He received his B.A. and M.A. in Kinesiology in 1997 and 1999 from the University of Western Ontario. In 2005, he received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Waterloo. His research interests include volunteerism and community participation, sport and physical activity, social inequality, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. All of these interests are grounded in his ongoing interests in statistics, which form the foundation of his work.