Faculty and Staff
Bruce Freeman
Safety/Communications Officer
Mr. Freeman hails from Philadelphia and immigrated with his parents to Canada. He was raised in southwestern Ontario but, as a child and youth, spent most summers in his home state of Pennsylvania.
He holds a BA (with Great Distinction) with majors in both Anthropology and Sociology (University of Lethbridge), a MA in Social Anthropology (University of Calgary), and has completed all requirements for the PhD in Cultural Anthropology (University of Calgary) with the exception of his thesis. He has also studied Adult Education (University of Alberta), German (Goethe-Institut - Rothenburg od der Tauber), and French (Université Laval and Université du Québec à Chicoutimi).
Mr. Freeman has a diverse background: technical trainer for refineries and power plants, social scientist, communications expert, and university instructor. Part of his academic research explored prison populations, where he found that the majority of inmates had learning disabilities. He is acutely aware from his own research of the sociogenic and psychogenic factors associated with criminality and the preventive factors provided through education. Mr. Freeman is encouraged by the emphasis Third Schools places on student success, recognizing how important a positive and productive educational experience for the development of healthy and industrious adults. He is proud to be a member of a dedicated team of professionals dedicated to serving children and their families not only in Alberta (Third Academy, LYNX, and STREAMS), but also worldwide through ursa.
Mr. Freeman is a fan of all music but particularly enjoys classical repertoire. His favorite composers are Beethoven, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner. He also enjoys the cinema, particularly independent and foreign films. He recently resumed bicycle riding having previously gone on many long distance, solo tours in the mountain parks, as well as in Quebec, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the UK. During the time of “the Troubles”, he was seen riding his bike in Northern Ireland. Mr. Freeman is fond of Marie Curie's quotation: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
He holds a BA (with Great Distinction) with majors in both Anthropology and Sociology (University of Lethbridge), a MA in Social Anthropology (University of Calgary), and has completed all requirements for the PhD in Cultural Anthropology (University of Calgary) with the exception of his thesis. He has also studied Adult Education (University of Alberta), German (Goethe-Institut - Rothenburg od der Tauber), and French (Université Laval and Université du Québec à Chicoutimi).
Mr. Freeman has a diverse background: technical trainer for refineries and power plants, social scientist, communications expert, and university instructor. Part of his academic research explored prison populations, where he found that the majority of inmates had learning disabilities. He is acutely aware from his own research of the sociogenic and psychogenic factors associated with criminality and the preventive factors provided through education. Mr. Freeman is encouraged by the emphasis Third Schools places on student success, recognizing how important a positive and productive educational experience for the development of healthy and industrious adults. He is proud to be a member of a dedicated team of professionals dedicated to serving children and their families not only in Alberta (Third Academy, LYNX, and STREAMS), but also worldwide through ursa.
Mr. Freeman is a fan of all music but particularly enjoys classical repertoire. His favorite composers are Beethoven, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner. He also enjoys the cinema, particularly independent and foreign films. He recently resumed bicycle riding having previously gone on many long distance, solo tours in the mountain parks, as well as in Quebec, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the UK. During the time of “the Troubles”, he was seen riding his bike in Northern Ireland. Mr. Freeman is fond of Marie Curie's quotation: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."