Peter Seixas
Peter Seixas was born in New York City in 1947 and grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Peter attended Swarthmore College near Philadelphia, graduating with a degree in history with minors in political science and philosophy. Peter taught for a year at a North Philadelphia school since teachers were deferred from the Vietnam draft. In the summer of 1970, Peter took a cross-country road trip with a college friend and ended up in Powell River, British Columbia where a group of Swarthmore graduates were starting a farming commune. Peter stayed for three years, later moving to Vancouver to begin teaching. He obtained his Masters of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). In December 1979, Peter married Susan, a fellow Swarthmore grad who had also lived on the commune. The couple has two daughters. Peter went on to complete his PhD and obtained a position in UBC's Faculty of Education.