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’ll 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 Shane Koyczan and Pablo Neruda. Currently, he’s reading the poetry of Jericho Brown.
And click here to read Mac’s favourite essay, “Joyas Voladoras”, by the late Brian Doyle.