Description: Ian Kennedy is the author of 'Sunny Sandy Savary' and 'The Life and Times of Joseph McPhee', as well as co-authoring ‘Tofino and Clayoquot Sound - A History'
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Born in Co. Donegal, Ireland, Ian Kennedy came to Canada in 1954 where he attended Burnaby North High School and earned a B.A. from U.B.C. Later he did post-graduate work at Queen's University, Belfast and on his return to Canada taught Geography and History at Steveston Secondary School for thirty years.
Following his retirement in 1999 he married Judith, moved to Comox and became a rugby journalist, traveling the world and writing about a game he never played very well. Widely published in many magazines, his journalism also includes numerous articles about history, travel, motorcycling, cottage living and pubs. He always takes Fridays off to play golf with the Wolf Pack.
Ian Kennedy is co-author of 'A Guide to the Neighbourhood Pubs' (1983) and 'The Pick of the Pubs' (1986). In 2010 he published 'The Life and Times of Joseph McPhee, Courtenay's Founding Father' and in 2014, with Margaret Horsfield as co-author, Harbour Publishing presented 'Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History'.