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About Me

Ken attended Art School in the Hague in Holland in the early 1970s. He returned to his native Canada to study humanities and psychology at Trent University. In 1977, he journeyed to Boulder, Colorado to participate in Naropa Institute's fourth summer session, and returned to Peterborough, Ontario by bicycle to establish an art and design practice which became the Ordinary Studio, renown for serigraph editions. In 1984 Ken and his young bride moved to the Maritimes beckoned by the growing Buddhist community in Nova Scotia inspired by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. In the time elapsed Ken has deepened his design and mindfulness practice, all the more while raising a beautiful family of four.

Ken's master disciplines stem from his long dedication to design process, visual literacy, working with words, and computer coding for integrity and elegant outcomes.

Designer/Founder, Sealevel Communications, Halifax, Nova Scotia
www.sealevel.ca

2006 to present:
Informatics Coordinator UNESCO - IUGS - IGCP 521 - INQUA 501 WG12
 Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor during the last 30 ky:
sea level change and human adaptation
black.sealevel.ca

2004 to present:
Director of Communications, Waveberg Development Ltd.
waveberg.com

Presentations / Speaking Engagements:
Keynote August 27, 2011

Looking Forward is more than just Looking Back
Black Sea Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory
Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine


August 24, 2010
Zero Emissions Day at Pecha Kucha 5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Solicited Presentation September 11, 2007
Consolidating research data from multiple sources for visualization and collaboration via an online information system.
Southern Branch of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,
Russian Academy of Sciences (SBSIO RAS)
Gelendzhik-7, 353467, Russia

Publications:
Wallace, Kenneth N., Mudie, Petra J., and Marinova-Wolff, Elena 2011
Looking Forward is more than just looking Back
IGCP 521- INQUA 501 Working Group 12: Database collaboration

Jan 14, 2011
What's the Most Pressing Issue is in the World Today?
Elephant Journal

Wallace, Kenneth N., 2010
Breaking boundaries: IGCP 521 database and science informatics
Quaternary International 225 (2010) 235–240


Projects of Note:
Symposium communications for Great Books, Great Questions 2012
University of Kings College Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Halifax

Conference communications for “a past that has never been present” 2011
University of Kings College Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Halifax

New Democratic Party Nova Scotia Election Campaign 2009
Communication design support for select candidates.

New Democratic Party Nova Scotia Election Campaign 2006
Communication design support for all 52 candidates.

Rethinking Development 2005
The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness
Genuine Progress Index Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


Low Impact Housing 2004
Global online survey system for zero/low impact housing. 

Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Clinical Trials for Cancer Chemoprevention with Polyphenon® E Green Tea Extract American Association for 
Cancer Research (AACR) Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA, Mitsui Norin Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

CMHC Renovating for Energy Savings Series 2004
Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Women Problem Gambling Recovery Program 2004
Sperry Counselling & Consulting and The Marguerite Centre

Renewable Energy in the North: Off Grid House Field Study 2003
Abri Sustainable Design and Natural Resources Canada

Grid Connected Photovoltaics in Canada 2003
Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA)

Canadian Independent Power Producers’ Survey 2003
Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Lover’s Legends: The Gay Greek Myths by Andrew Calimach 2002
Haiduk Press, New York, NY, USA

A Different Frame of Space: Ronkisms by Miss Patty, illustrated by Leonard Cohen 2001 House Bound Press, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership 1999-2001
Halifax, Nova Scotia


Education:
UNESCO IGCP521 WG2 Palynology Workshop
Brunel University, London, UK
April 2007

UNESCO IGCP521 Plenaries and Field Trips
Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine, August 2006

Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2005

Rethinking Development: Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing (aka GNH II)

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 2005

Vajradhatu Seminary with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, USA, January-March 1983

Trent University, Cultural Studies Program

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada 1975-79

Naropa Institute, Summer Program 

Boulder, Colorado, USA, 1977

De Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (aka International Art Lab)

The Hague, The Netherlands (1972-74)