User:Nick Taylor

My background
I grew up in British Guiana, then Guyana in the 1960s and 1970s. I attended Queens College from 1970 to 1975. I moved to England in 1975 for two years of school, studying for my "A" levels, at the Royal Masonic School for Boys in Bushey.

I then moved to Ontario, Canada in 1977 to attend the University of Guelph, and have lived in Guelph since then. I have involved myself in local issues, and am a member of the | Guelph Civic League.

I am a database manager, responsible for a student information system, in a school board.

I have been a radio deejay on CFRU-FM since 1979, hosting | The Crooked Beat, a Reggae program, as Nicky Dread, since 1981.

I have been involved in the Hillside Community Festival since the early 1990s as a stagehand, Board member and MC.

My Wikipedia interests include the wildlife, geography, culture and communities of Guyana, the Caribbean, Reggae, and tropical weather. I am also interested in archaeology and palaeontology in the Neotropics.

My stamp collection focuses on the British West Indies, from the first stamps to the end of the 20th century.

Articles I'm working on or have contributed to

 * Various communities in Guyana
 * Iwokrama
 * List of Mammals of Guyana
 * List of Birds of Guyana
 * History of Guyana
 * Culture of Guyana
 * Georgetown, Guyana

My sandbox
Nick's sandbox