After two years at Bishop’s University, where he was alumni secretary and lecturer in the Graduate School of Education (1969–71), and following completion of his doctorate in London, he spent seven years at Dawson College in Montreal, where he held the positions of dean of arts and academic dean.
He also served a term as vice-president, North America, for the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE).
He was a member of the Ontario Minister’s Advisory Committee on Arts and Culture and a national governor of the Shaw Festival.
He plays piano and guitar and has been author of and performer in many musical revues and Fringe Theatre productions and was co-creator of The Festival Folkmass.
[1] Paul is married to Dr. Jane Brindley, a psychologist, and has two sons: David (a college administrator) and Jonathan (a teacher), and two granddaughters, Naomi and Grace.