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Verge Magazine Staff![]() Jeff Minthorn Jeff hails from Waterloo, Ontario and has worked and studied on four continents and travelled to six, including a season's worth of expeditions to Antarctica. With degrees in Environmental Studies and Architecture from the University of Waterloo, Jeff has a solid background in design, which he makes good use of in his art director role. Before co-founding Verge magazine, he worked for eight years as an outdoor education instructor and guide. He is a great believer in experiential education and sees Verge Magazine as a means of encouraging more people to learn about the world by experiencing as much of it as possible. ![]() Tannis Hett Originally from Edmonton, Tannis left the prairies as a teenager,and has been on the move ever since. After two years of college in Wales, she continued her studies abroad, obtaining degrees in economics from Cambridge University and the University of Chicago. While working in the environmental field for several years, she worked and volunteered in eight different countries, and she has travelled to all seven continents. Verge has managed to bundle all Tannis' interests into one great work environment. Regular contributors
Originally from Montreal, Andrea has a hard time staying in one place. After gaining a BA from Western and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Southern California, Andrea hit the road and never looked back. She has worked professionally as a journalist in six different countries, and earned several travel writing awards in the process. Andrea joined the Verge team in 2006. ![]() Dr. Mark Wise Travel Bugs columnist, Mark Wise is a family doctor in Toronto, specializing in travel and tropical medicine. He is the director of The Travel Clinic and acts as medical advisor to numerous NGOs and is on the board of Canadian Feed the Children. He has travelled to most of the places where you might consider volunteering. |
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