their subject areas.
Spencer, David., Ted Palmer and John Chasty. The Green School [a resource guide for environmental education] . Toronto: Educational Services Committee, Professional Development SubCommittee, OSSTF, 1991. 296 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (416) 751-8300

Copies of this resource guide are available for purchase from:
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) Educational Services Committee

Copies of this resource guide are available from the following libraries:

1. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto Library

2. University of Western Ontario Libraries
University of Western Ontario Libraries

Web Sites Created for Community Building edit

David M.R.D. Spencer created the following web sites to help connect Canadians and build community.

Belfountain.ca
A local community directory for the village of Belfountain, Ontario, Canada.

CanadianIdentity.com
An educational web site intended to help Canadians and our friends around the world better understand what forms our Canadian identity. The site includes the people, our interactions with the Canadian environment, our faith, our symbols, our experiences, our economy, our languages, our visions and the dreams that keep us together. Visitors can find significant Canadian buildings, documents, events, expressions, groups, inventions, persons, places, programs and symbols.

ChristianMedia.ca
An online database providing the history of Canadian Christians working, volunteering and ministering in media in Canada.

References edit

David M.R.D. Spencer's community building web projects show up in a top 10 web search of Google.ca

Audio Recordings edit

David M.R.D. Spencer has been interviewed about his promotion of Christian music on radio on numerous Canadian radio stations since 1981. Stations include CBQT, CHFI, CHRI, CJMR, CJSD, CJTW, CKPR and radio programmes such as Catholic Radio.

In 1982, he made a presentation to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recommending that they encourage more radio stations to play positive music written and performed by Christians.