About David Newland

Born in Ottawa in 1969, David Newland grew up on the shores of Georgian Bay near Parry Sound, Ontario. His earliest influences were water and the woods, books and the radio, trains and the highway. He lived a "classic Canadian rural life" until the age of seventeen, when he began a series of globe-trotting adventures.

A scholarship to Lester B. Pearson College set David on his unusual path of working and learning, which has taken him from the Pacific shore of Vancouver Island, to the clearcuts of Northern Ontario, around the world and back to the woods of Nova Scotia's North Mountain and finally to his father's family home in Toronto.

David studied literature at McGill, earned a degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University, worked as a writer, performer and photographer, instructed at community college and ultimately built a career as a web content specialist. David currently works as Editor-in-Chief at Canoe.ca, a leading Canadian web portal.

An avid musician with a particular fondness for ukulele, David is the founder of The McFlies. David is also an active singer songwriter, host, and performer.

David is the father of an extraordinary twelve year old daughter, an avid canoeist, gardener, cyclist and an occasional meditator with lots of good intentions.

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