I have lived, worked, studied, and traveled throughout Canada. Though I was born in Vancouver, I grew up mostly on the Island. I first posted to the Internet while a student at the University of Victoria. This blog however, was created while I was a student at the University of British Columbia.
My career took me all over Canada. I did co-op work terms in Victoria, Yellowknife, Calgary, and Ottawa. Later, I spent my MBA internship in Prince George. I created this website while working in Vancouver and I’ve since documented both the 2010 Olympics and working in the DTES for a local non-profit.
So if you have questions about living, working, studying or traveling in Canada you should peruse this archive of blog posts below or you can send me a question using email or social media.
After two years in China I finally took a ‘contract break’ to visit my family in Canada, at first the weather was great, I had jet lag and took many sunrise photos in Deep Bay British Columbia, then just before a big family gathering #snowmageddon2017 hit Vancouver Island…
Read on McDuff »Posted in Canada | and Tagged: Deep Bay, Photography, Photos | 2 Comments »
My genealogical research continues, with my grandmother taking an interest and offering to fund it, so I broke down and joined Ancestry.ca. I had already consumed most of the documents in my immediate families possession, read books, searched the Internet, asked questions, and put everything I knew into Reunion 9…
Read on McDuff »Posted in Canada | and Tagged: Dougan, Genealogy, McKay, Muschamp, Photos | No Comments »
I haven’t been actively researching my family’s genealogy but did acquire a copy of the Book of MacKay by Angus MacKay and my grandfather’s war records. I haven’t had time to go through the former but I dutifully added the latter to my Reunion 9 database…
Read on McDuff »Posted in Canada | and Tagged: Family Tree, Genealogy, Ireland, McKay, Scotland | 2 Comments »
One of the books in our possession is a self published volume entitled “The Dougans of Cobble Hill”. This was produced by Nathan Dougan or based on his writings and documents in his possession. It has a fairly accurate family tree for Dougans born in Canada and this can be corroborated by census data and such…
Read on McDuff »Posted in Canada | and Tagged: Cowichan Valley, Dougan, Genealogy | 10 Comments »
I’ve spent much of the last 24 hours entering Muschamp ancestors into Reunion 9 from “Northumberland Families Volume One” augmented by other sources. My biggest contribution is filling out the Emerson Muschamp portion of the family tree found on page 49…
Read on McDuff »Posted in Canada | and Tagged: Barmoor Castle, Battle of Hastings, Genealogy, Muschamp, Northumberland | 6 Comments »
Posts on Muskblog © Andrew "Muskie" McKay.
CFA Institute does not endorse, promote or warrant the accuracy or quality of Muskblog.
CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.