Daniel Korchinski was born here in Calgary, but as part of a cruel practical joke was promptly taken to the Caribbean (and other parts of North America), which he fails to remember in the least. He has since tried to make up for lost time, scuba-diving in Panama, hiking in Tasmania, star-gazing in Hawaii, and failing to act cultured in Quebec. His interests are nearly as broad as his travel “must visit†list is long, and includes literature, history, robotics, metaphysics, clean energy, etymology, quantum cryptography, as well as pretty much everything he can get his hands on. He’s tried his athleticism at soccer, canoeing, kayaking, basketball, squash, swimming, skiing, air-chairing, water-skiing, snorkeling, scuba diving, cliff-diving, knee-boarding, cycling, windsurfing, longboarding, cross country, hiking, scrambling, climbing, and all manners of mountaineering. His other hobbies include chess, competitive starcraft, painting (poorly), and writing. At risk of stating the obvious: Daniel thrives on novelty which only encourages his insatiable curiosity. However his love of learning is matched only by his enjoyment derived from teaching; Daniel has taught Physics AP at his highschool, provided lectures on introductory Calculus, given talks on succeeding in university, and provided course series on programming. Daniel’s passion for instruction and discovery stem from his natural inclination towards curiosity and his hope to leave the world better than he entered it.
