John Fisher

[2003]

John Fisher took his first course in Georgist economics in 1957 under the tutelage of Harry Pollard while teaching school near Toronto. He was an instructor for the Henry George School of Economic Science which in the 60's had over 100 part time teachers. He is currently Executive Director of the School and President of the Henry George Foundation of Canada. He is also a Trustee on the Henry George Foundation of America.

As a member of several Georgist organizations but specifically the Council of Georgist Organizations he coordinated the 2002 CGO Conference in London, Ontario.

During his professional career John taught on both the elementary panel (10 years) and secondary panel (25 years) where his main subject area was geography. He graduated form the University of Western Ontario (London).

For a total of 15 years, John was a Village of Rodney councillor and as Reeve (2 years) he was on County Council. He has also been a Green Party candidate in two federal and two provincial elections for the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London. He was a long term chair of the local Chamber of Commerce and member (President 2 years) of the Kiwanis Club of Rodney.

As a Georgist activist, John has contributed articles to many Georgist and non Georgist publications over the years. He researched and published a Site Value Study for Rodney and after amalgamation in 1993 for the Township of Aldborough.

John retired from teaching in 1989 but is still actively promoting the Georgist philosophy whenever the opportunity arises.