Rob Wipond

Sessional Instructor

B.A. (Trent)

Office: FIA 235

Phone: +1.250.721.7310

E-mail: rwipond@uvic.ca

Web site: www.robwipond.com

Areas of Research & Creative Activity

Journalism, creative nonfiction, commentary, satire, theatre.

Biography

Rob Wipond has been a full-time freelance writer of magazine features, news articles, political commentaries, social satires, musical theatre, and performance art for two decades. He’s written about dumpsites, banks, consciousness research, prostitution, privacy implications of new technologies, sadomasochism, health care, toxic waste, international political economy, infomercials, psychedelic drugs, mental health laws and many other topics which hover between the intensely personal and the broadly political. His stand-up political rock comedy with Allen Both, When I’m Big, ventured into such venues as Toronto’s famed El Mocambo and Bamboo Club. CBC Radio Sunday Showcase/Monday Night Playhouse produced his satirical play, “Gypsy Moth”. His writings have appeared in publications as varied as Adbusters, Chatelaine, Explore, Monday Magazine, Queen's Quarterly, and MAD, and he's currently a regular columnist and feature writer on community issues for Victoria's monthly magazine, Focus. Along the way, he's been nominated for Western Magazine Awards for science writing (1999) and regular columns (2011), and won for business writing (2001). He sometimes provides research, editing or writing services, and co-writes songs and/or cross-fertilizes weird brain ideas with Michael Bell and Martin Gallop (Martin and Rob’s song “Silver Lady” is on the 2008 special edition CD “Teilzeithippie” from German pop princess Annett Louisan). He has recently co-written a new theatrical show touring high schools, “My Impractical Life”, starring mime and monologue artist Trent Arterberry. Rob also sometimes throws in bad suggestions for David Procyshyn’s DoYogaWithMe.com.