Stuart McLean tells stories

 
Photo by Andrew Dobrowolskyj

Stuart McLean, host of CBC Radio’s The Vinyl Cafe and a tenured professor at Ryerson University, read one of his droll short stories at an alumni luncheon at a downtown hotel on Sept. 30.

Before he did so, he told the audience how much his years at Sir George Williams University meant to him, particularly his courses in Applied Human Science and summers working at Camp Kanawana.
He graduated in 1971, and went on to make a career as a broadcaster on Peter Gzowski’s Morningside and as a teacher of journalistic writing. Members of the audience asked him about famous episodes, such as the extended laughing jag he and Gzowski got into on network radio.