Brian graduated from the Ontario Science Centre (museum) Science School. He holds primary and elementary teacher's certifications in Montessori, a Master's Degree in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (elearning and evaluation) and a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Information Studies. Brian teaches undergraduate and graduate students in the UofT Health / Biomedical Communications digital media design program and advises UofT faculty in Arts and Science on institutional policy and developing teaching and learning pedagogy.It was suggested that the computer of the 21st century, (Weiser, 1991) would be a network of thousands of sensing computing devices, coordinating activity and providing care and support in the background of human societies. Brian's recently completed a PhD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information/iSchool about pervasive computing, sustainable energy design/policy and the energy transition.