• Educator and community volunteer
• After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978, spent a season at Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay
• Returned to university to earn a Bachelor of Education degree
• Volunteered to teach high school in Nigeria for two years under the auspices of World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
• Returning to Canada, taught in Yellowknife and later became the first high school principal in Rankin Inlet
• Returned to Africa as a Field Director for WUSC, living in Lesotho and Botswana for three and a half years
• Back in Canada, earned a diploma in broadcasting at Confederation College
• Worked as the afternoon talk show host at CKPR until his first federal election campaign in 2000
• Started Rafferty Communications, a small business producing voiceovers for health, safety and training CD-ROMs
• Active in both Rainy River school boards as a musician with Learning Through The Arts and an occasional teacher
• Member of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and a honorary member of CEP
• Earned a certificate in dispute resolution from Lakehead University in 2000
• Member and volunteer with Environment North, Special Olympics Ontario, Voyageur Lion’s Club, Knights of Columbus, Town of Fort Frances Recreation Committee, Fort Frances Museum, Fort Frances Library, Rainy River Future Development Corporation and Canadian Mental Health Association
• Father of three.

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