Rathwell, Richard

Richard Rathwell (born 1947) is a Canadian aid worker, teacher, civil servant and writer. Rathwell was born in Ottawa, Ontario, where he attended Hopewell Avenue Primary School.The National Film Board of Canada production The Gifted Ones shows Rathwell and his class. He attended secondary school in Oakville, Ontario, where he won awards for public speaking at the school level and with the Rotary Club.[citation needed] He attended and taught at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, studying English Literature. He also taught at the University of Victoria. Rathwell worked for the NGOs CAR...